DIRECTING (Thumbnails 2x2)
THE PIT (Awaiting World Premiere)
A film for the 2025 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award in collaboration with Ghetto Film School and FIFTH SEASON
A miner consoles his grieving son, Iggy. After spending a day together around their hometown, Iggy rediscovers the beauty of life and connection through his father’s eyes.
Writer / Director / Producer / Editor / Music Producer: Nicole Mairose Dizon
Director of Photography: Mike Maliwanag
RUYA (Awaiting World Premiere)
www.ruyashortfilm.com
Writer/Director/Producer: Nicole Mairose Dizon
Director of Photography: Mike Maliwanag
Editor: Calvin Chin
When a T’boli dreamweaver goes into a coma, her anxious, insomniac daughter must dream and communicate with Fu Dalu, the Spirit of Abaca, to pick up where her mom left off on the next t'nalak.
MORENA (2021)
Mission Asset Fund’s Los Angeles Creative Professionals Relief Fund Recipient
After an insecure Filipina folk artist seeks out controversial skin whitening cream to cope with everyday life, she races against time to reverse its terrifying supernatural side effects.
Writer/Director: Nicole Mairose Dizon
Executive Producer: Loren Maxine
Director of Photography: Tim Toda
Editor: Calvin Chin
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS & NOMINATIONS
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2022 (World Premiere)
Houston Asian American & Pacific Islander Film Festival 2022
The Micheaux Film Festival 2022
Yale Summer Cabaret: Summer of Love Film Festival 2022 (Jury Award Nomination)
San Diego Filipino Film Festival 2022
Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest 2022
The Film Collective Film Festival 2022
Yucca Valley Film Festival 2022 (Best Short Film Nomination)
The Philippines Film Day Shorts Program at the Asian World Film Festival 2022
Santa Monica International Film Festival 2023
San Pedro International Film Festival 2023
DisOrient Asian American Film Festival 2023
Diwa Filipino Film Festival Showcase of Seattle 2023
Huntington Beach Cultural Film Festival 2023 (2023 Best Thematic Film "Stand Up. Speak Truth." Film Nomination)
Blow-Up Arthouse Film Festival (Semi-Finalist, Charlie Chaplin/Best Narrative Short Award)
Gold House and UTA Filipino/x American History Month Independent Filmmakers Showcase
BOXED (2018)
An elderly Filipina sends care packages to family, as a part of the wider "balikbayan" phenomenon that encapsulates an immigrant's longing for home and desire to share the American dream.
Director / Producer / Director of Photography / Editor: Nicole Mairose Dizon
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS & HONORS
Asian World Film Festival 2018
Starz and WrapWomen: Telling Our Stories 2019 (Semi-Finalist)
Diwa Filipino Film Showcase of Seattle 2019
Philippine Consulate General of New York: Sinehan Sa Summer Showcase 2019
Life-Off Global Network Sessions 2020
Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase 2020
