‘Rio,’ ‘Ice Age’ Director Carlos Saldanha Boards Oscar-Qualified Colombian Short ‘La Perra’ as Executive Producer (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJamie Lang Brazilian writer, director and animator Carlos Saldanha has boarded Carla Melo Gampert’s Oscar-qualified Colombian animated short “La Perra” to accompany the film through its upcoming awards season run. “La Perra” is largely inspired by Melo’s own life and tells the story of a young woman who leaves her family home in Bogota, a domineering mother and her beloved childhood dog to explore her sexuality in a wider world that often pushes Latina women to transition from cute little girls into traditional mothers, or labels them as sluts – “perras” in Spanish, hence the film’s title – if they don’t conform.
Co-produced by esteemed Colombian indie producers Franco Lolli and Capucine Mahé at Bogota-based Evidencia Films and Naomi Denamur and Julie Billy at Paris’s June Films, “La Perra” was a revelation on this year’s festival circuit.
It screened in competition at Cannes, Annecy, Toronto, SXSW, Tallinn Black Nights and Clermont-Ferrand and won awards at Dresden, San Francisco, Zagreb and Melbourne, among others.
The film also won the Colombian Academy Macondo Award for best animated short. Saldanha has a decades-long resume working as a writer, director and producer on major U.S.
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