Donna
filmography
"BULYUS", ING CANACUNG PAMALSINTA, 2016-2017
Writer | Co-director | Set Designer
Awards and Features:
SHORT + SWEET FILM FESTIVAL MANILA, INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
IKA-28 GAWAD CCP PARA SA ALTERNATIBONG PELIKULA AT VIDEO
SINEBULACAN FILM FESTIVAL
SINE GITNANG LUZON ORIGINALS (SIGLO) CLTV CHANNEL 36
Short film Finalist, Best Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Scoring, Best Film
WARNING: Some scenes are sexually-suggestive that are not suitable for very young and specific audiences. Please watch in guidance and at your discretion.
Júli wakes up weary and in the ecstasy of escaping her reality and hopelessness. A fish vendor by day and a sex slave by night, more than poverty, her life depicts a deeper quest for peace and happiness.
Bulyus represents how precious human relationships are which could satisfy and understand any individual’s imperfections. It is a symbolism and reflection on how women are being seen and treated in ages, and how women braves these judgements, abuse, and deprivation. This highly metaphoric-poetic film depicts how a genuine love could change and heal even the deepest wounds.
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"DIBUHO", 2018
Director | Writer | Set Designer
Awards and Features:
CINE REPUBLICA INC. REGIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SINE GITNANG LUZON ORIGINALS (SIGLO) CLTV CHANNEL 36
Regional Short Film Finalist, Best Actress Awards
It is inevitable for relationships to fleet even in the place or person they treat as their home. A newly-married artist couple turns out to lose their affection after Lisa had a miscarriage, and Mac faces trouble and frustration at work.
Dibuho portrays the reality that an unstable relationship does not always resonate with the absence of love, but sometimes the way of finding it, and unconditionally giving it.
Set in the native mountains of Sierra Madre, alongside with the film’s linear story lies metaphoric scenes that depict how human connects and fleets relationship with nature. Dibuho narrates the simple yet content and peaceful life of people living close to nature, amidst our fast-paced world today.





