Antonia Bello - Visual Artist

Antonia Bello is a student of Visual Arts and Social Communication at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. She has focused her work on experimental animation and its fusions with the plastic arts, installation, as well as sound exploration. The themes of her works range from personal inquiries, relations between the body and video, and plastic matter as a protagonist in non-conventional narratives. She has participated in diverse film festivals in Colombia, as well as in collaborative art projects with the truth commission. She was part of the University of Leeds Youth Research Board in the Changing the Story project from 2021-2022.
Education
2017- 2022
Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá
Film Festival selections
2018
Equinoxio Film Festival - Official selection (Best fiction short film)
2019
Equinoxio Film Festival - Official selection (Best written essay of cinema)
2020
Equinoxio Film Festival - Official selection (Best animation shortfilm)
2020
Cinestesia film festival - Official selection (best animation shortfilm)
Awards
2020
Cine Toro Experimental Film festival - Winner categoría Emergente
2021
Animalatina Film Festival - Official selection (best student animation shortfilm)
2021
Festival de cine Polo Sur - Especial Mention
2022
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival - Official selection (best national shortfilm)
2021
Rising of Lusitania Film Festival- Official selection (best student animadoc)
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