Biography
Nidia Santiago is a Mexican-French film producer specialising in animation. Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 1981, she moved to France at the age of 18. She studied film production at the Université Paris Nanterre and at the ESEC film school. In 2011 she founded Ikki Films with Edwina Liard.
Her early productions include the animated short Oh, Willy... (2012). Subsequent shorts produced or co-produced by Ikki Films include Negative Space (2017), nominated for an Academy Award, Granny's Sexual Life (2021), which won a César Award, and Chulyen, histoire de corbeau (2016). Santiago's first feature as co-producer is the animated film Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025), directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, a France-Belgium co-production made with Maybe Movies.
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Audience Award at Annecy. Santiago has received further recognition including a César Award for another short and nominations for the film at the Academy Awards and BAFTAs. She also lectures at Les Gobelins and ESEC.
