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Kanakan-Balintagos
Manila, Philippines
Kanakan-Balintagos, formerly known as Auraeus Solito, is a Palawán-Filipino filmmaker and indigenous peoples rights advocate who comes from a lineage of shaman-kings from the Pala…
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Kanakan-Balintagos, formerly known as Auraeus Solito, is a Palawán-Filipino filmmaker and indigenous peoples rights advocate who comes from a lineage of shaman-kings from the Palawán tribe. He was one of the first to be born outside of his tribal land of South Palawan. He was born in Manila and, after graduating from the Philippine Science High School, studied theater at the University of the Philippines, where he received a degree in Theater Arts. One of the leading independent filmmakers in the Philippines, he was chosen as part of in Take 100, The Future of Film in 2010. This book, published by Phaidon Press, New York, is a survey featuring 100 emerging film directors from around the world who have been selected by 10 internationally prominent film festival directors.
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2014
Esprit de Corps
Movie Director
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2012
Baybayin
Movie Director
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2012
Busong
Movie Director
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2011
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Movie Director
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2010
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Movie Himself
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2009
Boy
Movie Director
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2007
Pisay
Movie Director
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2005
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
Movie Director
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2005
Circumcision
Movie Director
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2002
Sacred Ritual of Truth
Movie Director
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1999
Pagbabalik sa Tribo
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1998
Black Nuisance
Movie Director
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1997
Rizal in Dapitan
Movie Blind man (uncredited)
- 1995
- 1986
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