Bryan Jimenez

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Bryan Jimenez

Born September 2, 1976 · Tagum, Davao del Norte, Philippines (age 50)

Bryan Jimenez is a Filipino filmmaker and one of the leading figures in the film movement in the Province of Davao de Oro. He began his filmmaking career in 2008, steadily building a body of work rooted in regional storytelling and alternative cinema. Over the years, he has become an influential voice in grassroots filmmaking, championing stories from Mindanao and mentoring emerging creatives. He…

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MakaakarMakaakar · 2021
Makaakar
2021
MovieDrama
A story of a young man trapped in regrets and extreme melancholy after he discovered his current condition while working in a mining tunnel.
AsayAsay · 2016
Asay
2016
Movie
This documentary tells the story of "professional gatecrashers" living off from occasion after occasion - weddings, funerals, fiestas - just so that they could sustain their meal for the day.
WarakWarak · 2016
Warak
2016
Movie
An ordinary person is still haunted by his past experience due to his war trauma.
Crab BucketCrab Bucket · 2016
Crab Bucket
2016
Movie
Compounded with poverty in a rural area, couple Bebeng and Dandoy are motivated to raise funds to support their nine-year old daughter, Inday, chosen to represent her school for a quiz bee in the city. Danday harvests their cultured crabs earlier than its due just to raise the needed amount.
GrimeGrime · 2013
Grime
2013
Movie
A depiction between a wrong doer and the authorities with questionable characters. A moral question arises when a Maguindanawon housewife, Nhorsida whose hardpressed life forced her to peddle drugs was arrested with his innocent husband by the police. The couple while simply walking along a busy street but on the way to deliver the illegal substance is suddenly man-handled by the police. Despite the absence of a buy bust operation, the police claims and makes up a story of a drug trade. Reports in the news declare the couple having been arrested through a buy-bust operation, when no buy-bust took place. They then divide the supposed fee of Nhorsida for running drugs for Amira, like spoils of war and leave only a small portion to be declared as marked money.
WeaveWeave · 2021
Weave
2021
Movie
In a small town, there lives a single mother Beron, 48 years old whose livelihood is weaving abaca used in making slipperss, bags and decorative items.
Seven MonkeysSeven Monkeys · 2025
Seven Monkeys
2025
MovieDramaHistory
Set in Mindanao during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, two young siblings desperately try to escape a ruthless group of Japanese soldiers. With nothing but a live chicken, their last hope is to reach a band of pragmatic, deal-making, rage-fueled guerrilla fighters for help.
BadjangBadjang · 2013
Badjang
2013
Movie
It was late afternoon, Andy going home from school riding on a dirt bike; three of his classmates blocked him, the reason why he stumbled. Afterwards, they grab his bag throwing all his things, and mauled him with threat, that he will expect the worst from them.

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GrimeGrime · 2013
Grime
2013
Movie
A depiction between a wrong doer and the authorities with questionable characters. A moral question arises when a Maguindanawon housewife, Nhorsida whose hardpressed life forced her to peddle drugs was arrested with his innocent husband by the police. The couple while simply walking along a busy street but on the way to deliver the illegal substance is suddenly man-handled by the police. Despite the absence of a buy bust operation, the police claims and makes up a story of a drug trade. Reports in the news declare the couple having been arrested through a buy-bust operation, when no buy-bust took place. They then divide the supposed fee of Nhorsida for running drugs for Amira, like spoils of war and leave only a small portion to be declared as marked money.

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