selected work

director | writer | producer
[film]

MAG-IINA

THE MOTHERING

Director & producer.

Feature film, in development.
Scene Change.
2026.

Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.

i grew an inch
when my father died

Director.

Feature film, 73 mins.
Salida mapa.
2026.

Rotterdam Int’l Film Festival.

Writing the Past:
What History Can Teach Us
with Filipino author
Linda Ty-Casper

Director.

Documentary, 10 mins.
Exploding Galaxies.
2025.

ABOGBAYBAY

SHOREDUST

Producer.

Short film, 14 mins.
Salida Mapa.
2024.

Cinemalaya Film Festival.

KUN MAUPAY MAN
IT PANAHON

WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE

Writer.

Feature-length film, 104 mins.
Black Sheep Production, Globe Studios
& Dreamscape.
2021.

Locarno IIFF, Toronto IFF, Chicago IFF.

Director.

New media, 30 mins.
Dakila Artist-Activist Collective.
2020.

Active Vista Human Rights Festival.

FINDING NINOY

Director.

Virtual performance, 44 mins.
Cultural Center of the Philippines.
2020.

Virgin Labfest.

PILOT EPISODE

SILA-SILA

The Same People

Director.

Feature-length film, 120 mins.
FFF & ABS-CBN Films.
2019.

Cinema One Originals.

FISTING

Never Tear Us Apart

Producer.

Feature-length film, 85 mins.
FFF & ABS-CBN Films.
2018.

Cinema One Originals; Houston LGBT Film Fest - Freedom of Vision Award.

GUSTO KITA WITH ALL
MY HYPOTHALAMUS

With All My Hypothalamus

Producer.

Feature-length film, 105 mins.
Epic Media & Quiapo Collective.
2018.

Taipei Golden Horse,
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival

PAKI

Please Care

Director & writer.

Feature-length film, 100 mins.
ABS-CBN Films.
2017.

Cinema One Originals.

Writer.

Feature-length film, 110 mins.
TBA Films.
2017.

Shanghai Int’l Film Festival.

I’M DRUNK, I LOVE YOU

HILOM

Still

Producer & editor.

Short film, 14 mins.
Chemical Imbalance Films.
2016.

Singapore Int’l Film Festival,
Cinemalaya Film Festival

SANDRA

Writer.

Short film, 15 mins.
Plan C.
2016.

Timishort Film Festival - Romania,
Fribourg Int’l Film Festival.

DAGITAB

Sparks

Director & writer.

Feature-length film, 121 mins.
TEN17p.
2014.

Cinemalaya Film Festival,
Singapore Southeast Asian Festival.

Writer & 2nd asst director.

Feature-length film, 120 mins.
FFF & ABS-CBN Films.
2013.

Cinema One Originals.

ISLANDS

Writer & 2nd asst director.

Feature-length film, 95 mins.
TEN17p.
2013.

Cinemalaya Film Festival,
Busan Int’l Film Festival,
Tokyo FILMeX

TRANSIT

MAY DINADALA

The Weight

Director & writer.

Short film, 25 mins.
FFF & UP Film Institute.
2013.

Locarno Int’l Film Festival,
Singapore Int’l Film Festival