John
Torres
Independent Filipino filmmaker, musician, and writer working in a highly personal, poetic register — fictionalizing memory, family, and found footage into films that defy convention.
John Torres (b. 1975) is an independent filmmaker, musician, and writer, known for his highly personal and poetic style. He co-runs Los Otros, a Manila-based space, film lab, and platform committed to the intersections of film and art — with a focus on process over product.
His work fictionalizes and reworks personal and found documentation of love, family, and memory in relation to current events, hearsay, myth, and folklore. Weaving together archival clips, found footage, and visually powerful imagery, his films unfold narrative structures — often with strong autobiographical references — that defy conventional tropes and genres.
In 2006, Torres was awarded the Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema at the Vancouver International Film Festival for his debut feature, Todo Todo Teros, along with the NETPAC and FIPRESCI critics awards at the Singapore International Film Festival.
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A Manila-based space, film lab, and platform Torres co-runs — committed to the intersections of film and art, with a focus on process over product.
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