Cárcel
A twelve-year-old learns her father is in prison, told as a fable about rabbits.
- Format
- Animated documentary short
- Year
- 2018
- Length
- 12 min
- Role
- Script and direction

Synopsis
Through a fable starring rabbits, twelve-year-old Laura’s father explains why he has been away. His story, as a man imprisoned in Medellín, leads her to visit him in jail and learn the truth her family kept from her for years.
Con un cuento protagonizado por conejitos, el padre de Laura, de 12 años, le explica el porqué de su ausencia. La historia del hombre, encarcelado en Medellín, lleva a la niña a visitarlo en prisión y a descubrir la verdad que le ha ocultado su familia durante años.
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Premiere
- World premiere, international short film competition, DOK Leipzig, 2018
Awards
- Best Animated Short, Popayán Short Film Festival, 2018
Screenings
- 13 festivals in eight countries
- Cinefórum Animazine, Málaga Film Festival
Support
- Film Development Fund (FDC), Proimágenes Colombia, 2016
- Animation Production Lab Bridging The Gap, Valencia, 2016
Press
Credits
- Script and direction
- Catalina Vásquez Salazar
- Executive producer
- Juan Pablo Tamayo Giraldo
- Cinematography, art direction, technical direction
- Sebastián Quintero Mesa
- Character design
- Julián García Mejía
- Storyboard, compositing, editing
- David Castaño Luján
- Sound design and original score
- José Santamaría Castro
- Location sound
- Óscar Rojo Gaviria
- Animation
- Julián García, David Castaño, Daniel Cardona, Catalina Vásquez, Sebastián Quintero
- Illustrators
- Julián García Mejía, Sebastián Quintero Mesa
- Animation assistant
- Daniel Cardona Granda