This Week’s Featured FilmmakeHER
Previous Featured FilmmakeHERs
Monster Jimenez
NAKUHA NG MGA MAKATA ANG RESPETO NATIN.
Nakipag-surfing tayo kasama ng APOCALYPSE CHILD. Pinasok ang selda ng KANO: AN AMERICAN AND HIS HAREM. Sama-samang nangarap na maging BIG TIME. Pero ang tanong: kilala niyo ba ang FILMMAKEHER / Producer sa likod ng mga ito? Dito ka lang makakakilala ng monster na gugustuhin mo! Coreen “Monster” Jimenez is this week’s Pelikulove Featured FilmmakeHER!
Marie Jamora
SOMETIMES DREAMS ARE JUST REALITY IN THE MAKING
This week’s Featured FilmmakeHER, Marie Jamora will teach you how to make them real! Whether it’s a film, a commercial, or a music video, she never fails to bring her visions to life. Dadalhin niya kayo sa “Quezon City” kasama ni “Dexter Calliope at ang Ibong Adarna” para hanapin “Ang Nawawala.”
Pam Miras
HUWAG KANG TITINGIN
…baka manlambot ang “Pusong Bato” mo at bigla kang mapa-donate sa “Blood Bank”! Let this week’s FilmmakeHER, the two time Gawad Urian Award-winning director, Pam Miras, show you the different sides of the human heart. Embrace all kinds of feels with her films that range from lighthearted stories that end with love to darker explorations of a supernatural world.
Pamela L. Reyes
WHAT IF THE WORLD YOU KNEW SUDDENLY CHANGED?
Get into the mind of this week’s young Featured FilmmakeHER, Pamela L. Reyes and see why things aren’t always what they seem. Be a guest in her coming-of-age short film, “Debut,” and let her award-wining work, “Ligaw”, leave you wanting more.
Sari Estrada
HOW CAN SOMEONE BECOME EXTRAORDINARY?
Find out by getting in touch with your sense of wonder with this week’s Featured FilmmakeHER, Sari Estrada! Whether you want to feast your eyes on the wild and unconventional side of “Anatomiya ng Pag-ibig” or unleash your imagination with a humorous twist with “Asan si Lolo Me”, one thing’s for sure. Sari will make you believe in the seemingly impossible.
Hannah Espia
PARE PULIS AKO
The featured “Mamang Pulis” is not Derek Ramsay, but a film by the third FilmmakeHER in HERstory to win a Gawad Urian Award as Best Director, Hannah Espia! Whether you want to take a “Transit” to foreign shores or immerse yourself in local festivities with “Ruweda”, you’ll definitely be left wanting more.
Ice Idanan
YOU’RE NEVER TOO YOUNG TO DREAM
Take a break from your regular programming and chill out with cinematographer-turned-director and this week’s featured FilmmakeHER, Ice Idanan! She made HERstory through her debut film “Sakaling Hindi Marating,” an award-winning independent road film, and her Kodak Award winning thesis film “Limang Libo.” From stories of heartbreaking consequences to liberating joy of wanderlust and adventure, Ice is truly a woman of heART through her honest yet blissful way of storytelling.
Ditsi Carolino
DO YOU WANT TO TELL A STORY?
This week’s featured FilmmakeHER really puts the ART in HEART . Ditsi Carolino’s films about “Bunso” and life along the “Riles” are not just stories. They’re also advocacies for people that you can meet “Mula Pabrika Hanggang Fukuoka.” She has made HERstory with her courage to be the voice for the oppressed.
Sari Dalena
THE SISTERHOOD OF FILMMAKING
Art flows naturally for this week’s featured filmmakeHERs. Not only do they share the same blood but also the same passion for their craft. Sari Dalena and Kiri Dalena chose to embark on a filmmaking journey, telling and re-telling historical to present hard-hitting truths. And there is no stopping them from making HERstory. Whether working together or apart, this dynamic duo is sure to continue bringing pride to Philippine Cinema.
Kiri Dalena
THE SISTERHOOD OF FILMMAKING
Art flows naturally for this week’s featured filmmakeHERs. Not only do they share the same blood but also the same passion for their craft. Sari Dalena and Kiri Dalena chose to embark on a filmmaking journey, telling and re-telling historical to present hard-hitting truths. And there is no stopping them from making HERstory. Whether working together or apart, this dynamic duo is sure to continue bringing pride to Philippine Cinema.
Baby Ruth Villarama
WANT TO BECOME A FILMMAKER?
This week, we put the spotlight on a FilmmakeHER who’s been putting the spotlight on others, a Beauty Queen in her own right. Known for her documentary films, Jazz in Love, A Letter from Ifugao, Burden of Gold, and the 2016 MMFF Best Picture, Sunday Beauty Queen, Baby Ruth Villarama has been making waves giving life to stories that might otherwise be left untold. Truly, she puts the “we” in women. Get to know her and WATCH her works: A Letter from Ifugao and Burden of Gold here.
Sigrid Andrea Bernardo
ARE YOU READY TO STAND OUT?
In a world and industry where women, no matter how big or Little they may be, continue to struggle and fight for equal rights, may mga natatanging Babae na ipinakita ang tapang, husay at senSHEbilities nila lalo na sa larangan ng paggawa ng pelikula. Mula iilan, naging maramihan. Tunay ngang hindi pa ito ang Huling Cha-Cha ni Anita, kung hindi ang simula ng mas mahaba pang sayaw sa mundo at perspektiba ni Eba.
Pioneer FilmmakeHERs
FilmmakeHERs from the early days of the film industry
Hall of FilmmakeHERs
FilmmakeHERs who already grabbed attention with several of their mainstream films
Criteria:
* At least one (1) work was released on mainstream
* Worked on at least three (3) films as director, writer, or cinematographer
FilmmakeHERs to Watch Out For
Up-and-coming FilmmakeHERs with a work that stood out in competitions, festivals, or mainstream platforms.
Criteria:
* at least one (1) work that received accolades in competitions, festivals, or mainstream platforms.
Contributors/Researchers: Aimee Bertulfo, Charlene David, Vanz Lavado, Kimberly Ong, Januarius Bernardino, Kirby Castro, Kris-An Torres, Christel Castillo, Deborah Padrigo.
More names to come out soon. Stay tuned!
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