Melisa Zapata Montoya

Graduated in Communication and Audiovisual Languages from the University of Medellin (2017), where she coordinated the Cine Club Veinticuadros for several years. With her short film "Menguante" she won the New Creators competition of the 57th Cartagena Film Festival (FICCI, 2017), among other national and international festivals. She did her professional internship at Burning Blue (2017) and later was the general producer of the Bogota Short Film Festival - BOGOSHORTS for four years, as well as its digital coordinator in 2020. She was selected as a screenwriter in the 14th Berlinale Talents Buenos Aires and BAMMER in the 10th edition of BAM - Bogotá Audiovisual Market. She was Coordinator of the Promotion and Qualification area of the Bogotá Film Commission in 2022 and works as a producer at Laberinto Cine y Televisión. With a creation grant from IDARTES, she produced and co-wrote the short film Paloquemao (LSFF 2023), whose cinematographic exploration is defined as Popular Gothic. She has worked as Producer (Desde el suelo - Dir. Carolina Ayala and Exégesis - Dir. Valentina Vargas), Production Manager (Todo Incluido - Dir. Duván Duque), Production Coordinator (Matrioshka - Dir. Jorge Forero), Postproduction Coordinator (Mil Colmillos - Dir. Jaime Osorio), Assistant Director (Conversaciones con ella - Dir. Laura Chará) and Script (Graceland - Dir. Tomás Corredor and Te amx - Dir. Daniel Cuervo).