Directing
Gabriel Paez Hernandez
Ecuadorian film director. He studied Film and Television at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito and a Master's Degree in Aesthetic Theory Art from the University of La Plata - Argentina. He has directed and produced films such as "Santa Elena en Bus", "Sacachún", "Vengo volviendo".
Known For
Sacachun · 2018Sacachun
★ 8.02018
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about faith through an essay on aging and the fear of death. A story about a group of elders in a ghost town and their lifetime struggle for the respect of their culture and their different ways of understanding faith, where the need of water is the main element that supports their demands and ancient culture is presented as an heritage for new generations to come, that if their home town survives after they are gone. A film that portrays youthfulness as hope, while the main characters reminds us all that nothing is more powerful than our own will and that there is no such thing as a lost cause.
Maura · 2023Maura
2023
MovieDocumentary
84-year-old Maura is the guardian of a very particular tradition in danger of extinction. She is a singer of amorfinos, verses full of humor that will disappear forever with her departure.
Vengo Volviendo · 2015Vengo Volviendo
★ 5.22015
MovieDrama
Vengo Volviendo tells the story of Ismael, who was raised by his grandmother and seeks to leave Ecuador in order to migrate to the United States. Along the way, he encounters a host of interesting people and learns of some interesting tales.
Santa Elena en bus · 2012Santa Elena en bus
2012
Movie
"mitos, leyendas y tradiciones". A day in the life of Severino; a young bus conductor. Here you will be the spectator of four amazing stories that take place in Santa Elena.
Vida del Ahorcado · 2004Vida del Ahorcado
★ 7.02004
MovieMystery
Adaptation of Pablo Palacio short story that through a teacher and a group of his students, presents an exercise of dispersion and annihilation converted into an aesthetic object.
Open Wound · 2013Open Wound
★ 4.02013
MovieWarDrama
Jorge, a young Ecuadorian, is unexpectedly in the middle of the jungle as an inexperienced soldier. At first, Jorge is confident that military experience makes you a recognized and respected man. But he finds out that the reality is very different; as the private may face neglect, hunger, death and nature, especially human nature. Captive in an enemy camp, Jorge must discover who he has become as he recovers from his injuries and struggles to escape with his fellow prisoner Hugo or stay there under the care of the Peruvian nurse Dolores. Difficult decisions ... beyond the target and border that divides them are abound.
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