2024Nominee
Best Writing
Concrete Conflicts
Sari Dalena
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Director
Cinemartyrs
2023Nominee
Best Performance
My Body, My Rules, & Them
Career Highlights
Highlight
Best Director
Viva Villa!
2015Highlight
Best Writing
Dahling Nick