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Gabriel Motta

Gabriel Motta

Known for

Directing

Born

November 13, 1990 (age 35)

Birthplace

Brazil

Biography

Gabriel Motta is a Brazilian film director. His horror short film The Veil (2025) had its World Premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival.

His previous short Pastrana (2023), co-directed with Melissa Brogni, became one of the most acclaimed Brazilian short films of 2023/24, winning Best Film at both the 56th Brasília Film Festival and the 52nd Gramado Film Festival, two of the country’s most prestigious events. Internationally, it won Best Latin American Film at the BAFICI – Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival and Best Adventure Film at Mountainfilm Telluride (USA). The short was also the only Brazilian film selected for the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.

His earlier work in...

Best known work

Hard Paint

Hard Paint

2019
Two Men by the Sea

Two Men by the Sea

2020
Novela Vaga

Novela Vaga

2022
The Embrace

The Embrace

2022
Pastrana

Pastrana

2024
Budapest_v4_FINAL2

Budapest_v4_FINAL2

2019
Nós Montanha

Nós Montanha

2018
The Veil

The Veil

2025
Via Pública

Via Pública

2021

Filmography

  1. 2025

    The Veil

    Director, Screenplay, Producer

  2. 2024

    Pastrana

    Director, Writer

  3. 2022

  4. 2022

    The Embrace

    Director, Script, Editor

  5. 2021

    Via PúblicaTV

    Director

  6. 2020

    Two Men by the Sea

    as César, Screenplay, Director, Editor, Producer

  7. 2019

  8. 2019

    Hard Paint

    as Dudu

  9. 2018

    Nós Montanha

    Director, Writer, Executive Producer

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