Ruel Antipuesto

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Ruel Dahis Antipuesto
Born
Ruel Dahis Antipuesto

(1973-08-13)August 13, 1973
Ozamiz, Philippines
CitizenshipPhilippines
Education
Occupation(s) Film director, cinematographer
Years active2002–present

Ruel Dahis Antipuesto, known simply as Ruel Antipuesto, is a Cebuano film director and cinematographer from the Philippines. Considered as "The Godfather of Cebuano Filmmaking", he is a major contributor to the new wave of Cebuano filmmaking as he continues to mentor and collaborate with younger filmmakers while his works continue to gain national and international awards and recognition.

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Biography

Ruel Dahis Antipuesto began as an engineer. When the filmmaking became digital in the late 1990s, he taught himself filmmaking by making animations and documentaries. [1]

In 2004, the animated short film, The Snake's Pit won him his first national award. [1]

In 2007, the full-length movie Confessional , he photographed and co-directed with Jerrold Tarog won several national awards as well as best first feature in OSIAN Cinefan in India. It was also in exhibition in Germany, South Korea and the United States. Soon after, his documentary projects were acquired for distribution[ by whom? ] and one won in the 2009 Cine-Indie MDG competition. [2]

Through the years he has accumulated several awards as his works have been included in various local and international competitions and exhibitions held in Portugal, United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, United States, India, France, Spain, Italy (in Venice and Rome), Canada, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, Japan and the ASEAN region. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleTypeCreditAwards & Festivals
2004The Snake's Pit Animated short film Director
Animator
17th Gawad CCP: Best Animated Short Film, Best Regional Entry
2006Carpool Short film Cinematographer19th Gawad CCP: Best Short Feature
2007 Confessional Feature film Director
Cinematographer
Producer
Cinema One Originals: Best Film, Directors

24th PMPC Star Awards: Digital Category Best Film, Directors
10th Osian's Cinefan (New Delhi, India): Best Film, First Features Category
10th Cinemanila International Film Festival: Best Film, Southeast Asian Category
2008 San Francisco International Film Festival, exhibition film (USA)
14th Pusan International Film Festival, exhibition film (Korea)

2009 Sabongero Short filmCinematographer
Producer
2010 Cannes Short Film Corner
2010 Eskrimadors Documentary Cinematographer2010 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, exhibition film
2010 Cinemanila International Film Festival, exhibition film (Philippines)
2011 Señorita Feature filmCinematographer

2011 Vancouver International Film Festival, exhibition film (Canada)

2011 My Paranormal Romance Feature filmCinematographerCinema One Originals: Special Jury Prize
2013 The Muses Feature filmCinematographer
2014 Death Squad Dogs Short filmCinematographer
2015 Swap Feature filmCinematographer San Sebastian International Film Festival, exhibition film (Spain)
2nd Silk Road International Film Festival, competition film (China)

2015 São Paulo International Film Festival, exhibition film (Brazil)
2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival, exhibition film (USA)
2015 Tokyo FILMeX, competition film (Japan)
2015 Minsk International Film Festival, exhibition film (Russia)
2015 Jogja Asian Film Festival, (Indonesia): Silver Hanoman Award

2015 Sanctissima Short filmCinematographerCinemalaya 2015: Audience Choice award [3]

UPelikula 2015: Best Film, Director, Cinematography [4]

2015 Kapatiran DocumentaryCinematographer Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic [5]
2016 Patay na si Hesus Feature filmCinematographerQCinema 2016: Audience Choice Award, Gender Sensitive Film Award [6]
2016 Lily Feature filmCinematographerCinema One Originals 2016: Best Director, Best Editing Award, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress [7]

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