Gabriela Calvache

Gabriela Calvache

Ambato, Ecuador

Calvache was born in a small city in the Ecuadorean Andes. Her short film “On Hold" premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam (2011) and earned awards in Japan, France, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina and Brazil. It was included in the Native section of the Berlin International Film Festival (2015).

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The Longest Night 2019 (5.536)

A beautiful woman turns to prostitution. She must surrender her income to the leader of a human trafficking ring, but her daughter’s illness and a drug addiction prevent her from delivering her usual share. An unexpected event will give her the opportunity to stop obeying and take justice into her own hands.
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Hay cosas que no se dicen 2006 (6)

Beatriz looks for her former partner Mercedes, but she is already with someone else. Beatriz forces her entry into his house and asks her to come back.
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Adentro 2021 (2)

An exquisite corpse that aims to configure a plural vision of the experiences of isolation during the first months of the pandemic. The film consists of 6 fragments directed by 6 different Latin American directors.