Apa Agbayani

BIOGRAPHIE

Apa Agbayani is a Filipino writer and director working through his feelings with magic. His work began in music videos then continued in commercials and film. Currently, he’s finishing a Film MFA at Columbia University in New York. His latest short “Abutan man tayo ng house lights (When the house lights come on)” was the recipient of the QCShorts production grant and premiered at the QCinema International Film Festival in the Philippines in 2023. Apa’s previous shorts are “Somewhere all the boys are birds” (2023), which premiered at NewFest 35 in New York, and “We kept warm” (2021).

FILMOGRAPHIE