filmmaking reel 2017-2019
PAST ︎︎︎
Asian Film Archive Trailers
Editor, 2021-2022
Putik Abril (April Mud), 2024
Writer / Director, short film
Produced by
Slowly Moving Images
Producers:
Jiajun ‘Oscar’ Zhang.
Carlo Francisco Manatad
Writer / Director, short film
Produced by
Slowly Moving Images
Producers:
Jiajun ‘Oscar’ Zhang.
Carlo Francisco Manatad
FESTIVALS
Wuhan Bailin Film Festival 2025
Light of Asia program,
Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival, 2024
Official Selection,
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2025
Beijing International Short Film Festival 2024
Best Sound Design for Short Film,
FICPBA International Film Festival of the Province of Buenos Aires, 2024
SUPPORT
Singapore Int.Film Festival 2021 - SEASHORTS grant recipient Objectifs Short Film Incubator 2021
Wuhan Bailin Film Festival 2025
Light of Asia program,
Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival, 2024
Official Selection,
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2025
Beijing International Short Film Festival 2024
Best Sound Design for Short Film,
FICPBA International Film Festival of the Province of Buenos Aires, 2024
SUPPORT
Singapore Int.Film Festival 2021 - SEASHORTS grant recipient Objectifs Short Film Incubator 2021
A Spider, Fever, and Other Disappearing Islands, 2021
Directed by Natalie Khoo
Role: Co-Editor, FX
INSTALLATION / FILM
Directed by Natalie Khoo
Role: Co-Editor, FX
INSTALLATION / FILM
SCREENINGS
Beijing International Short Film Festival 2022
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2022
Queer East Film Festival 2022
Objectifs Center for Photography & Film 2021
Beijing International Short Film Festival 2022
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2022
Queer East Film Festival 2022
Objectifs Center for Photography & Film 2021
Diliman (Clouded), 2017
Short film
Writer / Director
In the last moments of preparation before a Filipino wedding in London, a family is caught in a catering delivery that pulls them farther and farther from the reception itself.
Short film
Writer / Director
In the last moments of preparation before a Filipino wedding in London, a family is caught in a catering delivery that pulls them farther and farther from the reception itself.
FESTIVALS
Painting With Light Festival, Southeast Asian Shorts program, National Gallery Singapore, 2021
Weird Seeds by Happy Family Night Market, 2020 (CANCELLED)
Artist Showcase, Commonfolk, 2019
Official Selection, Happy Family Night Market, 2019
Official Selection, South London Shorts Film Festival, 2019
Film Ambassador Award, Film Development Council of the Philippines, 2018
Nominee for Grand Jury Award, Guam International Film Festival, 2018
Official Selection, Glasgow Short Film Festival 2018
Official Selection, Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2018
Official Selection, British Shorts Film Festival in Berlin 2018
Official Selection, Asian American International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection, Sea Shorts Film Festival 2018
Official Selection, Diwa Filipino Film Showcase of Seattle 2018
Out of Competition, Sapporo International Film Festival 2018
Out of Competition, Fastnet Film Festival 2018
Ingmar Bergman Award Nominee, Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2017
Official Selection, Odense International Film Festival 2017
Best Short Film, Los Angeles Philippine International Film Festival 2017
Painting With Light Festival, Southeast Asian Shorts program, National Gallery Singapore, 2021
Weird Seeds by Happy Family Night Market, 2020 (CANCELLED)
Artist Showcase, Commonfolk, 2019
Official Selection, Happy Family Night Market, 2019
Official Selection, South London Shorts Film Festival, 2019
Film Ambassador Award, Film Development Council of the Philippines, 2018
Nominee for Grand Jury Award, Guam International Film Festival, 2018
Official Selection, Glasgow Short Film Festival 2018
Official Selection, Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2018
Official Selection, British Shorts Film Festival in Berlin 2018
Official Selection, Asian American International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection, Sea Shorts Film Festival 2018
Official Selection, Diwa Filipino Film Showcase of Seattle 2018
Out of Competition, Sapporo International Film Festival 2018
Out of Competition, Fastnet Film Festival 2018
Ingmar Bergman Award Nominee, Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2017
Official Selection, Odense International Film Festival 2017
Best Short Film, Los Angeles Philippine International Film Festival 2017
Dream for Peace by Poncy on Call
Music Video, 2020
Director / Camera / Editor
Exhibited at Offshoot Gallery with Tarzeer Pictures.
Music Video, 2020
Director / Camera / Editor
Exhibited at Offshoot Gallery with Tarzeer Pictures.
Morning Waltz by Kaya
Music Video, 2019
Director / Cinematographer
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Music Video, 2019
Director / Cinematographer
Courier
Video Loop, 2016
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Video Loop, 2016
Next to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, a group of friends have an endless race in their neighbourhood to see who can run for the longest.One by one, they trail away from each other until they physically can't run anymore.
Filmed in the Carpenter's Estate in Stratford, London.
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Filmed in the Carpenter's Estate in Stratford, London.
Control Room
Experimental, 2012, HD
66 min
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Experimental, 2012, HD
66 min
Three students are working on a project in a city stunted in time.
Filmed in Pittsburgh, PA
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Filmed in Pittsburgh, PA
COLLABORATIONS
四月 (April)
Directed by Kinsey Zhang
Short Film, 2018, HD Role: Cinematographer
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Directed by Kinsey Zhang
Short Film, 2018, HD Role: Cinematographer
نزهة (Nazha)
Directed by Remi Itani
Short Film, 2016, HD
Role: Production Designer / Camera Operator
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Directed by Remi Itani
Short Film, 2016, HD
Role: Production Designer / Camera Operator
Şeytan Tırnağı (Hangnail)
Directed by Cem Demirer
Short Film, 2017, HD
Role: Production Designer
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Directed by Cem Demirer
Short Film, 2017, HD
Role: Production Designer
ديما (Dima)
Directed by Remi Itani
Short Film, 2017, HD
Role: Camera Operator
Short Film, 2017, HD
Role: Camera Operator
唐人街往事
(Once Upon A Time in Chinatown)Directed by Oscar Zhang
Short Film, 2016, HD Role: Editor / Sound Designer
(Once Upon A Time in Chinatown)Directed by Oscar Zhang
Short Film, 2016, HD Role: Editor / Sound Designer
Amnesia
Short Film, 2015, 16mm
Writer / Director
Three neighbours are trying to suture a wounded rhinoceros.
Writer / Director
Three neighbours are trying to suture a wounded rhinoceros.
This Morning I
Short Film, 2015, 16mm
Writer / Director
Two siblings prepare their lunches in the moments before they leave for school.
Short Film, 2015, 16mm
Writer / Director
Two siblings prepare their lunches in the moments before they leave for school.
Roll Play
Short Film, 2014,
Co-director
Quicktime Screen Recorder
Short Film, 2014,
Co-director
Quicktime Screen Recorder
COLLAGE
PILIPINI (2014)
Cutout of “advanced skin corrector” advertisement from Lancome
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WALANG KUWENTA (2019)
Acrylic Paint on Burlap
I wrote a series of meaningless Tagalog phrases with even more meaningless English translations.
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Artist Showcase at Commonfolk, Chicago, 2019
Neo 5-4 at Homan Gardens Art Gallery, Chicago, 2019 (above)
Dream of Life Fantastic at Hostel: Earphoria, Chicago, 2019
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Cutout of “advanced skin corrector” advertisement from Lancome
WALANG KUWENTA (2019)
Acrylic Paint on Burlap
I wrote a series of meaningless Tagalog phrases with even more meaningless English translations.
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Artist Showcase at Commonfolk, Chicago, 2019
Neo 5-4 at Homan Gardens Art Gallery, Chicago, 2019 (above)
Dream of Life Fantastic at Hostel: Earphoria, Chicago, 2019
POWDERS (2013)
Collage, bullets, gunpowder, various medications
Cover for the Pitt Political Review for featured article on mental health,
gun violence, and gun control in the United States.
PPR Vol. 9 No. 2
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Collage, bullets, gunpowder, various medications
Cover for the Pitt Political Review for featured article on mental health,
gun violence, and gun control in the United States.
PPR Vol. 9 No. 2
BUS ROUTES + GPAs (2014)
Map of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cover for Pitt Political Review featured article, "Bus Routes and GPAs: Eliminating Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Racial Achievement Gap via EffectiveTeachers"
PPR Vol. 10 No. 2
LE PEN + LE PEN (2014)
Cutouts of Marine and Jean-Marie Le Pen
Cover for featured article, "The Rise of the National Front in FrenchPolitics" on Marine and Jean-Marie Le Pen.
PPR Vol. 10 No. 1, 2014
Worker’s Rights Consortium (WRC) Campaign (2013) Screenprinted cloth scraps
This was an advocacy campaign to have the administration at the
University of Pittsburgh sign on to a coalition of American universities called the Worker Rights Consortium. My work comprised of photo and video documentation and production of video and paper materials to help spread the word on campus.
DIVERSITY (2014)
Collage made of magazine shreds
Mockup poster for the Diversity Symposium titled "Do you even go
here?" at the William Pitt Union, University of Pittsburgh.
Collage made of magazine shreds
Mockup poster for the Diversity Symposium titled "Do you even go
here?" at the William Pitt Union, University of Pittsburgh.
COMMISSIONS
Bobbie Allen | Ready or Not (EP) - Music Video
Role: Director / Editor / Videographer
Mini | Maniac Magazine | Tracy Foster - Highlights
Role: Director / Editor / Videographer
Americans for Informed Democracy - PITT (1) - Info Video
Role: Director / Editor / Videographer
Lucy Hale Interview with Maniac Magazine
Role: Editor / Motion Graphics
Hannah Ware Interview with Maniac Magazine
Role: Editor / Motion Graphics
Tara Reid Interview with Maniac Magazine
Role: Editor / Motion Graphics
Jovenes Sin Nombres: Printmaking
Role: Videographer / Editor
Brain Computer Interface (Reverse-Engineering the Brain)
Role: Co-Director / Videographer / Editor
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tj.collanto@gmail.com