Magnetic Letters creative documentary [ongoing]
A left-behind daughter confronts her distant relationship with her father by interweaving personal and collective memories from cassette tapes recorded by Filipino overseas workers in the 80s and 90s.
Produced by Tahana Prod., Archipelago, Dynamo Production Seera Films
Project selections: Asian Project Market, Cannes Docs, Vision du Reel Industry, Taiwan Creative Content Fest, Cinema at Sea Forum, Docs by the Sea, Berlinale Doc Station Lab
Supported by Tarzeer Pictures, Purin Pictures, Film Development Council of the Philippines, DMZ Docs, Al Jazeera Documentary, IDFA Bertha Fund, Doha Film Institute Fund
Daluyong ng Ingay performance
In collaboration with sound artists Alyana Cabral and Erick Calilan, and poet Abner Dormiendo.
For ‘Offerings’ presented by Dang A Dang Radio: Voices Amplified. Recorded on November 15, 2025, at Library Una Chapterhouse, Quezon City, Philippines.
Things I’ll Tell You short experimental
The narrator talks about leaving Manila to escape the pandemic, but she realises she can’t truly escape it. A man tests positive for the virus and spends time in a quarantine facility, while a woman fears becoming pregnant. Fear lingers among them—until one finds hope amidst the chaos.
Funded by National Commission for Culture and the Arts for ‘Eksena Cinema Quarantine’
Hijabs and Hopes in Quiapo short documentary
Amanah Busran-Lao, a Filipino Muslim woman, conducts a cultural tour in Muslim Town and at the centre of Catholic faith in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines.
Finalist, Istorya ng Pag-asa (Story of Hope) Film Festival 2019.