Emilio Santoyo (Cuautitlán, Estado de Mexico, 1990) is a Mexican artist and filmmaker.[1] He directed the short film "The perfect absent"[2](2019), a well as the fictional feature-length films "Ana's desire[3][4][5]" (2019), "Silver heart" (co-direction, 2023), "This savage beast[6]" (in postproduction)[7] and "Vera, Vera, Vera (or the behaviour of broken hearts)[8]" (in postproduction). His films have been shown in International Film Festivals like the Mostra de Cinema de Sao Paulo, Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival, Zaragoza Film Festival, Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival,[9] Los Cabos International Film Festival,[10] Morelia International Film Festival, Hola México Film Festival and Havana Film Festival, among others. In 2015 he founded the film production company Anomia.[11]

Emilio holds a BA in film direction from CENTRO de Diseño, Cine y Television (Mexico) and a MA in Artistic Research from the Netherlands Film Academy.[12] where he published the Guidebook for the new melodramatic Method,[13] publication for the Artistic Research "Super (im) positions: Subverting melodramatic representation through personal unpredictability".[14] He formed part of Berlinale Talents Guadalajara.

His work investigates themes such as the representation of love[15] and violence,[16] family and memory,[17] questioning and expanding the possibilities of fiction in cinema through multi-disciplinary methods of production.

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  1. ^ "Emilio Antonio Santoyo Espino - Director de cine". DDCM. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  2. ^ "THE PERFECT ABSENT | Morelia Film Fest". moreliafilmfest.com. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  3. ^ "Emilio Santoyo llega a las salas con El deseo de Ana, drama intimista que marca su incursión en largometrajes". PECIME (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  4. ^ Ana's Desire (2019) | MUBI. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via mubi.com.
  5. ^ Ana's Desire (2021). Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via letterboxd.com.
  6. ^ "MÁLAGA FESTIVAL FUND CO-PRODUCTION EVENT (MAFF)". mafiz.es. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  7. ^ "Ya se encuentra en su etapa de postproducción la cinta "esta bestia tan salvaje", de Emilio Santoyo". PECIME (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  8. ^ "Vera, Vera, Vera (or the bizarre behaviour of broken hearts) | Eye Filmmuseum". www.eyefilm.nl. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  9. ^ Gourmet, Movie (2020-03-01). "ANA'S DESIRE: a transgressive slow burn". The Movie Gourmet. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  10. ^ Hopewell, John (2018-11-09). "Los Cabos: Emilio Santoyo on 'Ana's Desire,' Talking About Sex in Mexico". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  11. ^ "Emilio Santoyo | Panamericana Pictures". www.panamericana.pictures. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  12. ^ "Emilio Santoyo - Lichting 2024". Nederlandse Filmacademie (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  13. ^ Santoyo, Emilio (2024-01-01). "Super (im) positions: Subverting melodramatic representation through personal unpredictability". GUIDEBOOK FOR THE NEW MELODRAMATIC METHOD a Publication for the Artistic Research "Super (Im) Positions: Subverting Melodramatic Representation Through Personal Unpredictability" by Emilio Santoyo.
  14. ^ "Master of Film - Artistic Research in and through Cinema". Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  15. ^ IMCINE. "'El deseo de Ana' de Emilio Santoyo: el candoroso incesto". imcine.gob.mx. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  16. ^ Santoyo, Emilio (2024-07-22). "SUPER(IM)POSITIONS: Subverting Melodramatic Representation Through Personal Unpredictability". Research Catalogue.
  17. ^ "Boundless Attraction: Ana's Desire". FilmInt.nu. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
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