
Directing
Sari Dalena
Biography
Sari Dalena is an independent filmmaker from the Philippines and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Production from New York University. She has been the recipient of the Fulbright-Hayes scholarship, New York Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Fellowship, and the 13 Artists Award at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Her films have screened at various local and international film festivals. Her most notable films include Memories of a Forgotten War, Rigodon, The Guerrilla is a Poet, Ka Oryang and Dahling Nick. She is a Professor and former Director at the University of the Philippines Film Institute.
Directed Films

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Cinemartyrs
2025·Drama

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History of the Underground
2017·Documentary

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Dahling Nick
2015·Documentary

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The Guerilla is a Poet
2013·Documentary

9.0
Himala Ngayon
2012·Documentary

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Ishma
2012·Documentary

1.8
Ka Oryang
2011·Drama

8.0
Rigodon
2006·Drama

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From Asia with Love
2002·Documentary

4.0
Memories of a Forgotten War
2001·Documentary

5.5
The White Funeral
1997·Drama

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Jamming on an Old Saya
1995

10.0
Church Dogs
1994

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Viva Villa!
·Documentary

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Bulosan in the Heart of America
·Documentary
