Biography

Gabriela Calvache had her debut as a director of her first fiction feature film with "La Mala Noche" (The Longest Night), a film that premiered in the SXSW 2019 and won the Prize for Best International Film at the NY Latino Film Festival HBO. She received Honorable Mention as the Best Emerging Filmmaker at the Minneapolis Saint Paul International Film Festival. The film won the Audience Award from the Latin American Film Festival of Quito and from Kunturñawi Film Festival, the Best Debut Film in the International Film Festival of Guayaquil. La Mala Noche debuted in Europe at the Ed Film Fest, and others. The Ecuadorean Film Academy chose this film to represent the country at the 2020 Oscars and Goya Awards and the SXSW Festival gave it the opportunity to postulate for the Independent Spirits Awards of American Independent Film.

Her short film "En espera" (On Hold) premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR, 2011) and earned awards at festivals in Japan, France, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina and Brazil. It was included in the Native section of the Berlin Film Festival (2015) and International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (2011), among others. It was exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Kawasaki, Japan in 2011. The same year, her documentary, "Labranza Oculta", had its screen debut in Catalunya TV, Spain, and in various documentary film festivals that specialize in architecture. Her short film "Hay cosas que no se dicen" (Things You Never Say) premiered at the Mar del Plata Film Festival and got selected at several festivals, such as Guadalajara (Mexico), Cinema Jove (Spain), and São Paulo (Brazil), among others. It was also shown in the Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC, USA (2007).

Calvache wrote the script of the movie "Impulso" (Impulse), winner of the Gran Premio Flechazo 2009 (Love at First Sight) award of the Toulouse Latin America Film Festival. She produced the documentary "Asier y yo" (Asier and I), winner of the Irizar Award at the 2013 San Sebastian Film Festival; co-produced the documentary "Después de la neblina" (When Clouds Clear), winner of the Social Justice Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and was the producer of the documentaries "El Comité" (The Committee), winner of the George de Beauregard award at FIDMarseille 2006, and "Con mi corazón en Yambo" (With My Heart in Yambo), which premiered at International Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA 2010.
- IMDb mini biography by: Gabriela Calvache