About

Known credits:
16
Birthday:
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Place of birth:
Manila - Philippines
Website:
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Apa Agbayani

Overview

Apa Agbayani is a Filipino writer-director who makes films and music videos.

Apa was one of the recipients of NewFest’s New Voices Filmmaker Grant in 2024. His short “Abutan man tayo ng house lights (When the house lights come on)” received the QCShorts production grant and premiered at the QCinema International Film Festival in the Philippines in 2023, later playing NewFest 36, Queer East and LAAPFF. Apa’s previous credits include “Somewhere all the boys are birds” (2023), which premiered at NewFest 35 in New York, and “We kept warm” (2021), which was released online via Tarzeer Pictures. He has two forthcoming short films in postproduction, the Philippine gothic “Is this desire?” and the situationship mini-doc “Laundry day lovers.”

Known for

Acting
2022 Kinikisskiss Actor N/A
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2019 Sila-Sila Actor Gay Couple 58
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Directing
2023 When the house lights come on Directing Director 58
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2023 Somewhere all the boys are birds Directing Director N/A
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2022 Kinikisskiss Directing Director N/A
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2021 We kept warm Directing Director 58
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Laundry day lovers Directing Director N/A
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Is this desire? Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2023 When the house lights come on Writing Writer 58
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2023 Somewhere all the boys are birds Writing Writer N/A
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2021 We kept warm Writing Writer 58
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Is this desire? Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2025 Hollow Ground Production Producer N/A
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Sound
2023 Damned If You Do Sound Sound N/A
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Editing
2021 We kept warm Editing Editor 58
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Is this desire? Editing Editor N/A
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