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portrait Melina LeĆ³n, Peru

Melina León is a Peruvian director based in Lima and New York. An MFA film graduate of Columbia University, her short film El Paraíso de Lili (Lili’s Paradise) premiered at the New York Film Festival and won 11 awards at over 20 international festivals, including Best Latin American Film at the Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival. Her debut feature, Canción sin nombre, is inspired by a true account of child trafficking originally reported by Ismael Leónā€¦