Private Project

Refraction

Eloísa, a 20-year-old woman, is in two relationships at the same time. One night, after having been with both girls, she feels overwhelmed by being cheated on, and in her confusion, she sets out to explore the streets of Medellín on a bicycle, where she realizes she doesn t want to acknowledge who she is, but must find herself.

  • Isabella Palacio Mesa
    Director
  • Isabella Palacio Mesa
    Writer
  • Isabella Palacio Mesa
    Producer
  • Daniela Jiménez Guzmán
    Key Cast
  • Raquel Pareja Murillo
    Key Cast
  • Maria Alejandra Castaño Martínez
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, LGBTIQ+
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 12, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    8,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Colombia
  • Country of Filming:
    Colombia
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Bogotá
    Colombia
    December 3, 2025
    National Premiere
    National Competition Bogoshorts
Director Biography - Isabella Palacio Mesa

Audiovisual Communicator from the University of Antioquia. She has worked as producer, director, assistant director, writer and editor on short films selected at national and international festivals, and has collaborated with film festivals in Colombia. She edited Akababuru: Expresión de asombro, premiered at Berlinale 2025 in Generation KPlus. She directed and produced Refracción, part of National Competition at Bogoshorts 2025 . She produced Comadres (2022) and co-directed the music video La Lentitud (2019), both screened at Bogoshorts. She directed and edited CASA 16B - 42 (2021) selected in other festivals. She was producer and post-production coordinator of the series Ciudades Sin Borde (2024). She is currently producing Bekaura: hijas del maíz, an animated short in development that joined the MIFA Campus at Annecy 2025. With her project Las Pájaras, she took part in BAMMERS 2025, where she received a scholarship at EICTV in San Antonio de los Baños (Cuba).

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