The Complete Works: Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi
The Complete Works: Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi (2010–2023)
A full anthology celebrating thirteen years of poetic, independent, and multicultural cinema by award-winning filmmakers Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi — a partnership defined by empathy, identity, and visual lyricism.
This edition includes all publicly released films under Almost Red Productions, offering a complete anthology of their cinematic journey so far (not including their most recent shorts currently premiering in festivals worldwide).
From here, the collection unfolds chronologically and thematically:
This collection gathers all the films and collections directed and produced under Almost Red Productions, from their early works at the New York Film Academy in Hollywood to their international award-winning trilogies and Asturian films.
A journey through continents and languages — from Los Angeles to Chengdu, from Asturias to Shanghai — exploring love, repression, gender, faith, and the human spirit across cultural borders.
🎞️ Included Collections
The NYFA Years – American Student Works (2010–2011)
Mei Mei (2010) · Toto Forever (2010) · Desire Street (2011)
Invisible Chengdu Trilogy (2013–2017)
Ni Jing: Thou Shalt Not Steal (2013) · Floating Melon (2015) · Sunken Plum (2017)
Visions of Asturias (2016–2023)
Advent / Ad-vientu (2016) · Water Circles Under Cotton Clouds (2023)
🌍 Languages: English · Spanish · Chinese (Sichuanese) · Asturian
(subtitles available in English, Spanish, French, and others)
🎥 Format: 4K / HD
🕒 Total Runtime: ~300 minutes
💫 Also known as “Echoes of Identity”, “Borders of the Soul”, or “The Almost Red Anthology”, this edition embodies the essence of a body of work where cinema becomes confession, poetry, and resistance.
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Keywords: independent cinema, LGBTQ films, queer shorts, poetic realism, arthouse cinema, Chinese LGBTQ cinema, Spanish cinema, Asturias films, transnational cinema, diasporic narratives, student films, film anthology, Almost Red Productions, Roberto F. Canuto, Xu Xiaoxi.
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Sunken Plum (2017) | Short Film
“Sunken Plum (2017)” (original title Chen Li) is a Chinese–Spanish short film by award-winning filmmakers Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi, known for their poetic and socially engaged cinema. The film represents the final chapter of the trilogy “Invisible Chengdu”, following “Ni Jing: Thou Shalt N...
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Floating Melon (2015) | Short Film
“Floating Melon (2015)” (“Fu Guo”) is a Chinese-Spanish short film by award-winning filmmakers Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi, known for their poetic and socially engaged cinema. The film represents the second chapter of the trilogy “Invisible Chengdu,” a series of stories set in Sichuan and spo...
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Water Circles Under Cotton Clouds (2023) | Short Film
Water Circles Under Cotton Clouds (2023) is a Spanish short film by award-winning filmmakers Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi, known for their poetic and socially engaged cinema.
Conceived as a narrative mosaic, the film interweaves multiple storylines that explore resistance, empathy, and the hum... -
Advent (2016) | Short Film (Ad-vientu)
“Advent (2016, Ad-vientu)” is a Spanish–Chinese short film (2016) by award-winning filmmakers Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi, known for their poetic and socially engaged cinema.
Filmed entirely in Asturias, Spain, in the Asturian language — a rare creative choice in Spanish cinema — the film bl...
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Desire Street (2011) | Feature Film
“Desire Street” is a Spanish-Chinese-American feature film written and directed by award-winning filmmakers Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi as their MFA graduation project at the New York Film Academy in Hollywood.
After a tragic accident, a Mexican immigrant family in Los Angeles struggles to ...
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Toto Forever (2010) | Short Film
While delivering a package, Toto, a young postman lost in daydreams of freedom and love, discovers an injured man lying by a pool. The stranger, Mark, is a gangster in trouble with the mob. Drawn together by danger and desire, they flee to the open road. But their brief escape becomes a fable of ...
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Mei Mei (2010) | Short Film
Lulu, a high-class prostitute living in Los Angeles, receives constant visits from her neighbor Julian, who insists she is his missing ex-girlfriend, Mei Mei. Convinced he is only inventing stories to seduce her, Lulu rejects him again and again—until loneliness softens her heart. Their fragile c...
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Ni Jing: Thou Shalt Not Steal (2013) | Short Film
“Ni Jing: Thou Shalt Not Steal” is a Chinese–Spanish short film by award-winning filmmakers Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi, known for their poetic and socially engaged cinema. The film marks their first project shot in China after their previous collaborations in the United States and represents...
