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Gabriela Paciel is a Writer and Director born and raised in Havana, Cuba. She studied Journalism at one of the top schools in Latin America, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and screenwriting at EICTV International School of Film and Television in Cuba, and UCLA’s Professional Programs in Screenwriting.

She started her career as a film critic for the renowned magazine CinePremiere and later on, as screenwriter for the game shows “The Weakest Link” and “Poker Face”, produced by the international enterprise FremantleMedia.

Gabriela has written and directed numerous short films, such as EL VIEJO (The Old Man), selected in more than twenty festivals around the world including the Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (Havana Film Festival), LALIFF (LA) and Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (FICCI Colombia); TO PLAY WITH FIRE, which screened on DishLatino and Vix+ (Pantaya) and THE COOKBOOK, which premiered at Cinequest 2022

She was part of the Latino Film Institue + Netflix Inclusion Fellowship 2024-25 cohort, where she directed her most recent film, I F*CKING HATE YOU!, and she has participated in several film programs, including the Torino Film Lab (Italy), Cine Qua Non Lab (Mexico), Warner Media's Initiative Access to Festivals: Sundance (LA), and RIFF Reykjavik International Film Festival Talent Lab (Iceland).