Roberto F. Canuto
1973 (51 год)Roberto F. Canuto is a filmmaker from Gijon (Asturias), Spain, with working experiences in Los Angeles (USA) and China, where he co-found Almost Red Production China. He is one of the first european directors that collaborates with a Chinese filmmaker producing films in China. He directed various short films and a feature film, screened in Film Festivals around the world and received awards, including best film. Roberto has a Master in Fine Arts degree (MFA) in Filmmaking, obtained at the New York Film Academy (Universal Studios, Hollywood), where he directs different projects, including the award winning films “Toto Forever” (screened in over 30 international film festival) and the graduation feature film “Desire Street”, co-directed with Xu Xiaoxi, his usual collaborator (Best feature film in Asturian Film Festival 2014 and Special Mention Best Film in Mix Mexico International Film Festival). Previously he obtains his BA in Audiovisual Communication at Madrid’s Complutense University (Spain). During his study years he collaborates as a film critic in different media and he gets influenced by many classic directors after frequent sessions at the Spanish Cinematheque. His project, “Ni Jing: Thou Shalt Not Steal” (awarded Best Short Film in Riverside Saginaw Int. Film Festival and Best Actress and Runner Up Best Short in Asturian Film festival 2014), was produced in China in 2013, where he lives working in fiction and commercials works at his company AR Productions, that aims to coproduce films between Asia, Europe and America. In 2015 directed "Floating Melon", that it was screened in over 40 international film festivals, with some awards, and in 2016 his first movie filmed in Spain and in Asturian language, "Advent", that was released at the 54th Gijón International Film Festival. His latest project, "Sunken Plum", in in post-production, to be completed in 2017.
Ni Jing
Roberto F. Canuto, Xiaoxi Xu
Sherry Xia Ruihong, Yinhui Wan
Xiaofan, a young girl who works at a Karaoke Club, awakes one morning in a remote forest with her body covered in blood. As she struggles to find her way out, she tries to understand the drama circumstances which got her into the situation, events mainly related to her unpredictable boyfriend. She needs to make a decision that may change her life.
Ni Jing: Thou Shalt Not Steal
Ad-vientu
Roberto F. Canuto, Xiaoxi Xu
David Soto Giganto, Ici Díaz
Suso, a young unemployed man, spies a young woman who throws herself off a cliff, before he could do anything about it. Suso will seek answers that awaken memories of the past and even make him rethink his true identity.
Advent
Chen Li
Roberto F. Canuto, Xiaoxi Xu
Gu Xiang, Celia Yinmeng Yu
Working at a nightclub in Chengdu, a transgender Chinese woman receives an unexpected visit from her cousin informing her that the mother she has brushed aside, has died. As the only "son", she feels obligated to return to her birthplace for the sake of her family, even though she'll have to hide her true self from those that once shared her past.
Sunken Plum
New Queer Visions: Parental Guidance
Benjamin Teske, Charlotte Rolfes
Sabin Tambrea, Ronald Nitschke
As any mother or father will tell you, when it comes to parenting, there's no right way to do it! Discover the highs and lows of being a queer kid in a straight family and vice versa in these six moving short films from Germany, Bulgaria, Israel, China and the United Kingdom. The short films are: Samira (2016); Pride [Чест] (2013); Lost and Found [אבידות ומציאות] (2015); Chaos Toad (2018); Sunken Plum [沉李] (2017); Escaping Gravity [Fliehkraft] (2013).
New Queer Visions: Parental Guidance
浮果
Roberto F. Canuto, Xiaoxi Xu
Vincent Chen Xi, Celia Yinmeng Yu
A journey of passion, a bitter night. Xiao Cheng ask for help to resolve a big trouble, the guy with whom he spend the afternoon is dead on his bed from the effect of a drug, not something the Chinese authorities look kindly on.
Floating Melon
The Male Gaze: Nocturnal Instincts
Nicolas Graux, Gabriel Omri Loukas
Tijmen Govaerts, Piotr Biedroń
Strap yourself in for an exhilarating journey into darkness with these five award-winning short films from across the globe that delve into heart-pumping escapades varying from the intensely erotic to the ultra-violent to the warm-inside feels. The night has never looked so inviting. Segments: After Dawn [Passée l'aube] (2017), Poof (2018), Spiral (2018), Night of Love (2018), Floating Melon [浮果] (2015).
The Male Gaze: Nocturnal Instincts
