Camila Y. Santana

Biography

She was born on December 26th, 2003, in State of Mexico, Mexico. She is currently studying a Bachelor’s Degree in Film and Television Arts and Business at the Mexican Association of Independent Filmmakers (AMCI, for its acronym in Spanish). She is interested and has recently participated in the departments of direction, production and production design. During High School she found her attraction to making audiovisual products. Later she assisted to a workshop of Art History by Sandra Aguilar, she took a certification in Cinematographic Creation and Film Business at AMCI, the course of Production Design for Film of Carángula Siete and the Film Appreciation Seminar by the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC). She is passionate about films and aesthetics in art. Her main interest is directing and the ambition of producing her own projects. She has participated in many institutional short films, in two feature films as Production Assistant and in many advertising projects as Costume Coordinator. Most of her collaborations have been with Arewá Producciones. 'Mortal Wound' is her first short film as Screenwriter and Director; it was awarded as Best National Student Short Film in the 8th edition of FICCMADERO and received the Claqueta AMCI 2025 Award for Best Short Film, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. It was also recently presented as part of the Official Selection of the MICMXIFF6. 'Reminiscence', short film in which she worked as Executive Producer and Production Designer, received two Honorable Mentions in Executive Production and in Advertising Image in the Claqueta AMCI 2025 Awards.