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Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan

Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan is an award-winning Filipino filmmaker whose works played in film festivals around the world: Umbilical Cord to Heaven (2019) screened in the Museum of Modern Art; Hilum (2021) won the Student Prize at Clermont-Ferrand; The Headhunter’s Daughter (2022) was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance; and Cold Cut (2024) premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in Festival de…

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The Remotes

The Remotes · 2026

MovieScience FictionMystery

A grieving detective finds himself increasingly ensnared while investigating a case involving a sinister navigation app causing physical and psychological debris.

Radiant Frost

Radiant Frost · 2026

A drifter’s life takes a dramatic turn when he discovers a runaway member of a survivalist cult in the back of his truck.

Vox Humana

Vox Humana · 2024

MovieDramaScience Fiction

One of Filipino cinema's most remarkable new talents, Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan crafts his boldest vision yet: an utterly distinctive blend of science-fiction allegory and existential drama that yields a profound enquiry into human interconnectedness.

Umbilical Cord to Heaven

Umbilical Cord to Heaven · 2020

Umbilical Cord to Heaven

Past and present merge through body and land connections to awaken ancient mythologies and spiritualities. Set in the present-day Philippines, the film depicts fairies and gods returning to the land as they are called back and remembered by several individuals, proving the country’s constant connection to its rich, complex history.

A Black Hole Near Kent County

A Black Hole Near Kent County · 2023

A Black Hole Near Kent County

During a cold Midwestern winter, Julie, a factory driver with a mysterious illness, attempts to unravel the truth behind the loneliness and the decay that plague her and her industrial town’s waterways.

The Headhunter's Daughter

The Headhunter's Daughter · 2022

The Headhunter's Daughter

MovieDramaMusic

Leaving her family behind, Lynn traverses the harrowing roads of the Cordilleran highlands to try her luck in the city as a country singer.

Remedy

In a rural coastal village in the Philippines, Mona trains under her mother to start working as a professional mourner-for-hire. After a botched performance, Mona retreats from her mother's fury, and seeks out a shaman to cure her inability to cry.

Cold Cut

Cold Cut · 2024

Joy, a 19-year-old student, is about to compete at the local talent show. As she's about to enter the audition, a mysterious butcher takes her to unknown horizons...

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The Remotes

The Remotes · 2026

MovieScience FictionMystery

A grieving detective finds himself increasingly ensnared while investigating a case involving a sinister navigation app causing physical and psychological debris.

Music

Radiant Frost

Radiant Frost · 2026

A drifter’s life takes a dramatic turn when he discovers a runaway member of a survivalist cult in the back of his truck.

Original Music Composer

Vox Humana

Vox Humana · 2024

MovieDramaScience Fiction

One of Filipino cinema's most remarkable new talents, Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan crafts his boldest vision yet: an utterly distinctive blend of science-fiction allegory and existential drama that yields a profound enquiry into human interconnectedness.

Director

Umbilical Cord to Heaven

Umbilical Cord to Heaven · 2020

Umbilical Cord to Heaven

Past and present merge through body and land connections to awaken ancient mythologies and spiritualities. Set in the present-day Philippines, the film depicts fairies and gods returning to the land as they are called back and remembered by several individuals, proving the country’s constant connection to its rich, complex history.

Writer

A Black Hole Near Kent County

A Black Hole Near Kent County · 2023

A Black Hole Near Kent County

During a cold Midwestern winter, Julie, a factory driver with a mysterious illness, attempts to unravel the truth behind the loneliness and the decay that plague her and her industrial town’s waterways.

Music

The Headhunter's Daughter

The Headhunter's Daughter · 2022

The Headhunter's Daughter

MovieDramaMusic

Leaving her family behind, Lynn traverses the harrowing roads of the Cordilleran highlands to try her luck in the city as a country singer.

Director

Remedy

In a rural coastal village in the Philippines, Mona trains under her mother to start working as a professional mourner-for-hire. After a botched performance, Mona retreats from her mother's fury, and seeks out a shaman to cure her inability to cry.

Writer

Cold Cut

Cold Cut · 2024

Joy, a 19-year-old student, is about to compete at the local talent show. As she's about to enter the audition, a mysterious butcher takes her to unknown horizons...

Director