QCinema introduces the 2025 batch of QCShorts filmmakers

With a larger production grant and record-breaking 285 submissions from Filipino filmmakers around the globe, the QCinema International Film Festival presents the six new projects selected for the 2025 QCShorts program.

“The voices behind this year’s QCShorts program are composed mostly of new filmmaking talent—as over a half the roster of directors and producers are still undergraduate students at various universities,” says Jason Tan Liwag, head of short film programming at QCinema. “It’s exciting because there’s clearly a new generation of filmmakers, most of whom were born in the 2000s and have only had a limited number of shorts under their belt, who are seeking support. We’re happy to help and introduce them to the Filipino and international community.”

The filmmakers and their projects are: Norvin de los Santos (“Hoy, Hoy, Ingat!”), Lauviah Caliboso (“Ours Was A Timeless Night Burning”), Racquel “Lysa” Catolico and Jazmine Gin Pateña (“RUNO!”), Dale (“Si Tina: Ang Babaye Nga Nag Daba-Daba”), Gabriela Serrano and Mariana Serrano (“Surface Tension”), and Gab Rosique (“Yelo”).