María Lorenzo Hernández (1977) is an animation teacher at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. Her short film "The Night Ocean" (2015) has been nominated to the GOYA Spanish Academy of Film Awards. Her short films "Portrait of D." (2004), "The Carnivorous Flower" (2009) and "Impromptu" (2017) received several awards and were selected at international animation festivals such as Annecy, Anifest, Anima Mundi, Anima Brussels, London, Zagreb, Suttgart, Ottawa, etc. In 2012 she coordinated the collective film "The Cat Dances with its Shadow" (2012). "Urban Sphinx" (2020) and "Fashion Victims 2.0" (2023) paid tribute to street artists from the city of Valencia. Her most recent work is "Felina" (2024), a fantasy / noir short film.