Synopsis

Being a daughter, being a mother, becoming a woman. In Bogotá, a bird-girl leaves behind the family home, her domineering mother and faithful dog to go and explore her sexuality.

Carla Melo Gampert

Carla Melo Gampert (1993, Bogotá) is a visual artist who graduated from the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá and from the film program at the Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires. Her graduate thesis, the animated short film Por ahora un cuento, had its international premiere at the Annecy Festival before travelling to Dok Leipzig, FicValdivia, Curta Kinoforum and São Paulo, among others. In addition to her work as a director, she curates audiovisual exhibitions such as Animación Porosa (Cinemateca de Bogotá, 2022). In La Perra, her first professional animated short, she continues her exploration of body and femininity.