Sari Dalena
Biography
Sari Dalena is an independent filmmaker from the Philippines and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Production from New York University. She has been the recipient of the Fulbright-Hayes scholarship, New York Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Fellowship, and the 13 Artists Award at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Her films have screened at various local and international film festivals. Her most notable films include Memories of a Forgotten War, Rigodon, The Guerrilla is a Poet, Ka Oryang and Dahling Nick. She is a Professor and former Director at the University of the Philippines Film Institute.
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Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Herself
A filmmaker explores why women are at the forefront of documentary filmmaking in the Philippines by chronicling their narratives of struggle and victories as they navigate the masculine filmmaking industry. Throughout the film, she discovers her own reflexivity as a filmmaker but most importantly, as a woman.