Brillante Mendoza

Brillante Mendoza (b. 1960, San Fernando, Philippines) studied at Manila's University of Santo Tomas and then worked for ten years as a stage and set designer. He debuted as a filmmaker in 2005 and has thus far completed around twenty feature and documentary titles of different lengths. The majority of his work addresses various gay themes, crime phenomena, and life on the edge of society in contemporary Philippines.

His work has been commended at international festivals (Cannes, Venice, Locarno, Dubai): The Masseur (Masahista, 2005), Summer Heat (Kaleldo, 2006), The Teacher (Manoro, 2006), Pantasya (2007), Foster Child (John John, 2007 – Another View, KVIFF), Slingshot (Tirador, 2007 – Another View, KVIFF), Service (Serbis, 2008), Lola (2009), Kinatay (2009), Thy Womb (Sinapupunan, 2012), Captive (2012), Sapi (2013), Trap (Taklub, 2015), Ma' Rosa (2015).

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