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Gabriela Vidal

Writer

Writer, screenwriter and script teacher who develops her activity between Mexico City and Córdoba, Argentina. In 2011, she obtained a grant from the National System of Creators, in which she developed the scripts Doctor Peralta and El Deseo de Ana, winner of the 2016 GIFF National Script Competition. In recent years she has published a novel, Melancólicos (Ed. Del Boulevard, 2012), a book of stories, Paseo con fantasma (Ed. Del Boulevard, 2014) and Los Niños de las Motitos (Ed. Librosampleados, 2014). In addition to having participated in an anthology of texts on Cortázar with 48 authors from Latin America. In Mexico, she is the Coordinator of the Screenwriters Residence of Sonora and the North, an annual event that brings together writers from the north of Mexico and the south of the United States and that travels through cities in the northern states. He has taught courses at the San Agustín Etla Center for the Arts, Oaxaca, at CECUT (Tijuana), in Salamanca and Celaya (Guanajuato). Graduated from the CCC Script Course, 2005, and from the Communication career at the National University of Córdoba, 1994. She has written several award-winning film scripts, among which the following stand out: "Familia Tortuga" (Ficco Prize, 2006), "I don't want to sleep alone" (Best Screenplay Nomination for Ariel, 2011), "Life afterwards" (Venice Festival Selection , 2013) and "The pleasure is mine" (Morelia Festival Award, 2014). In Mexico, he has formed groups of writers for different series, among which the following stand out: "Crónica de castas", produced for channel 11, "Sex and other secrets", Televisa, and "Divididos". She is an advisor to different projects both in Argentina and Mexico.

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Works as
Writer
Titles
3 on Motif · 11 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 4% in 30 days

What are Gabriela Vidal's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
40%
Survival
24%
Self
16%
Bonds
11%
Power
8%

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
3
Tense
2
Dread
1
Contemplative
1
Thrilling
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gabriela Vidal's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 3 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Gabriela Vidal's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

11 credits, 3 with a Motif page.

  • The Gringo Hunters(2025)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
  • Thursday's Widows(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
  • Ana's Desire(2019)

    Screenplay · Screenstory

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • 4 Feet High (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Writer

  • History Lessons (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)

    Script Consultant

  • Charity (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    Script Coordinator

  • The Pleasure is Mine (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    Screenplay

  • The Life After (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)

    Screenplay

  • No quiero dormir sola (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)

    Screenplay

  • Turtle Family (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)

    Screenplay

  • Sigilo (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles, 9 of them dated from 2006 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing1 of 10: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting9 of 10: 8 only writing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 10: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s5 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Who does Gabriela Vidal work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gabriela Vidal's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mariana Aceves shares the most, 2.

Producers