2024 Princess Grace Award
Nominated by: New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Sir Roger Moore Film Honor
Gustavo René Sanabria is a Paraguayan-American filmmaker pursuing an MFA in Film & TV at NYU Tisch. His short films have screened at festivals around the world including Sundance, Slamdance, and SXSW, having won numerous awards and received Academy Award qualifications. As a writer-director, he is inspired by the diasporic experience and the decolonization of cinema. His latest film, SIESTA, just had its World Premiere at the Champs-Élysées Film Festival in Paris and is headed to the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Most recently, he has received the 2024 Black Family Prize for his thesis film at NYU. Gustavo develops deeply personal projects in hopes of spurring conversation, thoughts, dreams, and above all, connection.
