Natalia Gaxiola is a director and writer from Mexico City, based in London, She recently graduated with an MA in Filmmaking at the London Film School. With a background in documentary filmmaking, her work explores family dynamics, intimacy, and the emotional tensions hidden within everyday life, blending observational realism with humor.
Before pursuing cinema, she studied medicine for two years with the intention of becoming a surgeon, an experience that continues to deeply shape her approach to filmmaking: observing small gestures and silences as though trying to uncover something hidden beneath the surface. Her work privileges spontaneity, natural performances, and moments in which characters reveal more than what they say.