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Synopsis
In Miami, Sofía, a Dominican influencer turned entrepreneur and Robert, a nepo baby Cuban-American politician, decide to adopt a young girl, Milagros, from Latin America in order to gain favor in the eyes of the public during a Senate campaign. At first it produces favorable results. However; they soon discover the error in their ways when the girl can’t assimilate and the new parents can’t relate. Sofía then decides that returning the girl will be their best course of action, but it ends up having unexpected consequences after a wild scheme to stage a reunion with the girl's birth family spirals out of control all in the name of keeping up appearances. `
Bio
Gabriella A. Moses is an award-winning Dominican-Guyanese American writer and director based in Brooklyn, NY. She is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
With her firm belief in sharing stories with underrepresented protagonists that test viewer’s perceptions of identity and their imaginations, Gabriella has received support from the Sundance Institute’s Creative Producing Lab, Tribeca Film Institute’s All Access Lab and Creators Market, IFP (The Gotham) No Border’s Film Market and the Los Cabos Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund programs. She has participated in numerous workshops including the Sundance Screenwriter's Intensive, the NYWIFT "From Script to Pre-Production" Workshop, Tribeca and Chanel Through Her Lens, AT&T Untold Stories program and the annual Blacklist Screenwriter’s Lab. She most recently was selected for the inaugural Scripted Cannes Screenplay List, LALIFF & Netflix Inclusion Fellowship and The Black List Latinx List. Her screenplay EL TIMBRE DE TU VOZ won Best Drama screenplay at Fresh Voices Screenplay competition, including recognition through their Diversity & Inclusion and our Culture & Heritage Spotlight Awards.
Her debut feature BOCA CHICA, set in the Dominican Republic, premiered in International Narrative Competition at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival where she won the prestigious 11th Annual Nora Ephron Award.
