Laura Gonçalves completed her course at Fine Arts in Lisbon in 2009. After working in several animationfilms as inbetweener and art finalist, she applied to the Animation MA at Arts UniversityBournemouth where she directed her first animation short Three Weeks inDecember (Três semanas em Dezembro). In 2013 moves to Porto, where she works in BAP studio as an animator andpainter, for several productions of Bando à Parte. In 2016 she co-directs withAlexandra Ramires (Xá) the animation short Drop by Drop (Água mole). In 2022 herfilm The Garbage Man (O homem do lixo) premieres. She is now co-directing with Alexandra Ramires their mostrecent animation Percebes, produced by BAP animation studio, a productioncooperative of which she is one of the founding members.