Leonor Teles was born in Portugal in 1992. In 2016 Batrachian’s Ballad won the Golden Bear at Berlinale Shorts and in 2018 her first documentary feature film Terra Franca was awarded the Prix International de la SCAM at Cinéma du Réel, the Prix de La Ville d’Amiens at Festival d’Amiens and Mejor Opera Prima International at Mar del Plata. Dogs Barking at Birds is Leonor’s latest short and she is currently developing her first fiction feature film.