"John Torres is the poet of Philippine cinema. A poet with his own rules and ways of working."
— International Film Festival Rotterdam
"He stands out above the other filmmakers of the generation of independent filmmakers... as he is one of the most conscious of his art, and its purveyance in his art cinema."
— Rolando Tolentino, Film Critic & Dean, UP College of Mass Communication
Program A
The An-Archive, AI & Digital Control
~60 minutes
2019
We Still Have to Close Our Eyes
13m · HDV B&W
2009
Hai, They Recycle Heartbreaks in Tokyo So Nothing's Wasted
10m · Mobile Phone
2020
Ruption 1 2 3
10m · 16mm B&W
2013
Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange
5m · SD Video 4:3
2009
Very Specific Things at Night
3m · Mobile Phone
2017
Trees Wearing Our Clothes When We're Not Looking
1.3m · SD Video
2011
Silent Film
2m · 35mm B&W
2011
Muse
1.5m · Digital Harinezumi
Program B
Eros, Myth & Postcolonial Allegory
~64.5 minutes
2012
Mapang-akit (The Enchanting)
38m · HDV
2010
We Don't Care About Democracy, This Is What We Want...
11.5m · HDV
2004
Salat
12m · SD Video · Gawad Urian Winner
2004
Tawidgutom
3m · SD Video
Program C
Expanded Cinema & Site-Specific Performance
~70 minutes
2023
Room in a Crowd
42m Film + 27m Live Performance
2016
After Nonoy Estarte, a Certain Orpheus...
10m · HDV
Room in a Crowd was commissioned by LA Filmforum / Mike Kelley Foundation and exhibited at BFI London Experimenta, BEFF, and MoMA.
© JOHN TORRES — LOS OTROS, MANILA
ALL FILMS