Sari Dalena

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Known ForDirecting

Sari Dalena

Directing

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.

Filmography

Acting (1)

Production & Directing (31)

2025
CinemartyrsDirector
2025
CinemartyrsScreenplay
2025
CinemartyrsExecutive Producer
2025
CinemartyrsCinematography
2024
Concrete ConflictsScript Consultant
2023
My Body, My Rules, & ThemCreative Consultant
2023
Ang Pagbubuntis Ni LigayaCreative Consultant
2018
AlimuomProducer
1.0
2018
AlimuomProduction Designer
1.0
2017
History of the UndergroundExecutive Producer
2015
Dahling NickDirector
2015
Dahling NickScreenplay
2012
9.0
2012
9.0
2012
9.0
2012
IshmaDirector
2011
Ka OryangWriter
1.8
2011
Ka OryangDirector
1.8
2006
RigodonDirector
8.0
1997
5.5
1994
Church DogsDirector
10.0
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Viva Villa!Director