Person
Sari Dalena
Directing
Biography
Sari Dalena is an independent filmmaker from the Philippines and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Production from New York University. She has been the recipient of the Fulbright-Hayes scholarship, New York Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Fellowship, and the 13 Artists Award at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Her films have screened at various local and international film festivals. Her most notable films include Memories of a Forgotten War, Rigodon, The Guerrilla is a Poet, Ka Oryang and Dahling Nick. She is a Professor and former Director at the University of the Philippines Film Institute.
Known for
Ka Oryang
Writer
Himala Ngayon
Director
My Body, My Rules, & Them
Creative Consultant
Church Dogs
Director
Ishma
Director
Memories of a Forgotten War
Writer
Viva Villa!
Director
History of the Underground
Director
The Women of Malolos
Director
Concrete Conflicts
Script Consultant
Filmography
- 2025CinemartyrsDirector
- 2024Concrete ConflictsScript Consultant
- 2023My Body, My Rules, & ThemCreative Consultant
- 2023Ang Pagbubuntis Ni LigayaCreative Consultant
- 2019Docwomentary: Women Behind the LensHerself
- 2018AlimuomProducer
- 2017History of the UndergroundDirector
- 2015Dahling NickDirector
- 2014The Women of MalolosDirector
- 2013The Guerilla is a PoetDirector
- 2012Himala NgayonDirector
- 2012IshmaDirector
- 2011Ka OryangWriter
- 2006RigodonDirector
- 2002From Asia with LoveDirector
- 2001Memories of a Forgotten WarWriter
- 1997The White FuneralDirector
- 1995Jamming on an Old SayaDirector
- 1994Church DogsDirector
- —Viva Villa!Director
- —Bulosan in the Heart of AmericaDirector
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