Gabriella is dedicated to a film industry that entertains, educates, and inspires. Her woman-focused projects cross genres: from biopic to romantic comedy, from sci-fi to social realism. Over the last fifteen years, she has provided tuition and consultation for a range of Higher Education institutions, film organisations and production companies.
While Gabriella developed her voice in short film, she is committed to creating independent feature film stories that share a commercial appeal and a big heart! Alongside developing her own projects, she has provided mentoring, consultancy and tuition at some of the most respected film organisations in the UK for over 10 years. These include BFI, Met Film School, Screen South, Kingston University among others.
Several previous lectures are available to view for free on YouTube
Delivered in February 2023, this session on Dialogue is suitable for those with some knowledge and practice of screenwriting, and covers principles applicable across short and feature film.
As part of the Future Film Labs in Summer 2022, this session looks at the importance of genre in short film. Suitable for those early in their filmmaking journey.
Please contact me at info@gabriellaapicella.com to discuss your needs, or for further information on what I can offer.
“Gabriella has helped so many young filmmakers and writers hone their ideas and develop their scripts during my many years running BFI Film Academy events and the BFI Future Film Festival where she supported our work through script surgeries, workshops and masterclasses. I'm so glad to be working with her now in my capacity as a Producer and Talent Manager”
“Gabriella has a great gift for getting under the skin of every script development project I have seen her work on. She brings her extensive experience to each and every writer she engages with – helping them to bring their scripts alive with an authentic voice and viable plot development that stacks up in whatever world we find ourselves in. I find Gabriella’s structured approach to feature development, which nurtures and challenges, is compelling. Her years of watching, writing and reading means anyone working with Gabriella is drawing on a wealth of excellent observations and experience. I highly recommend Gabriella to deliver outstanding group development programmes as well as excellent and insightful 1-2-1 programmes. Her results with writers are meaningful and impactful – we have seen excellent outcomes from the programmes Gabriella has delivered for Screen South.”
“Gabriella is genuinely passionate about teaching the students everything they need to know on how to survive in this industry & it's so easy to see that she wants all of us to succeed. Her advice is immaculate, as well as her knowledge about the industry. She was never afraid to answer the difficult questions posed by the class. Her lessons were planned spectacularly, managing to fit in the syllabus work, one to one feedback sessions as well as free writing activities.”
Former student