Gibrán Portela (Writer)
Little is known about Gibrán Portela, a figure with a modest footprint in Writer. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
Güeros
Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.
Release Date2014-04-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count152
No One Will Miss Us
It's the '90s, and five losers run an illegal business at their high school. They sell homework and assignments to their classmates. The advantage is that no one ever suspects the nerds. Their business brings them money and popularity. But hormones and an unexpected death threaten to ruin everything. If the business collapses, their futures and their friendships are at risk.
Release Date2024-08-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count8
Vote Count267
Speed of Glory
Roger Ramirez is an experienced stock car racer in Mexico. The team that leads the current season offers him to join their ranks and with it, the opportunity to race abroad. His decision means abandoning the team and the people who have supported him to get where he is.
Release Date2010-11-05
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count4
The Untamed
Desperate to flee but consumed by fear, Alejandra, a young mother and working housewife, is trapped in a violent and unsatisfying relationship with her husband, Angel. She leans on her brother Fabián for support, but he has secrets of his own. The troubled couple locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction. A rag-tag collection of people also addicted to having mind-blowing sex with the monster come in and out...Alejandra’s gay brother, Fabian has sex with Ángel, his abusive, cheating brother-in-law. Eventually, for the second time, Ángel is tossed aside once Fabian discovers the Joy of (Squid) Sex. ...
Release Date2016-05-15
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count199
Prison Cell 211
Caught in a prison riot, a human rights lawyer poses as an inmate to survive. As he blends in, chaos and personal loss unveil the darkness within him.
Release Date2025-02-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count57
Diablero
A young priest enlists the help of a demon hunter and a paranormal expert to search for a kidnapped girl in the underworld of Mexico City.
Release Date2018-12-21
DepartmentWriting
JobCo-Writer
Episode Count4
Vote Count187
Midnight Family
Marigaby is a medical student by day—and by night, she saves lives with her family in Mexico City's high-stakes business of private ambulances. As pressure from both worlds threatens to drag her down, Marigaby will do whatever it takes to stay afloat.
Release Date2024-09-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count40
All the Freckles in the World
Teen comedy set in the school-year of 1994. José is the new kid on high-school, falling immediately for the popular and freckled Christina. Trying to impress her, he's going to unsuccessfully join the soccer try-outs. Is he shooting way out of his league?
Release Date2019-09-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count144
Green Frontier
When a young Bogotá-based detective gets drawn into the jungle to investigate four femicides, she uncovers magic, an evil plot and her own true origins.
Release Date2019-08-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count124
An Unknown Enemy
Fernando Barrientos, Head of the National Security Directorate, Mexico's Secret Police, is trying to reach the highest position in the country. On his way, he'll have to manipulate, betray, and kill, and he's well prepared for it. However, his path will be full of obstacles. Nobody, not even his family, will be immune to the chaos left in his quest for total power.
Release Date2018-10-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count77
El hombre de la multitud
Enrique Metinides, renowned crime photographer, discovers his passion as a child when his camera captures a haunting image of death. This obsession with documenting tragedy shapes his career and transforms his work into art. But as a mysterious figure begins appearing in his photographs, Enrique unravels a chilling secret linking his lens to the shadows of politics and the supernatural.
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
The Golden Dream
A group of Central-American teen-agers depart from the slums of Guatemala City escaping poverty and violence, towards the promised land of California.
Release Date2013-10-25
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count148
Oliverio and the Pool
When something unexpected happens in Oliverio’s family, all he wants to do is walk away. He settles on a deckchair by the pool and decides there is no reason to move. Life swirls around him, revealing secrets and presenting new challenges. Through moments of death, excrement and basic physics, Oliverio learns that some truths cannot be ignored.
Release Date2022-02-03
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count8
Gizmo
The mysterious disappearance of a young woman in a nature park and the bizarre death of a police chief intertwine, spiraling into a paranoid narrative with hints of the supernatural. This absurdist black comedy masquerades as a police procedural, showcasing a force that methodically wastes time and resources while ignoring the chaos around them.
Release Date2024-10-23