Gibrán Portela
Writing
Known For

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.
No One Will Miss Us

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.
Prison Cell 211

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.
Midnight Family

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.
Diablero

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.
An Unknown Enemy

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.
Green Frontier

Three women who are born on the same day and at the same time are marked by a prophecy: the day the three meet and fall in love with the same man, one of them will die. Despite coming from opposite worlds, their paths inevitably cross.
Tres milagros

A meteorite deposits an alien monster with strange powers near the home of an unhappy couple.
The Untamed

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.
Güeros

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.
Gizmo

A group of Central-American teen-agers depart from the slums of Guatemala City escaping poverty and violence, towards the promised land of California.
The Golden Dream

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?
All the Freckles in the World

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.
Oliverio and the Pool

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.
Speed of Glory

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.