Gigi Romero director and scriptwriter

Gigi Romero

INFORMATION

Gigi Romero is a Spanish-Venezuelan director and screenwriter specializing in psychological horror, based in Madrid. She is currently developing her series project Próxima Estación at the Film Academy Residencies and working on her first feature film, La Cura, produced by Araceli Pérez-Rastrilla and her production company, La Vida. La Cura has been selected at Ventana Madrid and the international forum Do it the Spanish Way! at TIFF. Its screenplay won the IX edition of DAMA Ayuda and was selected for the III edition of COOFILM and the I Residencia Fantástica WOMANINFAN at the Sitges Festival. Additionally, she was chosen for the CANNES TALENT UNLIMITED residencies by Studiocanal and The Black List with the screenplay for Las Desgraciadas. In 2021, she won the OpenECAM award for Best Direction and Sound for Nadie #3. Her previous short films have been selected at festivals such as Sitges, Screamfest, and Fant Bilbao.

Selection of the TV series project Próxima Estación in the 6th edition of the Residencies of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Selection of La Cura in the 1st WOMANINFAN – SITGES FANLAB Fantastic Residency at the Sitges Film Festival.

Selection of the project Las Desgraciadas in the Talent Unlimited residencies in Cannes.

Selection of La Cura in COOLFILM, a residency for female filmmakers.

Selection of La Cura in the DAMA Ayuda program for feature film script development.

Nadie #3 wins Best Direction (OpenECAM) and Best Sound (AM Escuela) awards at the Notodofilmfest.

Together, winner of the International Horror Week of Estepona.

REEL (TERROR)

CORTO “NADIE #3”
CORTO “NORMAN”
“TOGETHER” SHORT FILM