Gabrielle Brady
Writer-director
UK & Autralia
Gabrielle Brady is an Australian writer and director currently based in Berlin.
Gabrielle’s latest feature film THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT premiered in competition at TIFF (2024) and has been selected as the Australian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. The film has received multiple awards and has been shown world wide in festivals including; London Film Festival, IDFA, Marrakesh and CPH:Dox.
Her debut feature ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS received critical acclaim after its world premiere at the Tribeca film festival where it won best documentary. The film went on to win 30 international prizes and was nominated for an Independent Spirit award and a BAFTA.
Gabrielle’s work has been featured at the Museum of Moving Image NY, Australian Centre for Moving Image, the Institute of Contemporary Arts London and has been selected as a ‘Critics Pick’ by the New York Times. She has made several short films commissioned by The Guardian and the Art Gallery of NSW.
Gabrielle studied directing at La Escuela Internacional de Cine (EICTV) in Cuba and previously Theatre at Charles Sturt University, Australia.
Gabrielle also works as a script and film mentor through organisations such as Le Groupe Ouest, Field of vision, AFTRS, Film university Babeslberg and the Scottish Film institute.
Project
Rare Birds
Celebrated ornithologist Nina has a tight grip on her plans for the future. She is building her dream home deep in the tropics of northern Australia, taking the ruins of the colonial house she grew up in and transforming it with the help of her architect husband Noah into an eco house vision. Together they face the pressure to complete construction before the onset of cyclone season.
With her beloved daughter Val, she explores the wonders of the area with the same curiosity of her childhood gaze.
At her work it’s more complicated. Nina maps the presence of endangered species for a development company, when an indigenous ’guide’ promises to shut down all development projects in the region, including her house, if the fabled Regent bird is sighted.
A piercing sound starts following Nina from her house to the rainforest where she is attacked by something unseen leaving a huge wound across her face – which no one seems to notice. Nina’s tightly controlled plan is crumbling until Nina herself is unravelling spectacularly out of control.
