Roberto F. Canuto

Biography

Roberto F. Canuto, Spanish filmmaker, created and directed films and commercials and received awards including Best Film. MFA in Filmmaking, NYFA at Universal Studios, CA (USA). BA in Audiovisual Communication at Madrid’s “Complutense" University (Spain).Co-founder, director and writer at Almost Red Studio Chengdu (China)     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…

Directed

1. Desire Street (2011) — Director
2. Toto Forever (2010) — Director
3. Ni Jing: Thou Shalt Not Steal (2013) — Director
4. The Male Gaze: Nocturnal Instincts (2021) — Director
5. The Male Gaze: Celluloid Dreams (2021) — Director
6. Floating Melon (2015) — Director
7. Water Circles Under Cotton Clouds (2023) — Director
8. Sunken Plum (2017) — Director
9. Advent (2016) — Director
10. The Gay Agenda 22 (2023) — Director
11. New Queer Visions: Parental Guidance (2021) — Director
12. The Gay Agenda 26 (2024) — Director
13. Sunset in Paris (2024) — Director
14. Blow Down (2024) — Director
15. IUS of Time (2025) — Director