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Philippine New Wave

March 20, 2023

Philippine New Wave (known as Filipino New Wave or Contemporary Philippine Cinema) is a filmmaking genre that has been popularly associated with the resurgence of independent, digital and experimental films in the Philippines began in the 21st century, merged into a recent filmmaking period known as the Third Golden Age of Philippine cinema.[1][2]

Origins of the movement

Following the first golden age, in the 1950s to 1960s, and the second, from the 1970s to the early 1980s, the dawn of this era saw a dramatic decline of the mainstream film industry in the Philippines in mid-1980s to 1990s.[3] Hollywood films dominated theater sales even more,[4] and fewer than twenty local studio films were being produced and shown yearly.[5][3] Many producers and production houses later stopped producing films after losing millions of pesos.[4]

Thereafter, a new sense of excitement and trend enveloped the industry with the coming of digital and experimental cinema. Seemingly signaling this was the winning of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2000 of Raymond Red's short film Anino (Shadows).[6] But truly pioneering this digital revolution was the 1999 digital feature film Still Lives by Jon Red. Many other digital filmmakers soon followed suit.[7] Cheaper production cost using digital media over film has helped the rebirth of independent filmmaking. Hailed as the inspiration to French New Wave in digital form, this decade saw the proliferation of digital films by independent filmmakers with international reach and caliber, and the introduction of locally produced animated features.[8][9][10][11][12] Production of action films is on a decline, and formulaic romantic comedies and melodrama films constituted the majority of mainstream releases. However, independent filmmakers spurred a renewed interest in Filipino movies through digital movies.

History

It was in 1999 that digital cinema was introduced in the Philippines but by then, the film industry was already dwindling in numbers. According to the records of the UP Film Institute, 122 films were produced in the year 1999 and 83 in 2000. In 2002, the number went even lower with having only 92 films then further went down to 80 in 2003. This decline in film production was attributed to the country's economic movement wherein the Philippine Film industry was considered one of the heavily taxed industries in terms of equipment, materials and film stock and the imposition of a 30 percent amusement tax to be paid to the local government and a 12 percent value added tax to the central government. Consequently, the high production costs brought about by the high taxes caused ticket admission to also go up. Thus leading to people opting for a different and cheaper form of entertainment particularly in television.

Signs of rebirth of the Philippine cinema arose by way of movies with inspirational themes. In 2002, Gil Portes released Mga Munting Tinig (Small Voices), a subdued movie about a teacher who inspired her students to follow their dreams; the movie also implied improving the country's education system. A year later, Mark Meily's comedy Crying Ladies, about three Filipinas working as professional mourners in Manila's Chinatown but looking for other ways to earn a living, became a huge hit. Also that same year, Maryo J. de los Reyes made a buzz at various film festivals with Magnifico, a simple film with universal appeal about a boy trying to help his family survive their hardships.[13]

In 2005, the film industry saw the lowest number of films produced with only 50 films that were commercially released. However, the establishment of film festivals Cinemalaya and Cinema One Originals which are dedicated to digital films, the addition of Digital Lokal, a digital section, at the Cinemanila International Film Festival, and the second offering of the .MOV International Digital Film Festival helped save the Philippine Film industry.

In 2006 and 2007, Filipino filmmakers started making movies using digital media.[14] Duda (Doubt) is an example of how a man driven by an idea for a film, against all odds, can succeed in creating a significant statement. Writer/Director Crisaldo Pablo used a cast of friends and some professional actors, and with the use of a Sony VX-1, a Hi-8 camcorder, made the first full-length digital movie ever shot in the Philippines. Comments by Cris Pablo and casts in the 'making of' featurette on the DVD demonstrated how much dedication to vision played in this movie.[15] Donsol, by director Adolfo Alix, made waves with his debut digital movie about Donsol, a fishing town and in the opposite, a sanctuary to endangered whale sharks. Other filmmakers of note include Jeffrey Jeturian and Auraeus Solito.

Although Filipino digital films are made in almost no time and with meager budget, they are strongly represented in international film festivals.[16][17] Numerous works of a new breed of filmmakers had their films seen at the prestigious film festivals around the world like in Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Vienna and Rotterdam.[8][18] with several winning prizes and awards.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Among the works included are Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (2005) by Auraeus Solito, Kubrador (2006) by Jeffrey Jeturian, Todo Todo Teros (2006) by John Torres, Endo (2007) by Jade Castro, Tribu (2007) by Jim Libiran.

In 2007, a Filipino short film entitled Napapanggap (Pretend) by Debbie Formoso, a recent graduate of MFA Master of Film Art at LMU Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, had a successful run in a number of US film festivals.[26] Several other short films,[27][28] including Pedro "Joaquin" Valdes's Bulong (Whisper),[29] as well as documentaries,[30] garnered international attention and honors.

The same year, the first full-length animated Filipino film, Urduja, topbilled by Cesar Montano and Regine Velasquez as voices behind the lead characters, premiered in local theaters. The film was done by over 400 Filipino animators, who produced more than 120,000 drawings that ran in 1,922 scenes equivalent to 8,771 feet of film.[31] Later in the year, the Philippine movie industry took centerstage at the 6th Edition of the Festival Paris Cinema 2008 in France. About 40 Filipino films were shown at the film festival, with Star Cinema's Caregiver (starring Sharon Cuneta) and Ploning (Judy Ann Santos) as opening films. Filipino actor Piolo Pascual was invited by Paris Mayor Delanoe and actress Charlotte Rampling to grace the occasion.[32] Before the closing of 2008, another full-length animated film, Dayo: Sa Mundo ng Elementalia, graced the bigscreen as an entry to the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival.[33][34]

In order to build up and stimulate the film industry, some Congressmen and Senators recently have authored a number of proposals and legislations pending ratification by the Philippine Congress. Many of the bills seek to ease the multiple taxes on producers, theater operators and patrons. One of the bills, for instance, proposes to exempt from the 30-percent amusement tax on all locally produced movies classified by regulators as for "general patronage" or "parental guidance-13". Another bill seeks to exempt local producers from the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on imported filmmaking raw materials and equipment.[35][36][37]

In 2010, an eponymous documentary film, Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement, about the most prominent internationally-acclaimed and wildly divergent digital filmmakers from the Philippines answer questions on filmmaking and beyond.[38]

Notable filmmakers

Lav Diaz

Main article: Lav Diaz
 
Diaz (pictured in 2016), director of The Woman Who Left, won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Lav Diaz is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critics who have known as a leading figure in experimental Philippine films and is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary Filipino filmmakers whose works include long epics about Filipino life, some of which run up to ten hours including the 2004 film Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino, often testing the endurance of viewers.[13]

In 2014, Diaz directed his 12th narrative feature, Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon (literally "From What is Before") won the Golden Leopard at the 2014 Locarno Film Festival. Its win was a highly regarded as the second Filipino film to be awarded at an international film festival in the world almost twenty years after Lamangan's The Flor Contemplacion Story won the Golden Pyramid at the 1995 Cairo International Film Festival.[39][40]

In 2016, Diaz directed his 16th narrative feature, Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis, received mixed reviews and was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, won the Alfred Bauer Prize.[41]

At the same year, Diaz directed his 17th narrative feature, Ang Babaeng Humayo (literally "The Woman Who Left"), received the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, the first Philippine film to do so, although it could be eligible to be submitted as a Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 89th Academy Awards before it ended up selected to Mendoza's competitive film Ma' Rosa.[42]

In 2017, Diaz became one of the few Filipinos who have invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join as a member.[43]

Avid Liongoren

Avid Liongoren is a Filipino filmmaker, animator, and illustrator for both animated and live-action productions, notably he founded his own production company Rocketsheep Studios. His works are developed mostly for television commercials and music videos in 2000s, and began to rose local popularity of his works developed only animated features aimed for adult audiences in the 2010s and 2020s.[44]

In 2016, Liongoren's first feature film debut was live-action animated hybrid film Saving Sally, was first introduced in mid-2000s after the concept by Charlene Sawit in 2000, originally titled Monster Town as a short story. It began in early-2000s and took twelve years to develop the film before was released in Philippine cinemas on Christmas Day as an official submission at the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival,[45][46] which received both commercial success and positive reviews from critics in the Philippines.

In 2020, Liongoren's second film also became the first feature-length adult animated film ever developed in the Philippines, Hayop Ka!, concepted after Saving Sally and took three years to produce, describe it as "light and comical", aim for adults due to use of amount of profanity and sexual content like the previous film did.[47][48] The film starring Angelica Panganiban, Robin Padilla, and Sam Milby. The film was distributed by Netflix to positive reviews and garnered seven nominations at the 44th Gawad Urian Awards including Best Film and Best Director, winning Best Animation,[49] as well as six nominations at the 60th FAMAS Awards including Best Film and Best Director, winning Best Screenplay.[50] It was nominated as an official selection for main competition at the 2021 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, became the first Filipino animated feature film to do so, although it lost to Academy Award-nominee Flee.[51]

In 2021, it was announced two animated projects based on other works; Zsazsa Zaturnnah Vs The Amazonistas Of Planet X, an adult animated superhero film based on a komik "Zsazsa Zaturnnah" by Carlo Vergara, where did it posted at Facebook,[52] after originally pitched as a television series nor another live-action film but agreed to produce as an animated film with Vergara as a screenplay.[53] Light Lost, a fantasy adventure based on the graphic novel of the same name by Rob Cham.[54]

At the same year, he announced after the first film success that the sequel titled Hayop Ka Din!, is now in the works with Empoy Marquez reprises his role as Jerry the Frog.[55]

Brillante Mendoza

Main article: Brillante Mendoza
 
Mendoza, director of Kinatay, won the Best Director award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Brillante Mendoza is a Filipino filmmaker who is one of the key members associated with the Filipino New Wave, among his works garnered more than 50 awards and 75 nominations at national award ceremonies and international film festivals.[56] He began to work as a filmmaker in 2005 before the dissolution of Danish's controversial movement Dogme 95, which he used some concept from the movement for his first film, The Masseur, serves as an inspiration. He has directed sixteen films since 2005, also he credited some of his films as cinematographer and production designer under his alias "Dante". His first frequent collaboration with actor Coco Martin in seven films including Masahista, Summer Heat, Foster Child, Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, and Captive.

In 2008, Serbis (literally Service) became the first Filipino full-length film to compete for Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival since internationally acclaimed director Lino Brocka's Bayan Ko: Kapit sa Patalim (literally "This is My Country") in 1984.[57][58][59]

In 2009, Kinatay (literally "Butchered" or "The Execution of P"), about murder and police brutality, brought the highest international esteem to a Filipino filmmaker when Brillante Mendoza was judged as the Best Director at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, the first Filipino filmmaker to receive the honor.[60] The film was notorious for being critically panned by Roger Ebert, an American famous film critic, who declared it the worst film ever to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival since Gallo's The Brown Bunny.[61] His win was heralded by President Arroyo and his countrymen.[62]

In 2017, Mendoza became one of the few Filipinos who have invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join as a member.[63]

In 2019, he directed a titular film, Mindanao, a war drama about a Muslim mother cares for her cancer-stricken daughter while she awaits her husband to come home who serves as a combat medic deployed in the southern Philippines. The film receives critical acclaim from local reviews and won multiple awards at national award ceremonies including 45th Metro Manila Film Festival, 22nd Gawad Pasado, 38th FAP Luna Awards, and 14th Gawad Genio Awards, all of which categories are Best Film and Best Director.[64]

Isabel Sandoval

Main article: Isabel Sandoval

Isabel Sandoval is a Filipina filmmaker who has been associated with the next wave of Philippine independent cinema of the 2020s. Sandoval is also the first trans woman of color to compete at the Venice Film Festival for her international debut film, Lingua Franca. She is also known for her films Señorita and Aparisyon. She is currently working on her next feature Tropical Gothic, based on the 1972 short story by Nick Joaquin.

In 2022, Sandoval became the first Asian trans woman who have invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join as a member.[65]

Other known filmmakers

Notable films

See also

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Philippine New Wave known as Filipino New Wave or Contemporary Philippine Cinema is a filmmaking genre that has been popularly associated with the resurgence of independent digital and experimental films in the Philippines began in the 21st century merged into a recent filmmaking period known as the Third Golden Age of Philippine cinema 1 2 Philippine New WaveYears active2000s presentCountryPhilippinesMajor figuresLav Diaz Brillante MendozaInfluencesArthouse film Comedy drama Dogme 95 French New Wave Independent film Melodrama No wave cinema Slow cinemaInfluencedPhilippine Animation Southeast Asian cinema Contents 1 Origins of the movement 2 History 3 Notable filmmakers 3 1 Lav Diaz 3 2 Avid Liongoren 3 3 Brillante Mendoza 3 4 Isabel Sandoval 4 Other known filmmakers 5 Notable films 6 See also 7 ReferencesOrigins of the movement EditFollowing the first golden age in the 1950s to 1960s and the second from the 1970s to the early 1980s the dawn of this era saw a dramatic decline of the mainstream film industry in the Philippines in mid 1980s to 1990s 3 Hollywood films dominated theater sales even more 4 and fewer than twenty local studio films were being produced and shown yearly 5 3 Many producers and production houses later stopped producing films after losing millions of pesos 4 Thereafter a new sense of excitement and trend enveloped the industry with the coming of digital and experimental cinema Seemingly signaling this was the winning of the Palme d Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2000 of Raymond Red s short film Anino Shadows 6 But truly pioneering this digital revolution was the 1999 digital feature film Still Lives by Jon Red Many other digital filmmakers soon followed suit 7 Cheaper production cost using digital media over film has helped the rebirth of independent filmmaking Hailed as the inspiration to French New Wave in digital form this decade saw the proliferation of digital films by independent filmmakers with international reach and caliber and the introduction of locally produced animated features 8 9 10 11 12 Production of action films is on a decline and formulaic romantic comedies and melodrama films constituted the majority of mainstream releases However independent filmmakers spurred a renewed interest in Filipino movies through digital movies History EditIt was in 1999 that digital cinema was introduced in the Philippines but by then the film industry was already dwindling in numbers According to the records of the UP Film Institute 122 films were produced in the year 1999 and 83 in 2000 In 2002 the number went even lower with having only 92 films then further went down to 80 in 2003 This decline in film production was attributed to the country s economic movement wherein the Philippine Film industry was considered one of the heavily taxed industries in terms of equipment materials and film stock and the imposition of a 30 percent amusement tax to be paid to the local government and a 12 percent value added tax to the central government Consequently the high production costs brought about by the high taxes caused ticket admission to also go up Thus leading to people opting for a different and cheaper form of entertainment particularly in television Signs of rebirth of the Philippine cinema arose by way of movies with inspirational themes In 2002 Gil Portes released Mga Munting Tinig Small Voices a subdued movie about a teacher who inspired her students to follow their dreams the movie also implied improving the country s education system A year later Mark Meily s comedy Crying Ladies about three Filipinas working as professional mourners in Manila s Chinatown but looking for other ways to earn a living became a huge hit Also that same year Maryo J de los Reyes made a buzz at various film festivals with Magnifico a simple film with universal appeal about a boy trying to help his family survive their hardships 13 In 2005 the film industry saw the lowest number of films produced with only 50 films that were commercially released However the establishment of film festivals Cinemalaya and Cinema One Originals which are dedicated to digital films the addition of Digital Lokal a digital section at the Cinemanila International Film Festival and the second offering of the MOV International Digital Film Festival helped save the Philippine Film industry In 2006 and 2007 Filipino filmmakers started making movies using digital media 14 Duda Doubt is an example of how a man driven by an idea for a film against all odds can succeed in creating a significant statement Writer Director Crisaldo Pablo used a cast of friends and some professional actors and with the use of a Sony VX 1 a Hi 8 camcorder made the first full length digital movie ever shot in the Philippines Comments by Cris Pablo and casts in the making of featurette on the DVD demonstrated how much dedication to vision played in this movie 15 Donsol by director Adolfo Alix made waves with his debut digital movie about Donsol a fishing town and in the opposite a sanctuary to endangered whale sharks Other filmmakers of note include Jeffrey Jeturian and Auraeus Solito Although Filipino digital films are made in almost no time and with meager budget they are strongly represented in international film festivals 16 17 Numerous works of a new breed of filmmakers had their films seen at the prestigious film festivals around the world like in Berlin Cannes Venice Vienna and Rotterdam 8 18 with several winning prizes and awards 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Among the works included are Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros 2005 by Auraeus Solito Kubrador 2006 by Jeffrey Jeturian Todo Todo Teros 2006 by John Torres Endo 2007 by Jade Castro Tribu 2007 by Jim Libiran In 2007 a Filipino short film entitled Napapanggap Pretend by Debbie Formoso a recent graduate of MFA Master of Film Art at LMU Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles had a successful run in a number of US film festivals 26 Several other short films 27 28 including Pedro Joaquin Valdes s Bulong Whisper 29 as well as documentaries 30 garnered international attention and honors The same year the first full length animated Filipino film Urduja topbilled by Cesar Montano and Regine Velasquez as voices behind the lead characters premiered in local theaters The film was done by over 400 Filipino animators who produced more than 120 000 drawings that ran in 1 922 scenes equivalent to 8 771 feet of film 31 Later in the year the Philippine movie industry took centerstage at the 6th Edition of the Festival Paris Cinema 2008 in France About 40 Filipino films were shown at the film festival with Star Cinema s Caregiver starring Sharon Cuneta and Ploning Judy Ann Santos as opening films Filipino actor Piolo Pascual was invited by Paris Mayor Delanoe and actress Charlotte Rampling to grace the occasion 32 Before the closing of 2008 another full length animated film Dayo Sa Mundo ng Elementalia graced the bigscreen as an entry to the 2008 Metro Manila Film Festival 33 34 In order to build up and stimulate the film industry some Congressmen and Senators recently have authored a number of proposals and legislations pending ratification by the Philippine Congress Many of the bills seek to ease the multiple taxes on producers theater operators and patrons One of the bills for instance proposes to exempt from the 30 percent amusement tax on all locally produced movies classified by regulators as for general patronage or parental guidance 13 Another bill seeks to exempt local producers from the 12 percent value added tax VAT on imported filmmaking raw materials and equipment 35 36 37 In 2010 an eponymous documentary film Philippine New Wave This Is Not a Film Movement about the most prominent internationally acclaimed and wildly divergent digital filmmakers from the Philippines answer questions on filmmaking and beyond 38 Notable filmmakers EditLav Diaz Edit Main article Lav Diaz Diaz pictured in 2016 director of The Woman Who Left won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival Lav Diaz is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critics who have known as a leading figure in experimental Philippine films and is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary Filipino filmmakers whose works include long epics about Filipino life some of which run up to ten hours including the 2004 film Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino often testing the endurance of viewers 13 In 2014 Diaz directed his 12th narrative feature Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon literally From What is Before won the Golden Leopard at the 2014 Locarno Film Festival Its win was a highly regarded as the second Filipino film to be awarded at an international film festival in the world almost twenty years after Lamangan s The Flor Contemplacion Story won the Golden Pyramid at the 1995 Cairo International Film Festival 39 40 In 2016 Diaz directed his 16th narrative feature Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis received mixed reviews and was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival won the Alfred Bauer Prize 41 At the same year Diaz directed his 17th narrative feature Ang Babaeng Humayo literally The Woman Who Left received the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival the first Philippine film to do so although it could be eligible to be submitted as a Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 89th Academy Awards before it ended up selected to Mendoza s competitive film Ma Rosa 42 In 2017 Diaz became one of the few Filipinos who have invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join as a member 43 Avid Liongoren Edit Avid Liongoren is a Filipino filmmaker animator and illustrator for both animated and live action productions notably he founded his own production company Rocketsheep Studios His works are developed mostly for television commercials and music videos in 2000s and began to rose local popularity of his works developed only animated features aimed for adult audiences in the 2010s and 2020s 44 In 2016 Liongoren s first feature film debut was live action animated hybrid film Saving Sally was first introduced in mid 2000s after the concept by Charlene Sawit in 2000 originally titled Monster Town as a short story It began in early 2000s and took twelve years to develop the film before was released in Philippine cinemas on Christmas Day as an official submission at the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival 45 46 which received both commercial success and positive reviews from critics in the Philippines In 2020 Liongoren s second film also became the first feature length adult animated film ever developed in the Philippines Hayop Ka concepted after Saving Sally and took three years to produce describe it as light and comical aim for adults due to use of amount of profanity and sexual content like the previous film did 47 48 The film starring Angelica Panganiban Robin Padilla and Sam Milby The film was distributed by Netflix to positive reviews and garnered seven nominations at the 44th Gawad Urian Awards including Best Film and Best Director winning Best Animation 49 as well as six nominations at the 60th FAMAS Awards including Best Film and Best Director winning Best Screenplay 50 It was nominated as an official selection for main competition at the 2021 Annecy International Animated Film Festival became the first Filipino animated feature film to do so although it lost to Academy Award nominee Flee 51 In 2021 it was announced two animated projects based on other works Zsazsa Zaturnnah Vs The Amazonistas Of Planet X an adult animated superhero film based on a komik Zsazsa Zaturnnah by Carlo Vergara where did it posted at Facebook 52 after originally pitched as a television series nor another live action film but agreed to produce as an animated film with Vergara as a screenplay 53 Light Lost a fantasy adventure based on the graphic novel of the same name by Rob Cham 54 At the same year he announced after the first film success that the sequel titled Hayop Ka Din is now in the works with Empoy Marquez reprises his role as Jerry the Frog 55 Brillante Mendoza Edit Main article Brillante Mendoza Mendoza director of Kinatay won the Best Director award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Brillante Mendoza is a Filipino filmmaker who is one of the key members associated with the Filipino New Wave among his works garnered more than 50 awards and 75 nominations at national award ceremonies and international film festivals 56 He began to work as a filmmaker in 2005 before the dissolution of Danish s controversial movement Dogme 95 which he used some concept from the movement for his first film The Masseur serves as an inspiration He has directed sixteen films since 2005 also he credited some of his films as cinematographer and production designer under his alias Dante His first frequent collaboration with actor Coco Martin in seven films including Masahista Summer Heat Foster Child Tirador Serbis Kinatay and Captive In 2008 Serbis literally Service became the first Filipino full length film to compete for Palme d Or at the Cannes Film Festival since internationally acclaimed director Lino Brocka s Bayan Ko Kapit sa Patalim literally This is My Country in 1984 57 58 59 In 2009 Kinatay literally Butchered or The Execution of P about murder and police brutality brought the highest international esteem to a Filipino filmmaker when Brillante Mendoza was judged as the Best Director at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival the first Filipino filmmaker to receive the honor 60 The film was notorious for being critically panned by Roger Ebert an American famous film critic who declared it the worst film ever to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival since Gallo s The Brown Bunny 61 His win was heralded by President Arroyo and his countrymen 62 In 2017 Mendoza became one of the few Filipinos who have invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join as a member 63 In 2019 he directed a titular film Mindanao a war drama about a Muslim mother cares for her cancer stricken daughter while she awaits her husband to come home who serves as a combat medic deployed in the southern Philippines The film receives critical acclaim from local reviews and won multiple awards at national award ceremonies including 45th Metro Manila Film Festival 22nd Gawad Pasado 38th FAP Luna Awards and 14th Gawad Genio Awards all of which categories are Best Film and Best Director 64 Isabel Sandoval Edit Main article Isabel Sandoval Isabel Sandoval is a Filipina filmmaker who has been associated with the next wave of Philippine independent cinema of the 2020s Sandoval is also the first trans woman of color to compete at the Venice Film Festival for her international debut film Lingua Franca She is also known for her films Senorita and Aparisyon She is currently working on her next feature Tropical Gothic based on the 1972 short story by Nick Joaquin In 2022 Sandoval became the first Asian trans woman who have invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join as a member 65 Other known filmmakers EditKanakan Balintagos Joyce Bernal Jade Castro Pepe Diokno Jeffrey Jeturian Khavn Erik Matti Cathy Garcia Molina Mikhail Red Kidlat Tahimik Jerrold TarogNotable films EditEbolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino 2004 66 Serbis 2008 67 Urduja 2008 31 Ded na si Lolo 2009 68 Kinatay 2009 67 RPG Metanoia 2010 68 Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 2011 68 Thy Womb 2012 Ang Babaeng Humayo 2016 66 Birdshot 2016 69 Die Beautiful 2016 Ma Rosa 2016 70 Saving Sally 2016 70 71 Bliss 2017 Hello Love Goodbye 2019 72 Hayop Ka 2020 73 See also EditCinema of the PhilippinesReferences Edit Philippine film industry eyes new stage Agence France Presse 15 October 2009 Retrieved 10 February 2017 de la Cruz Khavn June 21 2012 Philippine New Wave Home grown all natural no preservatives added Makati Philippine Daily Inquirer Retrieved 10 February 2017 a b RP Movie Industry Dying Archived February 14 2009 at the 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