Paolo Villaluna

Paolo Villaluna

  • Name: Paolo Villaluna
  • Native name: Paolo Villaluna
  • Nationality: Filipino
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: 1997
  • Age: 28
In 2001, Paolo made his first short documentary,"Palugid" (Margins) and won the Best Short Film at the 24th Urian Awards, the Documentary Prize at the 2000 Gawad CCP Awards and the Audience Award at the eKsperimento International Film Festival 2001. His subsequent short films have been screened in several international film festivals including Yamagata, Clermont-Ferrand and Rotterdam.

In 2005, together with co-director and animator Ellen Ramos, he began the "Love Trilogy" a triptych of full-length films that explore the dark nuances of romantic relationships.

The first film, "Ilusyon (Illusion)" became the first local digital film to be Rated A by the Cinema Evaluation Board, ushering an era of industry acceptance for digital films in the Philippines. The film was also selected CJ Selections at the 2006 Busan International Film Festival.

In 2007, their second film "Selda (The Inmate)" aside from winning local awards, was the first Filipino film to be accepted in the main competition of both the Montreal World Film Festival[6][7] and the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.[8] Sid Lucero and Emilio Garcia tied as Best Actors in Thessaloniki for the film.

The "Love Trilogy" ended with 2009's "Walang Hanggang Paalam (Endless Farewell)" which won the Best World Showcase award in Soho International Film Festival in New York in 2010.

In 2009, he made his TV directorial debut with "Storyline" for the ABS-CBN New Channel. His television work has garnered several back-to-back Gawad Tanglaw awards, a Catholic Mass Media award and several New York Film Festival medals.

In 2010, he began to work for advertising as an in-house director for the country's biggest TVC production supplier, Filmex. His fourth and latest film is 2016's "Pauwi Na." It won 6 major awards in the Tofarm Film Festival.

(Source: IMDb) Edit Biography
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2016 Pedicab
Movie
10.0
2009 Endless Farewell
Movie
10.0
2007 Selda
Movie
6.3
2005 Illusion
Movie
0.0
Producer
Year Title Type Rating
2016 Buhay Habangbuhay
Movie
0.0
2012 Kamera Obskura
Movie
6.9
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
2010 Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Filipino Movie, 2010,
[Himself] (Unknown)
[Himself]
Unknown
0.0
2007 Pain Things
Filipino Movie, 2007,
(Unknown)
Unknown
0.0
2005 Something Fishy
Filipino Movie, 2005,
Glenn (Unknown)
Glenn
Unknown
0.0
2005 ICU Bed #7
Filipino Movie, 2005,
[Angel of Death] (Unknown)
[Angel of Death]
Unknown
10.0
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  • First Name: Paolo
  • Family Name: Villaluna
  • Native name: Paolo Villaluna
  • Nationality: Filipino
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: 1997
  • Age: 28

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