Matteo Sánchez
Directing
Biography
Matteo Sánchez Diegopérez(born December 19, 2007, Huixquilucan del Degollado; raised in Toronto) is a Canadian filmmaker, director, writer and editor studying Film Production at York University.
Known For
A withdrawn teenage boy wanders through a dreamlike suburban night, led by a horned apparition toward the buried anguish waiting beneath his home.
Absentia
This experimental short film tells a cautionary tale; that of the cycle of teenage love. Shown through the lens of Charlie, a cigarette-addicted and ADHD medicated teenager who breaks up with his girlfriend of one year, Evelyn. His best friend Vincent warns him to tread with caution, aware of Charlie's faults and how they lead to his own demise. As Charlie meets a new girl—Lily, will he be able to finally escape himself and find true love in the ever so desolate landscape of adolescence?
Green Grass, Yellow Sun
A young man struggles with self confidence as he meets his girlfriend for her birthday.
In Blue
A young teenage boy named Míguel, constantly clashes with his mother as he fails to meet her unrealistic expectations. In a desperate effort to gain her approval, he sets on a wild odyssey through the colourful streets of rural Mexico to buy tortillas on time for breakfast.