Bird
Ave
Gathered in a shelter in an Ecuadorian forest, adolescent victims of sex trafficking take their tentative first steps in their newly recovered lives, in a quietly powerful film where small details reveal the horrors they have been subjected to.
- Original title: Ave
- Country: Ecuador
- Year: 2023
- Length: 23
- Language: Spansk / Spanish
- Director: Ana Cristina Barragán
- Script: Ana Cristina Barragán
- Cast: Thais Montúfar
- Contact: ana.cris.barragan.c(at)gmail.com
Ana Cristina Barragán
Ana Cristina Barragán is a screenwriter and director. Alba, her debut film, premiered at the Rotterdam Festival in 2016, won 35 international awards on its festival tour, and was Ecuador’s contender for the Oscars. Her second feature, La Piel Pulpo, premiered at the San Sebastián Festival in 2022. Ana’s interest in expressing herself through short films has been and will continue to be a constant in her work. She is currently in pre-production on her feature film Hiedra and creating a new short film, Costra. She will also use Bird as inspiration for another feature film, Amapola.