FILM FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
LATEST AWARDS + FILM FESTIVAL SELECTIONS [2015 - 2023 ONLY]
ANG KALAYO SA GINTUNG-AN (A Flame in Our Midst) 2023 [currently touring]
■ Official Selection, Competition, 7th Panama Horror Film Festival 2023, Bellavista (Panama) World Premiere
■ Official Selection, Short Films, 21st Asheville Fringe Arts Festival 2023, Asheville, NC (USA) International Premiere
■ Semi-Finalist, 2nd Pebbles Underground Film & Video Festival, Toronto & Ontario (Canada)
PATIBSOK (Vertical) 2022 [currently touring]
■ Official Selection, VideoVerticale Competition, 4th Linea d’Ombra Festival 2022, Salerno (Italy) International Premiere
■ Official Selection, 3rd VerticalMovie Film Festival 2022, Roma (Italy) World Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 2nd Diminuto, International Minimum Film Festival, (México) Latin American Premiere
SA PAGLUPAD KA BANOG (The Flight of Banog) 2022 [currently touring]
■ Winner, Golden Kinabalu Award for Besr Indigenous Film [Top Prize]
13th Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (Southeast Asian Premiere)
■ Winner, 7 Awards, FACINE29 - 29th Annual International Filipino Cine Festival 2022
Noteworthy Film, Noteworthy Direction, Gold Cinematography, Gold Visual Design, Gold Aural Design, Silvert Editing], San Francisco (USA)
■ Named 20 Best Asian Films of 2022 by Asian Movie Pulse (the only Filipino on the list)
■ Official Selection, Competition, 42nd Porto International Film Festival FANTASPORTO 2022 (Portugal)
World Premiere (the only Southeast Asian in the Fantasy shorts competition)
■ Official Selection, Opening Day Program, 38th Los Angeles Asia Pacific Film Festival 2022 (USA) International Premiere (Academy Award Qualifying)
■ Official Selection, Competition, 33rd São Paulo International Short Film Festival (Brazil) Latin American Premiere (only Southeast Asian film in the line-up)
■ Official Selection, Competition, 50th CURTAS - Festival do Imaxinario Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra (Spain) Spanish Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 39th BOGOCINE Festival de Cine de Bogotá, Bogotá (Colombia) Colombian Premiere
■ Official Selecrion, Competition, 9th Maoriland Film Festival (New Zealand) Southern Hemisphere Premiere (first time the Philippines gets a selection in this film fest)
■ Official Selecrion, Competition, 13th Festival Internacional de Cine de Santander - Picknic Film Festival (Spain) European Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 16th Wairoa Māori Film Festival (New Zealand) Oceania Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 21st DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival (USA) North American Premiere (one of the only two from The Philippines in the line-up)
■ Official Selection, Competition, 11th Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival (Canada) Canadian Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 4th Film and Folklore Festival (Trinidad & Tobago) Carribean Online Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 8th Festival Internacional Cine en las Montañas (Colombia) South American Premiere
■ Official Selection,, Competition, 16th Native Spirit Film Festival (United Kingdom) UK Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 15th IndiFest Festival de Cinema Indigena de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)
■ Official Selection, Competition, 9th Festival Internacional de Cine de La Paz, La Paz (Plurinational State of Bolivia)
■ Official Selection, Competition, 2nd Filipino San Diego Film Festival, San Diego (USA) San Diego Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 13th DAUPARÁ - Muestra de Cine y Video Indígena en Colombia, Bogotá (Colombia)
■ Official Selection, Competition, 16th Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente Villa de Leyva, Villa de Leyva (Colombia) Villa de Leyva Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 11th Festival de Cine Kunturñawi, Riobamba (Ecuador) Ecuadorian Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 6th Festival de Cine Independiente de Sogamoso, Boyacá (Colombia) Boyacá Premiere
■ Official Selection, Panorama (Out of Competition), 6th Hanoi International Film Festival, Hanoi (Vietnam) Vietnamese Premiere (*Elvert served as Jury in the Shorts Section)
■ Official Selection, Competition, 15th Festival de Cine Global de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo 20223 (Dominican Republic) Dominican Republic Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 3rd Quetzalcoatl Indigenous International Film Festival 2023, Oaxaca (Mexico) Mexican Premiere
■ Official Selection, Competition, 12th CMS International Children's Festival 2023, Lucknow (India) Indian Premiere
■ Winner, Best Poster, 7th AltFF Alternative Film Festival 2023 Spring, Ontario & Toronto (Canada)
Kúris / Babáyi (Stroke Woman) 2022 [currently touring]
■ Official Selection "Mutedom", 3rd ALC videoart festival, Alicante Spain (May 5, 2022)
■ Official Selection, Artist Film, 4th MicroActs + Artist Film Screening, United Kingdon (May 19, 2022)
■ Official Selection, Competition, 9th Mister Vorky Film Festival, Ruma, Serbia (June 22, 2022)
■ Nominee, World Experimental Shorts, 5th Cinemaking International Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh (December 14-17, 2022)
■ Official Selection, UltraShort Competition, 6th MalatestaShort Film Festival, ForlìCesena, Italy (October 26, 2022)
■ Official Selection, Experimental Shorts, 3rd Stuff MX Film Festival, México, Mexico (November 12, 2022)
■ Semi-Finalist, 6th 2022 ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival, California, USA (November 30, 2022)
Ang May Akda : Ikatlong Yugto (The Author : Chapter Three), 2021
■ Winner, Best in Category (Get to the Point), Copenhagen Web Fest, November 1, 2021
■ Winner, Extreme Scream Award, Scream Fest, Berlin Flash Film Festival (Germany) October 31, 2021
■ Semi-Finalist / Nominee, Best Cast (1-5 Min Film), Couch Film Festival (Canada) June 30, 2021
■ Official Selection, 2nd Ojo Móvil Fest 2021 (Peru) November 15, 2021
■ Official Selection, 12th Mobile International Film Festival (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) November 25, 2021
■ Official Selection, 6th Festival Internacional de Cine con Medios Alternativos FICMA (Mexico) December 7, 2021
■ Official Selection, 17th 60 Second or Less Video Festival (USA) December 17, 2021
■ Official Selection, Minute Madness Toronto (Canada) December 28, 2021
■ Official Selection, 5th Moinho Cine Fest (Portugal) April 1, 2022
■ Official Selection, Upstate New York Film Festival (USA) June 3, 2022
Musika Bago Lumubog Ang Araw sa Paoay (Music Before the Sun Sets at Paoay), 2020
■ Official Selection, 8th Veracruz World Film Festival (Mexico) December 16, 2020
Ang May Akda : Ikalawang Yugto (The Author: Chapter Two), 2020
■ Official Selection, Berlin Flash Film Festival (Germany) May 31, 2020
■ Official Selection, Dumbo Film Festival (USA) June 9, 2020
■ Official Selection, Varese International Film Festival (Italy) June 10, 2020
■ Official Selection, 60 Second International Film Festival (Pakistan) August 14, 2020
■ Official Selection, Bad Film Festival (USA) December 4, 2021
Ang Mga Damgo Wala Gintuga Sang Kahanginan (Dreams Aren’t Made by the Wind) 2020
■ Winner, Best Screenplay, Cyber Shorts: A VR Film Festival (USA) June 6, 2020
■ Winner, Special Mention, One-Reeler Short Film Competition (USA) December 31, 2020
■ Semi-Finalist / Nominee Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy International Short Film, Alternative Film Festival (Canada) December 27, 2020
■ Finalist, Best Director & Best Screenplay, Osaka International Film Festival (Japan) September 18, 2021
■ Nominee, Accord Cine Fest (India) April 3, 2021
■ Finalist, Festival del Cinema di Cefalù (Italy) May 1, 2021
■ Quarter Finalist, National Film Festival - The Montazu Virtual Cinema (USA) August 20, 2021
■ Official Selection, Kalakari Film Festival (India) August 25, 2020
■ Official Selection, Lift-Off Global Network Sessions (UK) July 19, 2020
■ Official Selection, Festival Film Baharai (Indonesia) October 23, 2020
■ Official Selection, Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase (USA) October 27, 2020
■ Official Selection, Festival Internacional de Marbella (Spain) August 22, 2021
■ Official Selection, 4th Photometria in Motion Ioannina (Greece) September 20, 2021
■ Official Selection, Asia South East-Short Film Festival (Cambodia) January 22, 2022
■ Official Selection, FLICKFAIR Film Festival (USA) February 1, 2022
■ Official Selection, Surf City Festival (USA) August 7, 2022
■ Official Selection, BUEIFF Channel Buenos Aires (Argentina) August 15, 2022
Tata, 2020
■ Official Selection, Berlin Flash Film Festival (Germany) April 30, 2020
Pamati-I Bala ang Akon mga Ihutik nga Binalaybay (Listen to the Poems I Will Whisper) 2017
■ Nominee (Best Short Film), 42nd Gawad URIAN (Philippines) July 2018
■ Semi-Finalist, Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival (Russian Federation) February 7, 2021
■ Semi-Finalist, Lisbon Film Rendezvous (Portugal) June 22, 2021
■ Official Selection, FACINE 25 Annual Filipino International Cine Festival and Competition (USA) October 2027
■ Official Selection, Charlotte Asian Film Festival (USA) March 23, 2018
■ Official Selection, Midwest Video Poetry Fest (USA) November 19, 2020
Ang May Akda (The Author), 2017
■ Official Selection, 4th Mister Vorky International Film Festival (Serbia) June 2, 2017
■ Official Selection, African Smartphone International Film Festival (Nigeria) October 2, 2017
■ Official Selection, 60 Second International Film Festival (Pakistan) March 16, 2018
Kung Tuyhon Ka, Indi Gid Magbugtaw (If You Feel Sleepy, Never Wake Up), 2017
■ Nominee, Best International Short & Best International Director, MMP Belgium Online Film Festival (Belgium) April 16, 2017
■ Semi-Finalist, 2nd Alternative Film Festival (Canada) September 17, 2018
■ Official Selection, 3rd Panama Horror Film Festival (Panama) September 9, 2018
■ Official Selection, 4th Cefalu Film Festival (Italy) June 1, 2019
■ Official Selection, 8th Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions at Pinewoord Studios (UK) June 23, 2019
■ Official Selection, Festival International de Cortos de Terror La Cripta (Argentina) August 3, 2019
■ Official Selection, 1st Africa International Horror Film Festival (Nigeria) October 18, 2021
■ Official Selection, Silver Tier (Short Film Category) 15 Second Horror Film Challenge (USA) October 31, 2020
One, 2015
■ Official Selection, 1st Blackbird Film Festival (USA) December 15, 2015
■ Official Selection, Ozark Shorts (USA) January 15, 2016
Impas (Settlement), 2015
■ Finalist, FACINE 24 Annual Filipino International Cine Festival and Competition (USA) October 2016
■ Official Selection, 16th Festival De Cine De Pamplona - Iruñeko Zinemaldia (Spain) October 5, 2015
■ Official Selection, 10th Jogjakarta-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (Indonesia) December 4, 2015
■ Official Selection, 8th Cinema Rehiyon (Philippines) 2016
■ Official Selection, 2nd TIF Video Challenge (Cyprus) May 30, 2016
■ Official Selection, 1st SABC Ekurhuleni International Film Festival (South Africa) June 23, 2016
■ Official Selection, CineSeptiembre (Mexico) September 17, 2016
■ Official Selection, Manila Spanish Film Festival (Philippines) October 5, 2016
■ Official Selection, 18th Antimatter [Media Art] (Canada) October 17, 2016
■ Official Selection, QCinema International Film Festival (Philippines) October 20, 2016
■ Featured Film, Taboan Literary Festival (Philippines) October 21, 2016
■ Official Selection, Grand IndieWise Virtual Film Festival (USA) October 22, 2016
■ Official Selection, 1st Alternative Film Festival (Canada) June 14, 2017
■ Curated, CineMet at Metropolitan Museum of Manila (Philippines) July 8, 2017
■ Official Selection, 2nd Cefalu Film Festival (Italy) May 1, 2018
■ Official Selection, 1st Roxas Sintas Festival (Philippines) 2018
■ Asian Film Market , Busan International Film Festival (South Korea) 2017
■ 31st Marche Du Film Court De Clermont-Ferrand (France) 2017
