Brillante Mendoza
International Jury 2014
Filmography:
2005: The Masseur
2006: Summer Heat
2006: The Teacher
2007: Foster Child
2007: Sling Shot
2008: Service
2009: Grandmother
2009: Kinatay
2012: Captive
2012: Thy Womb
2013: Sapi
2015: Taklub
2016: Ma' Rosa
2018: Alpha, the Right to Kill
2019: Mindanao
2021: Gensan Punch
2022 : Feast
Selection:
Brillante Mendoza was born in 1960 in San Fernando, Pampanga. After graduating from Advertising Arts of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts at the University of Santo Tomas, he became an art director for cinema, TV, theater and commercials. He went on to become one of Philippine’s most recognized advertisement movie directors and was employed by world’s biggest production companies.
In 2005, he founded his own independent production company and directed his debut feature, Masahista / The Masseur. The homosexual-orientated movie won several awards in Locarno, Turin and Brisbane. All his following features gathered many awards in numerous international film festivals.
