DOCUMENTARY WORK
YUTURI
Short Documentary | Work in progress
An Indigenous leader in the Ecuadorian Amazon mobilizes the first all-women guard to defend her community—the last to keep gold mining at bay in a province where ten rivers have already been declared dead… an industry now drawing in drug trafficking and criminal networks.
Director and Producer
Gabriela Pinasco
Co-producer
Marcia Rock
Editor
Gabriela Pinasco
Main Cinematography
Gabriela Pinasco
Additional Cinematography
Gandy Grefa
Lissette Valenzuela
Music Composer
Esther Ollivier
Mix sound and Music editor
Walter Garay / TruePeak
Colorist
Juan Carlos Cedeño / Chachan
Motion Graphics
Freddy Barreiro
GRANDCHILD 139
Short Documentary | 25m | 2025
In December 2024, Ramón Inama received a phone call that would change his life: after 30 years of searching, his sister, one of the nearly 500 babies stolen during Argentina’s last military dictatorship, had been found.
Gabriela Pinasco
Director and Producer
Editor
Gabriela Pinasco
Main Cinematography
Gabriela Pinasco
Additional Cinematography
Jason Maloney
Sound mix and Music editor
Walter Garay
TruePeak
Colorist
Ronald Guzmán Dávila
Director and Producer
Amber Huang
Editor
Gabriela Pinasco
Cinematography
Gabriela Pinasco
Elena Xiang
Sound mix and Music editor
Walter Garay
TruePeak
Colorist
Daniel Nozick
MIGRANT RAPPER
IN THE NYC SUBWAY
Biopic | 8m | 2025
Daniel Ballesteros, an Ecuadorian-Mexican rapper living in New York, has transformed the city’s subway into his personal stage. Leaving behind a steady job in construction, Daniel took the bold step of pursuing music full-time, and now performs for daily commuters in the bustling underground.
Director and Producer
Gabriela Pinasco
Editor
Gabriela Pinasco
Cinematography
Gabriela Pinasco
Sound mix and Music editor
Walter Garay
TruePeak
HIDDEN PARADISES
OF ECUADOR
Series | 26m | 2023
We take you to discover this hidden island in the province of Esmeraldas, bordering the Pacific Ocean and the world's tallest mangrove reserve: Canchimalero, a land of fishermen that holds an unknown national treasure, the last sail fisherman.
This is the first episode of Vistazo's documentary series Hidden Paradises of Ecuador, which promotes community-based and sustainable tourism. View photos, read chronicles of the destinations, and learn more about our project at: www.vistazo.com/paraisos-escondidos.
Gabriela Pinasco
Director
Producers
Manuel Avilés
Gabriela Pinasco
Vistazo Magazine
Editor
Ronald Guzmán
Sound mix and Music editor
Cinematography
Ronald Guzmán Dávila
Walter Garay
TruePeak
Director
Gabriela Pinasco
Producers
Nicole Landín
Gabriela Pinasco
Vistazo Magazine
Editor
Ronald Guzmán
Cinematography
Ronald Guzmán Dávila
Sound mix and Music editor
Walter Garay
TruePeak