Alba Capilla

Born in Valencia (Spain) in 1991. She studied Media at the University of Valencia (2009-2013), and obtained a master in Animation at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2014-2016). She has worked as an illustrator for children’s books and as a graphic designer for a production company of corporate videos. Despite her collaboration in many short films as Art Director (Vuelve a empezar, 2011, is an example), “Mecánico” (2016), graduation film created in collaboration with some class colleagues is her first animated short film. “Ámome” is her latest film, co-created with María Pulido Aguza, a surrealist allegory which claims that self-acceptance and honest interpersonal communication are necessary to develop a capacity to love.