FILMS

I Kiss You're Hand, Madame

18 minutes, short documentary film

After living a heteronormative life for 50 years, Mónika finally goes through the first steps of her gender-affirmation journey as trans woman. As she raises her 11-year old son, she also navigates the repressive Orbán regime in Hungary.

• Brussels Independent Film Festival 2025, Winner, Best Short Documentary Film

• Slovak Queer Film Festival 2025, Official Selection, Short Film category

• Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival 2025, Official Selection, International Documentary category

• Mezipatra Queer Film Festival 2025, Official Selection, Short Film category

• Doc London Documentary Film Festival 2025, Official Selection, Short Film category

• Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS 2025, Pure Queer Verite category

• Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival 2025, Official Selection, Short Film category

• Queer Lisboa International Film Festival 2024, Official Selection, Short Film category

• Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2024, Official Selection, Short Film category

• Budapest International Documentary Film Festival 2024, Official Selection, Short Film category

Trailer, screener available upon request

Onde Quer Que O Sol Esteja (Wherever The Sun Is)

• DocLisboa International Film Festival 2023, Official Selection, Green Years section

Screener available upon request

Katong Gabii (That Night)

20 minutes, short documentary film

• BAFTA (British Academy for Film Television Arts) Student Film Awards 2018, Shortlisted, documentary category

• Visual Documentary Project 2019 (Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan), Winner

• Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2019, Best International Documentary Nominee, short film category

• Salamindanaw Asian Film Festival 2018, Official Selection, short film category

• Asian Youth Indie Film Festival (AYIFF) 2018, Best International Documentary Nominee

• Diwa Filipino Film Showcase of Seattle 2018, Official Selection, short film category

• Indie Un-Film Festival 2018, Official Selection, short film category

• Quisumbing-Escandor Film Festival 2018, Honorable Mention Award for Awareness Campaign on Humanitarian Aspect, Best Documentary Nominee

A young Filipino filmmaker spends his winter with a queer naturist in Lisbon. As the sunless days continue, the two find light in each other’s company.

16 minutes, short documentary film

Director, Cinematographer, Editor

Katong Gabii (That Night) documents the lives of two survivors of the Roxas night market bombing in Davao City, Philippines on September 2, 2016. It centers on a vendor at the market who was severely injured, and a truck driver whose wife and son died while getting a massage. The documentary follows these two survivors a year after the tragedy.

Screener available upon request