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Karla Luna Cantú

Cantú; Karla Luna

Direction, Production

Karla Luna Cantú is a Mexican filmmaker and producer. She graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts, where she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production. That same year, she was recognized by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the most promising film graduates of her generation.

After graduating, she joined filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s team as a personal assistant and later served as executive producer of Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades [Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths]. She has also built a career as an independent producer. Among her credits is Vainilla [Vanilla], Mayra Hermosillo’s debut feature, which received support from the Promotion of Mexican Cinema [FOCINE, by its acronym in Spanish, Programa de fomento al cine mexicano], and was featured in industry platforms such as Impulso Morelia, Guadalajara Film Festival WIP Latino, Ventana Sur, and Films in Progress in Toulouse.

As a producer, her work includes participation in Marga en el DF, directed by Gabriela Ortega, which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, while she continues to develop projects with the production company REDRUM and collaborations with Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

Other Movies

The Dreamers

Los soñadores
In Paris, American student Matthew meets a brother and sister, with whom he shares a passion for film. When their parents leave for the countryside, he moves in with them and learns that their relationship surpasses the boundaries of ordinary sibling affection. See More

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More

Lives on the Border

Vidas en la orilla
Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More

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