About

Known credits:
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Place of birth:
Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines
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chickenligaya

Overview

With multiple roots in Visayan islands, Ligaya Villablanca is a media practitioner, a descendant of a pre-colonial buang, and a believer of regional cinema. As an alumna of BFA Cinema from University of San Carlos, they were an officer of CINEMATA for three consecutive years; Founded the regional film initiative, Moving Eyelands PH; and was a participant of Cinema Without Borders Southeast Asia Workshop, DAKILA Heroes Hub 2023, and QCinema Critics Lab 2024. They have served as Jury in multiple film festivals since 2021 and have received the Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc Award from QCinema International Film Festival 2024. Their directorial works are all manifestations of their inter-island wandering mind that explores the themes of ethnolinguistic identity and collective grief in their own humorous flavor. Currently based in Quezon City pursuing UPD’s MS Media Arts (Film) and daydreaming about Shrek.

Known for

Acting
2025 Where are the films in Leyte? Actor Self N/A
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2021 Age of Blight Actor Daughter (Segment: Ñawa, Mauli-uli na) N/A
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Directing
2025 Inday Opil Goes to Heaven Directing Director N/A
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2021 Age of Blight Directing Director N/A
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2021 Fuck, I Want to Go Home Directing Director N/A
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2020 Good Morning, Let's Fight Directing Director N/A
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2019 Action! Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Writing
2025 Inday Opil Goes to Heaven Writing Writer N/A
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2020 Good Morning, Let's Fight Writing Screenplay N/A
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