EXCLUSIVE:Gershsaid Monday that it has signedGabriella A. Moses, the up-and-coming filmmaker whose debut featureBoca Chicais set to world premiere in International Narrative Competition at the2023 Tribeca Festival.
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An indie coming-of-age drama set in the Dominican Republic,Boca Chicafollows Desi (Scarlet Camilo), a 12-year-old who spends her days dreaming of becoming a famous singer, finding her goal threatened by lies, the ever-presence of child prostitution, and looming, sinister betrayal from those who should protect her most.
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A Dominican-Guyanese American writer and director on a mission to share stories with underrepresented protagonists that test viewers perceptions of identity and their imaginations, Moses work has received support from the Sundance Institutes Creative Producing Lab, theTribecaFilm Institutes All Access Lab and Creators Market, IFP/The Gothams No Borders Film Market and the Los Cabos Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund programs.
Gabriella A. MosesMandy Mandelstein
The Brooklyn-based artist, who graduated from New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts, has participated in workshops including the Sundance Screenwriters Intensive, the NYWIFT From Script to Pre-Production Workshop, Tribeca and Chanel Through Her Lens, the AT&T Untold Stories program and the annual Black List Screenwriters Lab, most recently being selected for the inaugural WScripted Cannes Screenplay List, the LALIFF & Netflix Inclusion Fellowship and The Black List Latinx List.
MosesEl Timbre De Tu Vozwon the Fresh Voices screenplay competitions prize for Best Drama screenplay, also there claiming the Diversity & Inclusion and Culture & Heritage Awards.
The multi-hyphenate, who has also written and directed the shortsSin Raices,Milk,Sticky FingersandLas Mananitas, continues to be represented by AAO Entertainment.
