Mónica Lima, studied Visual Arts in Lisbon and film direction in Prague (FAMU) and Berlin (DFFB). Her short films, like The Silence Between Two Songs and Viktoria, have earned international recognition with wins at festivals such as Angers Premiers Plans and Rotterdam, where her graduation film Human Nature received the Ammodo Tiger Short Award. Mónica now works as a scriptwriter, advisor, and lecturer. She’s currently developing her first feature screenplay.