Directing

Ryan Capili

Born June 27, 2001 · Philippines (age 25)

Ryan Capili (b. 2001, Philippines) is a Filipino filmmaker based in Manila. His latest work, "forms of forgetting (2025)" was produced and exhibited at TARZEER Pictures. His short film "i was walking on the streets of chinatown (2024)" is one of the finalists of the 20th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival in 2024. Ryan's previous short "damgo (dream)" also won the best film for Manila…

Known For

Nang Mawalan ng Ilaw si Lolo Tacio

Nang Mawalan ng Ilaw si Lolo Tacio · 2025

Nang Mawalan ng Ilaw si Lolo Tacio

An isolating old man, haunted by the loss of his grandchild and unpaid bills, meets a child on an unlikely journey of warmth and rediscovery, all sparked by a power outage.

Seen

Inside a crowded public market where everyone wears white masks, Lina quietly spends her days serving others through repetitive labor and silent acts of care. But the more she gives, the more invisible she becomes inside a community that no longer knows how to truly look at one another. Over the course of one emotionally exhausting day, a quiet child selling sampaguita flowers becomes the first person to recognize Lina not as a worker—but as a human being.

Danas

Flor, a drag queen, is forced to walk home after a cancelled gig. Along the way, intense heat and sporadic rain test their health and resilience.

Light in the Shadow

Light in the Shadow · 2026

Light in the Shadow

MovieDramaCrime

Twenty-year-old Tomas dreams of becoming a photojournalist. But between poverty and a secret that haunts him, he discovers the silent yet powerful truth of his lens. Will he ever capture the justice he seeks?

Para Kay Kalia

A grieving father struggles to accept his transgender child. As he confronts his deeply held beliefs, he must redefine what it truly means to love unconditionally as a parent.

Ours Was A Timeless Night Burning

Ours Was A Timeless Night Burning · 2025

Ours Was A Timeless Night Burning

Two unacquainted daughters are forced to kill time together through demystifying pregnancy and watching an adult sitcom as they await their fathers’ return from a night of endless gambling.

i was walking on the streets of chinatown

i was walking on the streets of chinatown · 2024

i was walking on the streets of chinatown

A film director returns to his hometown to shoot his latest film, only to find it transformed by the relentless passage of time.

forms of forgetting

forms of forgetting · 2026

forms of forgetting

Five years after the death of his grandmother, Joaquin returns to their old, abandoned, soon to be torn down house, but gets stuck when an inherited item disappears.

Filmography

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Nang Mawalan ng Ilaw si Lolo Tacio

Nang Mawalan ng Ilaw si Lolo Tacio · 2025

Nang Mawalan ng Ilaw si Lolo Tacio

An isolating old man, haunted by the loss of his grandchild and unpaid bills, meets a child on an unlikely journey of warmth and rediscovery, all sparked by a power outage.

Script Consultant

Seen

Inside a crowded public market where everyone wears white masks, Lina quietly spends her days serving others through repetitive labor and silent acts of care. But the more she gives, the more invisible she becomes inside a community that no longer knows how to truly look at one another. Over the course of one emotionally exhausting day, a quiet child selling sampaguita flowers becomes the first person to recognize Lina not as a worker—but as a human being.

First Assistant Camera

Danas

Flor, a drag queen, is forced to walk home after a cancelled gig. Along the way, intense heat and sporadic rain test their health and resilience.

BTS Photographer

Light in the Shadow

Light in the Shadow · 2026

Light in the Shadow

MovieDramaCrime

Twenty-year-old Tomas dreams of becoming a photojournalist. But between poverty and a secret that haunts him, he discovers the silent yet powerful truth of his lens. Will he ever capture the justice he seeks?

Gaffer

Para Kay Kalia

A grieving father struggles to accept his transgender child. As he confronts his deeply held beliefs, he must redefine what it truly means to love unconditionally as a parent.

Editor

Ours Was A Timeless Night Burning

Ours Was A Timeless Night Burning · 2025

Ours Was A Timeless Night Burning

Two unacquainted daughters are forced to kill time together through demystifying pregnancy and watching an adult sitcom as they await their fathers’ return from a night of endless gambling.

Editor

i was walking on the streets of chinatown

i was walking on the streets of chinatown · 2024

i was walking on the streets of chinatown

A film director returns to his hometown to shoot his latest film, only to find it transformed by the relentless passage of time.

Director

forms of forgetting

forms of forgetting · 2026

forms of forgetting

Five years after the death of his grandmother, Joaquin returns to their old, abandoned, soon to be torn down house, but gets stuck when an inherited item disappears.

Director

Kung Ika'y Makapili

Kung Ika'y Makapili · 2025

Kung Ika'y Makapili

MovieDramaHistory

In the final days of the Japanese occupation in the Philippines, a young Filipino seeking to provide for his family by identifying traitors, finds a young insurgent living in his home, leaving him to choose between his family or dignity to survive the Second World War.

Gaffer

dream

A student aspires to go for what he wants in university, but everyone around him hinders him from doing so.

Director of Photography

an elegy for the memories

an elegy for the memories · 2023

an elegy for the memories

MovieDocumentary

an elegiac rumination on loss of memory. The filmmaker reflects on the experience of seeing his grandmother gradually lose her memory over time by weaving across archives and footages, utilizing the film as a medium for recollections even when they are at their most unsalvageable.

Writer

Elephant Paths

Elephant Paths · 2025

MovieFantasyDrama

In a fading town in Bulacan, a group of teenage misfits Lance, Maya, Alon, and Kidlat find company as they work together to pave a hidden path and sanctuary in the midst of their hometown facing imminent threats of erasure.

Assistant Camera