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Felina

Felina is a woman capable of turning into a panther; or maybe a panther capable of turning into a woman. She is in love with a blind pianist to whom she does not want to reveal her condition. However, one day she receives unexpected news: she is pregnant with kittens.

  • María Lorenzo
    Director
    Urban Sphinx, Impromptu, The Night Ocean
  • María Lorenzo
    Writer
    Urban Sphinx, Impromptu, The Night Ocean
  • Enrique Millán
    Producer
    Urban Sphinx, Impromptu, The Night Ocean
  • Laura Candela
    Key Cast
  • Juan Sastre
    Key Cast
  • Armando Bernabeu Lorenzo
    Music
    The Cat Dances with its Shadow, The Night Ocean
  • Julia Happymiaow
    Art Direction
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Felina
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Genres:
    Noir, Fantasy, Animals
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 31, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - María Lorenzo

María Lorenzo Hernández (Alicante, 1977) is Chair Professor of animation at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Universitat Politècnica de València. She is one of the most renowned Spanish animation filmmakers, whose shorts have been selected, exhibited and awarded in more than 40 countries. Nominated for the 2016 Goya Awards for her short film The Night Ocean (2015), her filmography also includes Fashion Victims 2.0 (2023), Urban Sphinx (2020), Impromptu (2017), The Cat Dances with its Shadow (2012), The Carnivorous Flower (2009) and Portrait of D. (2004), works reviewed in books such as 100 años de animación española. Arte y tecnología (Diboos Federation, 2016) or Adaptation for Animation (CRC Press, 2019). María Lorenzo has writen the book La imagen animada. Una historia imprescindible (Diábolo, 2021), and since 2011 she has directed the journal Con A de animación.

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Director Statement

FELINA is the story of two beings who learn to trust each other.
FELINA sends a message about the need to accept your own way of being, the most natural and instinctive side of the human being... About the need to give and accept love, and also about respecting the animal kingdom, to which we belong. Although FELINA tells a dark story at moments, its end cannot be brighter.