Bela Unclecat

Bela Unclecat (Bela Bulgakova) is an animator and illustrator based in Berlin, Germany, who also makes music. Originally from Novosibirsk, she studied mathematics at Novosibirsk State University and completed a PhD in Slovenia before turning to drawing; she then spent four years in Japan, where she worked as a freelance illustrator and held exhibitions in Hiroshima. She went on to study at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), graduating in 2019 with the animated diploma film The Calves (Die Kälber), which she directed, wrote, animated and edited.