LUIZA CALAGIAN is a director and Director of Photography from São Paulo, Brazil. Graduated in Social Sciences at the University of Sao Paulo and took the Regular Course in Cinematography at the International School of Film and Television, EICTV - Cuba, where she also took the Masters in Creative Documentary. Was a Berlinale Talents Buenos Aires Alumni in 2025.

Her first short film, Ava Mocoi, premiered and was awarded at the 68th ISSF Oberhausen, and her second short, Anba Dlo, premiered at the 75th Berlinale. Her work as a director and DOP has also been awarded at Ann Arbor, Tolouse, Concordia and Kinoforum, and screened at festivals such as Rotterdam, Visions du Reel, Biarritz, FICCI, Guadalajara and Hong Kong, among others. Her first feature film as a screenwriter, director and cinematographer, Arrow for a Stone Heart, is currently in post production stage, and was made in collaboration with a Guarani Mbya indigenous community from São Paulo, with whom she has worked for over ten years. The project was awarded three public funds from Brazil.

Luiza is the founder of the independent São Paulo-based production company Mata Fechada Films. Believes in the craft of cinema as spell, capable of transforming reality and building bridges between humans, nature and spirituality, enchanting the world.