independent

alipato at muog (flying embers and a fortress) north american premiere & theatrical release

head of theatrical
kani releasing

winter '22 release of masashi yamamoto's
robinson's garden (1987) and what's up connection (1990)
*streamed on criterion

winter '23 release of spacked out (2000)

spring '24 release of my heart is that eternal rose (1989) 

summer '24 release of beijing watermelon (1989) 
*streamed on criterion

fall '24 release of tokyo uber blues (2024) 
*in partnership with PBS

fall '24 release of plastic (2024)

​winter '24 release of bona (1980)​

spring '25 releases of batang west side (2001),
amiko (2017),
and desert of namibia (2025)
 
winter '25-'26 releases of
bye bye love (1974),
looking for an angel (1999),
kisapmata (1981),
batch '81 (1982),
a new love in tokyo (1994)

summer '26
macho dancer (1989)
take care of my cat (2001)

social media and audience development consultant

third world newsreel's upcoming ori theatrical series

programs
 
1898 empire and its aftermath / landlessness, maysles documentary center

rare shorts and agitprop produced by national democratic organizations in the us and in the philippines on the problem of landlessness and feudalism. talkback w/bronx chapter of juventud unida por la independencia

heart on fire, brain on ice: philippine nonfiction since 2000, museum of the moving image

feature and short length nonfiction about us imperialism, corruption, and forced migration in the Philippines, and the uniquely powerful peoples' movement that fights to alter the whole of their condition. talk backs and intros by different sectors of filipino mass organizations

wild schools: sulo institute, nyu

short films by filipino women and gender-queer filmmakers about imperialism and forced migration in the philippines.

paglipas ng gunaw (when the apocalypse is over): new independent philippine cinema:

16 film series booked at the brooklyn academy of music and other cinemas in north america.

released on the criterion channel in 2024

cinemovil nyc

kababaihan: filipina portraits (1989) + BAYAN USA agitprop video from marcos jr. week of action. screening, fundraiser, and political situationer.

strike series (programs of films withdrawn from film festivals in protest) with fundraiser and horizontal discussion.

program I: collapsing span
ft. we began by measuring distance (2009) and blessed blessed oblivion (2010)

program II: who own's a memory? in partnership with film diary nyc
ft. even god (2024) and nowhere near (2023)

dedza films

who will start another fire, a 9 short omnibus, to 40+ virtual and in-person cinemas in north america. streaming on the criterion channel.

audience campaigns for neptune frost, alma's rainbow, you resemble me