Brillante Ma Mendoza

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Directing

Brillante Mendoza (born July 30, 1960), also known as Dante Mendoza, is a Filipino independent filmmaker. He is known as one of the key members associated with the Philippine New Wave. Mendoza is the first Filipino filmmaker to receive the Best Director award for his film Kinatay at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Other international accolades include Best Film for his 2009 film Lola at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival and Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for his 2012 film Thy Womb, which also competed for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. Mendoza's 2012 film Captive was shown in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. Taklub was also selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Mendoza is one of the few people and is the only Filipino filmmaker to be nominated in all three major prizes from "The Big Three" (Cannes, Berlin, Venice).

Filmography

• Until She Remembers (2026)
• Nympho (2025)
• Basang Basa (2025)
• Motherland (2024)
• The Hearing (2024)
• Red (2024)
• Moro (2023)
• Moro (2023)
• Hosto (2023)
• Feast (2023)
• Sabel Is Still Young (2022)
• Alapaap (2022)
• Virgin Forest (2022)
• Gensan Punch (2022)
• Pusoy (2022)
• Bahay na Pula (2022)
• Sisid (2022)
• Palitan (2021)
• Payback (2021)
• He Who Is Without Sin (2020)
• Broken (2020)
• Mindanao (2019)
• Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema (2019)
• Verdict (2019)
• Gino and Marie (2019)
• The Crown Is Mine (2019)
• Journey (2019)
• Alpha: The Right to Kill (2019)
• Judgement (2018)
• Uno sguardo alla Terra (2018)
• Ma' Rosa (2016)
• Art Through Our Eyes (2016)
• Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections (2016)
• Imago (2016)
• Taklub (2015)
• French Cinema Mon Amour (2015)
• Modus (2015)
• Balut Country (2015)
• Imbisibol (2015)
• Swap (2015)
• Ninja Party (2015)
• Scarecrow (2015)
• Sine, Laging Kasama (2014)
• Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows (2014)
• Unfriend (2014)
• Possession (2013)
• Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
• Thy Womb (2012)
• Captive (2012)
• The Great Cinema Party (2012)
• 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
• Quattro Hong Kong 2 (2011)
• Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema (2010)
• Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement (2010)
• Ayos ka (2010)
• Butchered (2009)
• Grandmother (2009)
• Slingshot (2008)
• Serbis (2008)
• Foster Child (2007)
• Pantasya (2007)
• Manoro (2006)
• Summer Heat (2006)
• The Masseur (2005)
• Sandakot na Kaligayahan (1997)
• Iisa Isahin Ko Kayo (1990)
• Kristobal (Tinik sa Korona) (1990)
• Mula Paa Hanggang Ulo (1990)
• Kunin Mo ang Ulo ni Ismael (1990)
• Valentina (1989)
• Baleleng and the Golden Mermaid (1989)
• Takaw Tukso (1986)
• Private Show (1985)
• Virgin Forest (1985)
• Chameleon