Fernando Barreda Luna
Director / Producer

Fernando was born on July 12, 1983, in Tampico, Tamaulipas. He made his directorial debut with “Atrocious” (2011), a film shot in Spain that was an Official Selection of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. At the same festival, his short film “Kiss of Vengeance” (2013), starring Rafael Amaya and Angélica Celaya, an action and martial arts short film shot in Los Angeles, was also selected.

He has recently completed post-production on his latest feature film “Café Chairel”, starring Mauricio Isaac, Tessa Ia and Leo Deluglio. He is also in post-production on the film “Alters,” with Adriana Llabrés, Hoze Melendez, and Andrés Almeida, filmed in mid-2024, where he serves as writer, producer, and handled pre-production as the director of the project. However, he had to leave the set two weeks before filming began due to an emergency kidney donation he made to his wife Jessica Villegas, handing over the direction to fellow filmmaker J. Xavier Velasco.

Along with Jessica Villegas and Ernesto Martínez, Fernando founded the company Nopal Army Films, with which he has produced the work of other filmmakers, starting with “21 Days” (2014) by Kathleen Behun and “1974: La Posesión de Altair” (2016) by Victor Dryere, winner of the Best Latin American Film award at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. Fernando is the writer and co-producer of the film “Dad “Wanted (2020) under the Netflix Originals label. He is also the co-producer of the films “Amores Incompletos” (2023) by Gil González, and “Cocodrilos” (2025) by J. Xavier Velasco. He is currently developing a screenplay about organ donation in Mexico.

Jessica Villegas Lattuada
Producer

Originally from Tampico, Tamaulipas, Jessica has built a career in Mexico and abroad, producing films in four countries: Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, and the United States. This experience has given her a global perspective on projects from their earliest stages.

She produced “Dad Wanted” (2020), a Netflix Original family comedy that ranked in the global top ten during its premiere week. Her recent projects also include “Café Chairel” by Fernando Barreda Luna and “Cocodrilos” by Xavier Velasco.

Her earlier work includes the international features “Atrocious” (Mexico-Spain), “21 Days” (USA), and “Cruz del Sur” (Spain-Uruguay). Among other projects, she produced “Cuarentones” by Pietro Loprieno and “Patitos Feos” by Mauricio Chernovetzky. She is currently in post-production on “Sacrificios,” also directed by Chernovetzky.

She recently wrapped post-production on “Huevos Divorciados” by Gil González Penilla (director of “Amores Incompletos,” which Jessica also produced) and is in development on the thriller “Alters,” written by Fernando Barreda Luna and directed by Xavier Velasco. Her films have screened at major genre film festivals and have been released theatrically in over 10 countries.

Ernesto Martínez Arévalo
Producer

As a producer, he made the feature film “Quebranto” by Roberto Fiesco, distinguished with the Ariel Award for Best Documentary Feature, the Maguey Award for Best Feature Film, the Press Warrior Award for Best Documentary at the 11th Morelia International Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize for Best Ibero-American Documentary at the 28th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FIDG 28), as well as more than a dozen national and international awards.

He was the producer of “Assault on the Cinema” by Iría Gómez Concheiro, presented at the Sundance Film Festival, at the 23rd Rencontres Cinemas D’Amerique Latine de Toulouse, and at the 26th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG 26), where it was awarded the prize for Best First Film. He has also been the producer of “Malibú” by Víctor Velázquez, “Nadie Sabrá Nunca” by Jesús Torres Torres, “Rencor Tatuado by Julián Hernández, “Anadina” by Raúl Fuentes, “El Silencio es Bienvenido” by Gabriela García Rivas, and “I Am the Happiness of This World” by Julián Hernández.

He recently produced the film “Café Chairel” by Fernando Barreda Luna, and the thriller “Alters” starring Adriana Llabrés, Hoze Meléndez, and Andrés Almeida. He also recently produced “Cocodrilos” by Javier Velasco, “Sacrificios” by Mauricio Chernovetzky, the same author with whom he made the films “Patitos Feos” and “The Dark.” He was also the producer of the film “Amores Incompletos” by Gil González, with whom he is currently in post-production on his most recent feature film, “Huevos Divorciados.”