Gabriela Tollman

Gabriela Tollman is an award-winning writer, director, and producer whose work has screened at major festivals worldwide, including the Sundance Film Festival, Palm Springs, Seattle, Cinequest, Cleveland, Mill Valley, Nashville, and Sedona, and has been broadcast on HBO.

Her films include The Last Gunshot, which screened at more than 30 film festivals worldwide and received the International Cinematographer's Guild Award; Birth of Industry, recipient of the Los Angeles Short Film Grant and the John Williams Award for Visual Excellence; and You Turned Back and Held My Hand, which premiered at Sundance.

Her debut feature, Somebody's Mother, premiered theatrically to critical acclaim. The Los Angeles Times praised the film for tackling "a terrible loss and its aftermath with knowing empathy." The film is available to stream on Amazon Prime, iTunes, and Google Play.

Most recently, Gabriela completed the short film Two Wolves, which is currently playing the festival circuit, wrote and co-produced an original one-act play for the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and secured a development deal with Warner Bros and Bad Robot for her dark comedy pilot. She is currently developing several film and television projects, continuing to tell emotionally resonant stories that illuminate the complexity and resilience of the human experience.

For more information, visit www.gabrielatollman.com

Format: Scripted Features

Genre: Drama

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Best Director_Lunafest

Best Director_Cinevue

Short Film Grant_Kodak|Panavision|Filmmakers Alliance

Award For Visual Excellence_Cleveland Film Festival