Gabriela Osio Vanden
Gabriela Osio Vanden is an award-winning Venezuelan-Canadian director and cinematographer based in Toronto. She brings a background in painting and dance to her images, which have premiered at major festivals, including TIFF, Camerimage, SXSW, IDFA, Sheffield DocFest and True/False. She is a HotDocs 2022 Fellow. Vanden’s student thesis film The Rambler was awarded an internship with Phedon Papamichael ASC GSC, whom she shadowed on Alexander Payne’s Downsizing. Gabriela has a bachelor’s degree in film production from York University. Her latest film Nuisance Bear premiered at TIFF and played at over 120 film festivals. It won multiple awards, but most notably a Critics Choice Award and Outstanding Non-Fiction Short at Cinema Eye Honors. It was shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards. Vanden is the co-director of the feature-length Nuisance Bear (Mountainfilm 2026), alongside Jack Weisman.