Tuldok Animation Studios' RISE (Reimagining Cultural Advocacy through Integrated and Synergized Edutainment) Project will finally be officially launched on Aug. 12, 2023, at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) during the Cinemalaya Film Festival.

This project is composed of two animated short films and one comics with augmented reality (AR) component.

The two films are Si Bulusan nan si Agingay by Dudz Clotario and Sulayman by Blog Caliguia.

The comics with AR component is entitled Bernardo Carpio Komiks. It has an accompanying AR app already available for download at Google Play.

The RISE Project is part of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Innovation Grant during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Finally, after over a year of slowly but surely developing the augmented reality (AR) mobile application to accompany our Bernardo Carpio Komiks, it is now published live at Google Play. I am very grateful for this opportunity through the support of Tuldok Animation Studios and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).

This mobile app is funded by the CCP Innovation Grant. It is meant to be used for free for edutainment purposes, especially for schools, students, and people interested in Philippine mythology.

The short animated documentary Atin 'to will premiere at the Gawad Alternatibo 2023 on Aug. 5, 2023, 10 am, at the CCP Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez.

Malikmata gets into the short film roster of the the San Francisco-based Filipino-American festival. Online access to the films will be made available during its festival run.

We are proud to present our Bernardo Carpio Komiks, a special release comics adapted from the Bernardo Carpio lore. This has been a project we started working on during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are also polishing the AR mobile app to be used for the augmented reality component of the comics. Three pages in the 12-page comics work as AR triggers for the mobile app.

This project was made possible by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Innovation Grant.

Malikmata competes under the Experimental Category of Gawad Alternatibo 2021. The festival runs full online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

All films screening and competing at the festival are free and open to the public.

A number of online events for the filmmakers will be made available through the Cultural Center of the Philippines' online platforms including its official website and Facebook page.

My experimental short film "Isthmus" screens at the 31st Gawad Alternatibo on Aug. 5, 2019, Monday, 10:00 a.m., at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).

It screens under the Special Curated Section of the festival entitled "Food for Thought" (films that relied with balloons, eggs, and various food as symbolism).

I was invited to be the resource person for the 4th Navoteno Film Festival in Navotas City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Everyone is welcome to watch the short film entries (the theme for this year: "Navotas History and Culture") for this year's competition on June 22, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 10 a.m. to 12 nn., at the Navotas Sports Complex. All screenings are open to the public and are free of charge.

I would like to invite everyone to my class’ free public event: Filmmaker in Focus Forum (FFF). This term’s FFF is entitled “One Shot: A Forum on Shooting Your First Feature Film” featuring Pepe Diokno and his first feature, the Cinemalaya film “Engkwentro.”

This happens on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, 1-4 p.m., SDA Cinema, School of Design and Arts Building, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde along P. Ocampo St. Malate, Manila.

For non-Benildeans, kindly bring a valid ID and tell the guard at the reception area that you’re attending the FFF at the 12/F, SDA Cinema.

Please RSVP via the FB event or the contact details in the event poster. Registration starts at 12:30 nn.

My BenildeFilm FLMART2 (Philippine Cinema) classes are inviting everyone to this term’s Filmmaker Focus in Forum (FFF), a free, public event featuring the Cannes Palme D’Or-winning short film “Anino” by Raymond Red and the first Filipino feature film in Netflix “Birdshot” by Mikhail Red at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts (SDA) Cinema on Apr. 3, 2018. Screenings at 1 p.m., forum follows at 3:30 p.m.

This event entitled “CinePHlix,” features a Q&A for the featured films and filmmakers and a film forum about “the blurring line between cinema and television and the rise of online distribution.”

The “Sandaan: Philippine Cinema Centennial Conference” celebrates the 100 years of Philippine cinema at the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) and De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (BenildeFilm) on Sept. 14 and 15, 2017.

I am moderating Panel 5: “Regional and Diasporic Cinema” with Tito Valiente, Paul Grant, and Angel Shaw for the BenildeFilm leg of the conference on Sept. 15, 2017 (Friday), 8:30 to 10 a.m., at the School of Design and Arts (SDA) Theater in Manila.

We are inviting all film and tourism professionals, film students and film enthusiasts to our forum on film tourism this coming Monday, July 24, 1 p.m., at the SDA Cinema, School of Design and Arts Building, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, along P. Ocampo Street in Malate, Manila.

Ever wondered where your favorite scene from a movie is located? Ever wondered if you could travel to that location to take the perfect snap for Snapchat or the perfect photo for Instagram?

You are invited to:

"It's More Fun In the PHILIFILMS: A Forum on Film Tourism"
Don't miss our free screening of "Sakaling Hindi Makarating"
Followed by an open forum with guest speakers
filmmaker Ice Idanan and Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) Chairperson Liza Dino
1 p.m., July 24, 2017 (Monday)
SDA Cinema at the 12th flr., De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde, School of Design and Arts (SDA)

Free admission. Open to the public.

I facilitated the film and photography part of the Department of Education's (DepEd) Workshop on the Development of the Technical Specifications for Special Program in the Arts (SPA) and SHS Arts and Design Track at the BSP Hotel Jamboree in Makiling, Los Banos, Laguna.

With the New Media teachers from the different regions of the country for a workshop on the Senior High School's Special Program for the Arts.

I got invited again to share my scriptwriting knowledge to animation and design students at Top Peg Institute of Animation Design. I had a wonderful time in my master class there way back in 2015 and I'm sure this is going to be another fulfilling semester with new students. Looking forward to it.

Enrollment on-going at Top Peg in Las Pinas City.

Class starts March 27 and ends July 09, 2017. Classes available are 3D Modelling, Compositing, Scriptwriting, Graphics Design 2, Concept Design, Web Development, and Digital Marketing.

Still rockin after 7 years... If ever you're flying AirAsia by this November 2016, you may want to check out my film "Technophilia" at the Viddsee Channel of the AirAsia free in-flight wi-fi service. Viddsee selected it for premiere for the program this November (which is my birthday month too).

Thanks, Viddsee!!!

"Technophilia" has been the last independent film i shot to date (i know, it's been way too long), and i so miss shooting indie films really. Shooting commercial/corporate works for years now to pay the bills. But hopefully i can finally find time to shoot another indie film soon. It's been so long overdue. Sigh...

And i so miss my production team too. From my staff to my cast, everything was so fun and memorable. It's not only my shortest short to date, it's also the shortest i shot -- about 6 hours from grind to wrap. And i guess it would be the last i would ever shoot in celluloid (and most likely the last i would shoot without a video assist), unless budget and prod requirements lead me back to film in the future... But i sure do hope i can manage to shoot another international production like this again (my team here was composed of: iraqi, korean, american, japanese, indonesian, taiwanese and filipino). Indeed, filmmaking can end up communicating beyond the confines of language and even cultural differences -- where storytelling becomes a universal language to touch people's lives.

Happy Independence Day, Philippines! Today, "Technophilia" is "Film of the Day" at Viddsee!

Check out "Technophilia" at https://www.viddsee.com/video/technophilia/ls76n

"Technophilia" screened at Tuldok Animation event last Saturday at Bo's Coffee, Katipunan. It was a fun and interesting night that also included an artist talk spearheaded by Tuldok Animation.

"Technophilia" is showing at the soft launch of GPNTV! You can watch it on Facebook through the GPN TV Facebook app. My film is the first short on episode 2.

I am one of the film nominees for 2011 RAWards Across America. I will be representing Las Vegas for the 2011 RAWards with my film "Technophilia."

After screening my film "Technophilia" for RAW Las Vegas last August, it's competing for the semi-finals of the 2011 RAWards in Las Vegas this November! Congrats to all the artists on the list!