2025Nominee
Best Director
Surface Tension
Gabriela Serrano
Director · Producer · Writer
Manila, Philippines
Biography
Gabriela Serrano (b. 1996) is a Filipina filmmaker, editor, and artist. Her films focus on the intertwining of language, myth, and dreams in women's spaces in the Philippines. Her debut film, the award-winning folk horror short Dikit (2021), was acquired by the Criterion Channel in 2024. She won Best Director (Short Film) for Elenita Elena Elaine at the 22nd Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2022Nominee
Best Director
Dikit
2026Nominee
Career Highlight
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Career Highlights
2023Highlight
Career Highlight
Tumatawa Umiiyak
2022Highlight
Career Highlight
The Tigers of Infanta