Luis Armando Pacheco Larrea
Directing
Biography
Luis Armando Pacheco Larrea is a Mexican writer and director whose work spans music videos, TV, films, and documentaries. He got his start at the Asociación Mexicana de Cineastas Independientes, learning from filmmakers like Raúl Quintanilla and Enrique Rentería, and later earned a diploma in Film Production from Toronto Film School. Luis began making films for fun in high school and has since worn many hats, including director, actor, and producer, across genres such as animation, comedy, and horror. He's also the founder of LaTina Productions and Cortese el Pelo Films, two boutique production companies. His short films: A Robbery in Spanish won Best Comedy Film and Best Cinematography at the New Jersey Film Awards (April 2025 Edition), and Calaverita A La Muerte (A Death Poem Dedicated to Death) won Best Cinematography at the New Jersey Film Awards (July 2025 Edition). Now based in Toronto, Luis continues to direct commercials and films with his signature mix of humor and heart.
Known For
A young immigrant woman, working her first shift alone at a convenience store, encounters unfriendly customers, language barriers, and cultural clashes. An unexpected moment of connection reminds her why she chose to immigrate.
Village Mart
On his deathbed, Catrín confronts Death not to ask for more time but to understand why she saved him 20 years earlier. When she denies it, his desperate search for answers forces her to reveal the truth: she is in love with him. After a final, tender moment, she lets him go, leaving herself alone forever.
Calaverita A La Muerte (A Death Poem Dedicated to Death)
Kyla sits through the quiet funeral of her late roommate, Elmo, with only three of her friends in attendance. She attempts to open up about his cause of death, but her well-meaning but nosy companions interrupt with elaborate and hilarious scenarios: Elmo as a mobster caught in a deadly game, a heartbroken lover killed in a telenovela-style betrayal, and even a secret superhero who perished saving an innocent. But when her friends' self-absorbed chatter leaves her alone again, the tragically absurd truth behind Elmo's... dirty demise is revealed.
Elmo is Dead
A broke and desperate father, Rafael, gambles the rest of his savings in order to secure the future of his daughter Sienna. Struggling to make ends meet after his wife's passing, Rafael sits at a high-stakes poker table, gambling the last of his savings and the keys of his cherished restaurant, his late wife's legacy, in a final bid to pay for Sienna's education. Unknowingly to Rafael, Sienna secretly watches the game unfold as she doubts if she should stop him from betting their past to secure her future.