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Boca Chica

Desi (12) spends her days dreaming on the beaches of Boca Chica of becoming a famous singer, but her goal is threatened by the insidious future that awaits some of the girls in her town. A future that is perpetuated by some of those closest to her. Only her music can save her.

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Synopsis

Desi (12) spends her days dreaming on the beaches of Boca Chica of becoming a famous singer, but her goal is threatened by the insidious future that awaits some of the girls in her town. A future that is perpetuated by some of those closest to her. Only her music can save her.

Bio

Gabriella A. Moses is an award-winning Dominican-Guyanese American writer and director based in Brooklyn, NY. She is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. With her firm belief in sharing stories with underrepresented protagonists that test viewer’s perceptions of identity and their imaginations, Gabriella has received support from the Sundance Institute’s Creative Producing Lab, Tribeca Film Institute’s All Access Lab and Creators Market, IFP (The Gotham) No Border’s Film Market and the Los Cabos Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund programs. She has participated in numerous workshops including the Sundance Screenwriter's Intensive, the NYWIFT "From Script to Pre-Production" Workshop, Tribeca and Chanel Through Her Lens, AT&T Untold Stories program and the annual Blacklist Screenwriter’s Lab. She most recently was selected for the inaugural Scripted Cannes Screenplay List, LALIFF & Netflix Inclusion Fellowship and The Black List Latinx List. Her screenplay EL TIMBRE DE TU VOZ won Best Drama screenplay at Fresh Voices Screenplay competition, including recognition through their Diversity & Inclusion and our Culture & Heritage Spotlight Awards. Her debut feature BOCA CHICA, set in the Dominican Republic, premiered in International Narrative Competition at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival where she won the prestigious 11th Annual Nora Ephron Award.

Screening History

Tribeca Film Festival 2023

Atlantic International Film Festival 2023

Huelva International Film Festival 2023

Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival 2023

NY Latino Film Festival 2023

Awards History

Tribeca 2023 - Nora Ephron Award

Guadeloupe International Film Festival 2024 - Grand Jury Prize

Bentonville International Film Festival 2024 - Special Jury Mention