Director: Carla Forte

Film: CARMEN

Bio: Carmen is an experimental short film in which the character tells the story through her body, creating new body language.

Carla Forte was born in Caracas, Venezuela and lives and works in Miami, Florida. Forte, first trained as a contemporary dancer, received a bachelor degree, earning the highest GPA at the Dance University Institute in Caracas – Venezuela (2000-2004). Forte soon established herself as an interdisciplinary artist incorporating dance, film and performance through different media, focusing on the emotions as a starting point. She is the co-founder and film director of the Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film (2007 – Present) in Miami, Florida. Her feature films and experimental pieces have been screened at prominent film festivals and galleries such as: ​”75 Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno” Salerno-Italy (2021); “The University Galleries of Florida Atlantic University” Boca Raton-Florida (2021); “CICA Museum” Gyeonggi-do- South Korea (2021); “16 SANFIC Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine Chile” (2021); “62 Rochester International Film Festival’’ (2020); “37 Miami Film Festival” Miami- Florida (2020); “OGA VideoArt Exhibitions” Roma, Italy (2018); “41st Atlanta Film Festival’’ Atlanta- Georgia (2017); “Cube Art Project” Lincoln- Nebraska (2017); “Les Instants Video” Marseille- France (2014), among others. Her works have been acquired by Gravitas Adventures, South Florida PBS and Troma Entertainment. Forte has won commissions, awards and artistic residencies from prestigious programs such as: PAM CUT’s Sustainability Labs (2022); South Florida Cultural Consortium Miami- Florida (2021); The 66th Flaherty Seminar NY- NY (2021); Dance Miami Choreographers Miami- Florida (2020); Knight Arts Challenge Miami- Florida (2019); En Residencia Koubek Center Miami- Florida (2019); FONLAD Residency Program Coimbra- Portugal (2018) and Berlinale Talent Berlin-Germany (2017).