Emilio Santoyo

Born in Cuautitlán, Mexico in 1990, Emilio Santoyo has a degree in Film and Television from CENTRO Film School. He has worked as a producer and assistant director in awarded films by Guillermo Arriaga, Bahman Ghobadi and Marcelino Islas. He has been a beneficiary of IMCINE's Program for Cinematographic Creators and winner of the XV National Film Script Contest (GIFF). Founder of the production company ANOMIA, he is the director and screenwriter of The Perfect Absent (2019) and Ana’s Desire (2019), his first feature film.

Ana's Desire (2021)

Ana and her son Mateo live in a middle class apartment in Mexico City. The family routine takes a turn when Juan arrives to visit them after several years of absence. The reunion unleashes memories and secrets of their past that Ana will have to confront in order ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Santoyo
CAST:  Laura Agorreca  •  David Calderón  •  Ian Monterrubio  •  Simone Bucio

Ana and her son Mateo live in a middle class apartment in Mexico City. The family routine takes a turn when Juan arrives to visit them after several years of absence. The reunion unleashes memories and secrets of their past that Ana will have to confront in order ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Santoyo
CAST:  Laura Agorreca  •  David Calderón  •  Ian Monterrubio  •  Simone Bucio

The Perfect Absent (2019)

A recently married foreign woman adjusts to her new life in Mexico. When she meets Max, the teenage son of the woman who irons her husband’s clothes, desire overtakes her. Both must confront their attraction in a personal quest that transcends social class.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Santoyo
CAST:  Salvador de la Garza  •  Maite Urrutia

A recently married foreign woman adjusts to her new life in Mexico. When she meets Max, the teenage son of the woman who irons her husband’s clothes, desire overtakes her. Both must confront their attraction in a personal quest that transcends social class.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Santoyo
CAST:  Salvador de la Garza  •  Maite Urrutia