Roberto F. Canuto

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 Madrids Complutense University SpainCofounder 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 cofound 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 codirected 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 Madrids 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 postproduction to be completed in 2017