[1] The main character is inspired by Íngrid Olderöck, a police major and DINA agent during the Chilean military dictatorship, responsible for human rights violations in that period.

Bestia is the third animated short film directed by Hugo Covarrubias, after El almohadón de pluma (2007) and La noche boca arriba (2012).

[4] The idea arose with the intention of addressing part of the history of Chile "with lesser-known characters, less official and darker".

[5] Although the original objective was to produce an animated series, Covarrubias decided to focus on one of those stories to make a unitary short film.

The design of the protagonist was based on the aesthetics of porcelain dolls, to convey the inexpressiveness and coldness of the character.