Antonella Sudasassi Furniss (San José, 1986) has a Bachelor’s in Media Management and a degree in Audiovisual Production at the University of Costa Rica. During her professional development, she showed a strong inclination towards the visual arts. In 2015, she began the transmedia project The Awakening of the Ants (El despertar de las hormigas), which seeks to explore sexuality in the vital stages of women. In 2016 she premiered the project’s short film, La niñez, which participated in festivals in ten countries (Best Central American Short Film, Festival Ícaro, 2018) and was acquired by Central American, the Antilles, and USA television stations. Her first feature film, The Awakening of the Ants, premiered in the Forum section of the Berlinale.