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# _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

![Cárcel, a desert landscape at dusk](/media/responsive/b14995b91d8f6648-960.webp)

## Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Laura’s father tells her a fable about rabbits to explain 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.

## Stills

![Close-up of an animated character's large dark eyes above a pale surface](/media/responsive/41c8f3625025bc3d-960.webp)

![Blue night landscape with silhouetted structures and pools of light](/media/responsive/baa33598cdc3869f-960.webp)

![Animated room with a hanging screen, window and suspended furnishings](/media/responsive/d973b80fefca2a1c-960.webp)

## Premiere

-   World premiere, international short film competition, DOK Leipzig, 2018

## Awards

-   Best Animated Short, Festival de Cine Corto de Popayán, 2018

## Screenings

-   13 festivals in eight countries
-   Official selection, Bogoshorts, 2018
-   Official selection, Anima Latina, Argentina, 2018
-   Cinefórum Animazine, Málaga Film Festival, 2019

## Support

-   Film Development Fund (FDC), Proimágenes Colombia, 2016
-   Animation Production Lab Bridging The Gap, Valencia, 2016

## Press

[Radiónica, 2018](https://www.radionica.rocks/cultura/cine-series/carcel-mas-que-un-corto-animado-una-metafora-de-la-sociedad)[Bogoshorts Sessions, 2018](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XmPCFdU9Cg)

## 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

[Next work Reciclando recuerdos_My search for my father, known in his town as the recycler, after ten years apart._ ![Reciclando recuerdos](/media/responsive/052da2371bfaec2e-427.webp)](https://kathiuska.com/kathiuska/reciclando-recuerdos/)

Source: https://kathiuska.com/kathiuska/carcel/