{{Short description|American filmmaker (born 1964)}} {{Infobox person | name = Gabriela S. Böhm | image = Gabriela Böhm 2007.png | alt = | caption = Böhm at the LILLIFF Film Festival (2007) | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1964}} | birth_place = [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] | birth_name = | years_active = 2000—Present | occupation = Film director/producer | spouse = | partner = }}

'''Gabriela Böhm''' ({{Langx|he|גבריאלה בוהם}}; born 1964) is an [[independent film|independent]] [[documentary film|documentary]] [[filmmaker]] from Buenos Aires, Argentina now living in Los Angeles.

==Background== Born in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] to immigrant parents — survivors of the Holocaust — she completed high school and the army in [[Israel]] before she moved to the United States. Böhm is fluent in Spanish, English and Hebrew. She studied painting, sculpture, art history, photography and film at A Midrasha Le Morim Leomanut Art School in Israel (1985–1986), got a BFA from [[New York University Tisch School of the Arts]] (1990) and is an MFA candidate in documentary film at the [[Maine Media College]].<ref name="independent">{{cite news |url = http://www.independent-magazine.org/node/1049 |title = The Doc Doctor's Anatomy of a Film: "The Longing" |last = Rossi |first = Fernanda |date = April 2008 |publisher = Independent Magazine |access-date = 2010-05-01 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110224122022/http://independent-magazine.org/node/1049 |archive-date = 2011-02-24 }}</ref>

===Film career=== Her first feature-length documentary, ''Passages'' (2000), which she wrote, directed and produced with her company Böhm Productions, won the Best Documentary award at the [[Woodstock Film Festival]]. This personal film was a search into her family's history in an attempt to pass on its legacy to her unborn son.<ref name="woodstock">{{cite news |url=http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/archives/2001schedule/documentaries.htm |title=Passages |last= |first= |year=2001 |publisher=Woodstock Film Festival |access-date=2010-05-01}}</ref>

Böhm also wrote, directed, produced and co-edited ''The Longing: The Forgotten Jews of South America'' (2007), which has won numerous awards including Best Documentary at the Long Island Latino International Film Festival, a Telly Award for Religion and Spirituality, and Best Latino Film at the [[Santa Fe Film Festival]].<ref name="santefe">{{cite news |url = http://www.filmfestivalworld.com/festival/Santa_Fe_Film_Festival/ |title = Santa Fe Film Festival - an FFW festival profile |last = |first = |date = December 12, 2007 |publisher = FilmFestivalWorld.com |access-date = 2010-05-01 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100725031938/http://www.filmfestivalworld.com/festival/Santa_Fe_Film_Festival/ |archive-date = 2010-07-25 }}</ref><ref name="jweekly">{{cite news |url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/32956/three-faces-of-sephardic-jews-on-display-at-fest/ |title=Three faces of Sephardic Jews on display at fest |last=Fox |first=Michael |date=July 20, 2007 |publisher=jweekly.com |access-date=2010-05-01}}</ref> The film tells the story of modern-day [[Crypto-Jews]] (or [[marranos]]) forced to convert to [[Catholicism]] during the [[Inquisition]] in Spain and Portugal and who are now returning to their Jewish faith.<ref name="CJ">{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/film/article/the_longing_documents_crypto_jews_caught_between_two_worlds_20081106/ |title='The Longing' documents crypto-Jews caught between two worlds |last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |date=November 7, 2008 |publisher=Jewish Journal |access-date=2010-05-01}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite news |url= |title=The Longing: The Forgotten Jews of South America (2006) |last= |first= |date=September 11, 2008 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> The film has screened internationally at film festivals in the US, Canada, South America, Europe and Israel.<ref name="IU">{{cite news |url=http://www.indiana.edu/~jwgp/filmmaker.shtml |title=The Longing: The Forgotten Jews of South America |last= |first= |date=October 2001 |publisher=Indiana University |access-date=2010-05-01}}</ref><ref name="asd">{{cite news |url=https://nyjff.blogspot.com/2007/01/gabriela-bohm-discusses-her-documentary.html |title=Gabriela Böhm Discusses Her Documentary, "The Longing: The Forgotten Jews of South America" |last=Robbins |first=Jon |date=January 18, 2007 |publisher=New York Jewish Film Festival Blog |access-date=2010-05-01}}</ref>

Böhm wrote, directed, produced and co-edited ''Raquel: a marked woman'' (2014) which has screened in the US, Canada, Europe and Israel. Synopsis: Raquel's story is from another time, but resonates today. A mother, she was torn from her children and tricked into prostitution. In the early 20th century, thousands of Eastern European Jewish women were lured to Argentina and forced into prostitution. Others gave up. Not Raquel. Bravely, she exposed her oppressors.

The film has been honored with a Bronze Telly Award — Non-Broadcast Film/Video — History/Biography (2015). Other awards include: Silver Prize, Robinson International Short Film Competition (2015), Best Short Documentary/Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival (2015), Founders Award: The Joyce Forum/San Diego Jewish Film Festival (2015), Best in Fest Selection/ Palm Springs International ShortFest (2014) and Best Short Documentary/Warsaw Jewish Film Festival (2014).

She also directed, produced, wrote and edited ''Voice-Less'', a short experimental film that screened at many US film festivals.

==Personal life== Today Böhm is an American citizen, and she lives with her son in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Reed|title=Skirball's 'Transatlantico' film series spotlights a shared history|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-skirball-films-transatlantico-20140201-story.html#axzz2thIgdP90&page=1|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 2014 |access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref>

==Filmography== * ''Raquel: a marked woman'' (2014) - 34 min * ''The Longing: the Forgotten Jews of South America'' (2007) - 75 min * ''Passages'' (2000) - 65 min * ''The Wild Side'' - short documentary * ''Voice-less'' (1990) - short film

<ref>{{cite web|last1=Braun|first1=Phyllis|title=Issues of identity at forefront in Tucson Jewish film festival|url=http://www.azjewishpost.com/2014/34249/|website=Arizona Jewish Post|publisher=Arizona Jewish Post|access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Arnold|first1=Janet|title=Tucson Film Festival is a Jewel|url=http://www.azjewishlife.com/tucson-film-festival-is-a-jewel/|website=Arizona Jewish Life|date=15 January 2015 |publisher=Arizona Jewish Life|access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Robinson Short Film Competition|url=http://www.filmpgh.org/competitions/|website=Robinson Short Film Competition|publisher=JFilm: Pittsburgh Jewish Film Forum|access-date=3 June 2015}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708080600/http://www.bohmproductions.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81&Itemid=71 Bohm Productions Homepage] * {{IMDb name|1333266}} * {{Twitter}} * [http://www.santaferadiocafe.org/shows/RC%2011-28-07.mp3 Bohm live on Santa Fe Radio]

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