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Mexican filmmaker and writer
Spanish, English, French (improving B1) and Dutch (A2)

My current trip:
🇨🇴 Visit Colombia 1 April - 14 April
🇧🇷 Live in Rio and learn portugues 14 April - End of June

Next steps:
🇮🇹 Wedding of my friend in Italy in July
🇬🇧 My graduation in London in July
🇨🇭Locarno Film Festival
🇮🇹 Live and Learn Italian in Italy from July to who knows!

I completed a a trip from 1 Oct 2025 to 26 Jan 2026
🇹🇭 Thailand
🇲🇾 Malasya
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇰🇭 Cambodia
🇱🇦 Laos
🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇧🇪 Belgium

My biggest/most recent achievements are:
-National Geographic granted my film “Men of Salt”
-2 Masters with Honors
-Founded the film festival: @FICBalsas
-Founded the artist residency: @ForoPiezas
-UNAM professor, one of the most important Universities in the World and LatinAmerica.

My next professional goals:
-Develop and make my first feature film
-Find a place and build a peaceful life 🙏🏼🫶🏽

Instagram: @luissosamx
www.luisarmandososagil.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Make new friends and expand my connections around the world. We’re here to experience life together.

Interests

I love encountering inspiring souls to tell each other touching stories. Stories full of truth, insights and emotions make me feel alive.

• culture
• photography
• film making
• festivals
• humanitarian relief
• human rights
• exercise
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• languages
• documentary
• humanism

Music, Movies, and Books

I can spend my whole day in theatre during a Film festival, watching films.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1 10 days méditation retreat
2 7-days retreats with Monks in Thailand
2 Backpacking with my parents

Teach, Learn, Share

volunteering 🫶🏽
I founded Foro Piezas, an international and altruist artist platform for Filmmaking and Théâtre in communities where scarcity is an opportunity for reinvention. I believe that sharing knowledge is a way to have a better world for everyone.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Part of my life and home.
My films :) and the films I am still working on.
I can teach you Spanish but also languages that I learned.

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, France, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, Portugal, Thailand, United Kingdom