Gabi Padilla enjoys a life full of pleasure and independence. But after the unexpected death of her mother, she is forced to return to her hometown, a place where Gabi’s sensual touch is not welcome.
DIRECTION & SCREEPLAY Zoé Salicrup-Junco PRODUCTION Zoé Salicrup Junco, Jane June CINEMATOGRAPHY Adam Newport-Berra EDITING Frank Dale Arroyo SOUND Benjamin Berger, Anthony Jones MUSIC Agatha Kasprzyk CAST Dalia Davi, Aris Mejias, Marisé Álvarez, Roy Sánchez-Vahamonde
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Clermont-Ferrand ISFF (2012)
34 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
Palm Springs International ShortFest (2012)
First Run Festival – Premio a Mejor Guión, Dirección, Fotografía y Actriz Protagónica
Tribeca Film Festival (2012)
Toronto Female Eye Film Festival (2012)
New York Latino Film Festival (2012)
24fps International Short Film Festival (2012)
Zoé Salicrup-Junco
Zoé is a multi-award-winning film and advertising director and producer. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, she has created content for Sony, ESPN, and AOL, among others. Her short film “GABI” competed at top-tier festivals such as the Tribeca Film Festival, Palm Springs International Shortfest, and Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. She has been named one of the “10 Most Important Filmmakers to Watch” by The Independent Magazine and her work has won major awards such as the King Screenwriting Award, the Wasserman Directing Award, and the National Board of Review Student Grant. She is a finalist for the HBO/DGA Directing Fellowship, the Cinefestival/Sundance Latino Screenwriters Project Fellow, and the Sundance Women’s Intensive Project Fellow. In addition, Zoé is co-founder of the post-production company Beige in New York.