Director / writer
Tattooed (Short 2025)
ON A JOURNEY TO FEEL
Sam, on the one-year anniversary of her Mum's death, decides to get a tattoo. She crosses paths with her ex, Lina and is made to confront new and old feelings.
Starring Zoë Clayton-Kelly, Lauren Orrell and Heidi De Silva
Erased (short 2021)
CAN LOVE BE ERASED
Eric and Cate live and work on Mars and must fulfil their contract to the all-powerful Erasure Institute. The Erasure Institute has mastered the technology of "erasing", which removes emotional pain and trauma. Eric begins to suspect that the Institute’s work may have a darker side. At the same time, Cate is haunted by inexplicable and disturbing memories. Cate decides that voluntary erasure might be her only way out.
Starring: Johnny Light, Lauren Orrell and Aria Newton
About
Gabriela Loza - BIO
Gabriela Loza (she/her) is a Mexican-American award winning filmmaker originally from Southern California.
Her directorial debut, short film ‘Erased’ has screened at multiple international film festivals, winning 14 awards and 10 nominations. She began her filmmaking journey in Hollywood as a set painter/carpenter and prop fabricator, production designer eventually moving into directing, writing and producing.
Gabriela, originally from Los Angeles, has lived down under for the last 14 years where she graduated from International Film School Sydney. As a queer woman of colour, Gabriela is interested in using her filmmaking to discover unheard stories and amplify Indigenous voices.
Gabriela is currently in post production with two short films that she wrote and directed: ‘Tattooed' and 'Poppy Has Narcolepsy.'
News & press
Interview with the filmmaker
Matthew Toffolo Interviews film director Gabriela Loza about filmmaking and the making of her short film Erased
awards
BEST SET DESIGN - SHORT
Gabriela Loza was awarded
Best Set Design Short
for the film "Erased" by the Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival 2022 in Miami, Florida (USA)
Best Short Film - Sci Fi
Red Movie Awards
Reims Excellence Director
BEST SHORT FILM
Reims, France
November 2021
Best Editor - Short
Matias Bolla was awarded
BEST EDITOR - SHORT
at The Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival 2022 for Erased
L.A. Sci-Fi Film Festival
BEST PICTURE
Gold Jury Prize
L.A. Sci-Fi Film Festival
ERASED
Los Angeles
2021
L.A. Sci-Fi Film Festival
Fantasy Sci-Fi Film and Screenplay Festival
BEST SHORT FILM
Los Angeles / Toronto
October 2021
Celludroid Sci-Fi Film Festival
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Cape Town, South Africa
Sep. 1 - 10 2021
Short To The Point International Film Festival
BEST FANTASY/SCI-FI
August 2021
Bucharest, Romania
Brooklyn Sci-Fi Film Festival
SILVER MEDAL - Honourable Mention
Brooklyn, NY USA
Sep 20-26 2021
Short Film Factory
Honourable Mention
Bucharest, Romania
2022
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
SEMI-FINALIST
Rhode Island, USA
2021
OTHER PROJECTS
Apple (2018) short
Praxidikê: One Second Before Awakening (short)
Apple (2018) short
Tom, a schoolboy, is shrapnel from an explosion that starts with the abuse of power by his teacher. Written and directed by Steve Pasvolsky Gabriela Loza - Production design
Gish (2016) short
Praxidikê: One Second Before Awakening (short)
Apple (2018) short
A time-traveler battles her future and present demons.
Written and directed by Paul Barakat.
Gabriela Loza - Production design / Art direction
Praxidikê: One Second Before Awakening (short)
Praxidikê: One Second Before Awakening (short)
Praxidikê: One Second Before Awakening (short)
This is Gabriela's fifth collaboration with director Eugene F. Raggio.
Gabriela was the DOP / Cinematographer and also did the art direction
Backwards Showgirl Variation (2014) short
Praxidikê: One Second Before Awakening (short)
Allegra, a 40 something pole dancing instructor finds herself homeless, childless, single and practically penniless. She arrives on her best friend's doorstep. Forward wind 3 months, as she attempts to find somewhere to live and navigate life with affirmations. A wry comic look at 40 year old behaving like 20 year and a little love letter in black and white to Sydney's inner west. Written and directed by Harriet McKern. Gabriela Loza - Production design
Mrs Cox's Life Hacks
Mrs Cox takes revenge on all the people in her life and shows you how to prepare them in healthy meals. Written and directed by Barbara Hastings. Gabriela Loza - Production design and prop fabrication
Above a prop I made: Finger carved from a carrot and painted for episode 1.
The Aquarium (2015) short
A young girl who seeks solace in underwater worlds to escape her volatile parents makes the ultimate physical sacrifice for a school excursion to the Aquarium. Written and directed by Jacobie Gray. Gabriela Loza - Stand by props
I'm a Degenerate (2014) short
Chris picks up his sister from school on the same day Ronnie, the king of Long Bay Prison, seeks retribution on Chris for injecting his nephew with drugs. Written and directed by Aleksander Tranberg
Gabriela Loza - Production design
Guarding Aurora: A Love Story with Ninjas (2014) short
Guarding Aurora: A Love Story with Ninjas (2014) short
Day in, day out; wannabe hero Alec protects Aurora, the girl of his dreams, from an army of vengeful ninjas. Alec tries to remain distant but as he finds himself falling for Aurora a number of potentially deadly secrets threaten to tear them apart. Written and directed by D. C. Fairhurst. Gabriela Loza - Production design