Person
Carl Joseph E. Papa
Directing · Manila, Philippines
Biography
Carl Joseph Papa is a Filipino filmmaker and animator. A well-known figure of Philippine animation, his filmography employed rotoscoping animated features which are most often use of subject matters in the daily life of the Philippines, particularly with the themes of family struggles. His films have been screened at film festivals worldwide and received multiple accolades during his lifetime including black tragicomedy Manang Biring (2015) and musical comedy-drama Paglisan (2018), both of them which won him Best Film twice at Cinema One Originals Film Festival, and psychological drama science-fiction Iti Mapukpukaw (2023), won the Best Film at the 19th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. In 2025, he won Best Short Film for The Next 24 Hours at the 21st Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.
Known for
Sentinel
Director
Runo!
Producer
Dead Hungry
Director
Love Bites
Director
Paglisan
Director
Mother
Director
The Next 24 Hours
Director
58th
Director
Mang Jose
Writer
Boys at the Back
Story
Filmography
- 2026Dead HungryDirector
- 202658thDirector
- 2025Runo!Producer
- 2025The Next 24 HoursDirector
- 2025CinemartyrsProducer
- 2024Boys at the BackStory
- 2023The MissingDirector
- 2021Mang JoseWriter
- 2018AsuangWriter
- 2018PaglisanDirector
- 2017Love BitesDirector
- 2015Manang BiringDirector
- 2014The UnforgettingDirector
- 2013MotherDirector
- —SentinelDirector
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