Luis Quijano
Directing
Biography
Luis Quijano is a Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter from Mérida, Yucatán. Since 2017, he has created music videos, web series, commercials, short films, and feature films in Mexico and the United States. In 2023, he founded Balché Films, a production company focused on sociocultural stories within the horror and fantasy genres. His work has been showcased internationally, including at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles as part of In Focus: Latinx Cinema. He has been a NALIP Emerging Content Creator Fellow (2019, 2022) and a participant of Hola Mexico Film Festival’s Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today program presented by HBO. Additionally, Quijano has directed branded content for Funko, Love XO & Banana Boat, various music videos, and is currently in post-production of his debut feature film Me Gusta Más Crudo (co-directed with Fabio Colonna).
Known For
A young Brazilian actress preparing for a once in a lifetime audition in Los Angeles is haunted by the spirit of another actress, and triggers a battle between obsession and possession as she becomes more immersed in the role.
Caviar Star
Struggling with a deep loss and feeling disconnected from his home country while abroad, a young man begins to have a body transformation as he longs for a life of freedom.
Avem
In a rural village in Yucatan, Mexico, two young missionaries in search of the town's religious conversion go against the people's beliefs and awaken a monster from a folk legend.
Wanderer, Wanderer: The Legend of the Huay Chivo
A young woman has a rare medical condition that causes her to gag involuntarily, almost to the point of vomiting. One fateful night, she is forced to confront the past she left behind -a past tied to her condition- and discovers that her "barf," both literal and metaphorical, is a part of herself she must embrace and release.
GUÁCARA
Ayden, a man grappling with a fractured conscience, finds himself at the mercy of a methodical psychiatrist who pushes his unorthodox tactics to the extreme.
Tethered
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Me Gusta Más Crudo
"Two Steps Away" is a narrative short film about two young students that fall in love from opposite sides of a canal.
Two Steps Away
The world has reached its point of no return. The Earth is slowly crumbling. In Palermo, one of the last shelters built by humans, Lola and Léon meet. This is a poem about the end of the world
Lola & Leon
A vampire is forced to help his neighbor next door without stepping outside into the sun.