- Norvin de los Santos (28) is a writer-director, multidisciplinary artist, and human rights activist from an informal community in Mandaluyong City. After graduating with a Business Administration degree from Jose Rizal University in 2013, they took up Basic Motion Picture at the Asia Pacific Film Institute in 2016.
Their first short film "Papang" (Father, 2016) won Best Film at the San Juan Film Camp and was in competition at the Cinema One Originals short film program. Their second short film, "Hele ng Maharlika" (Lullaby of the Free, 2019) was awarded the Special Mention for Subject Matter at the Cinemalaya Film Festival, and Best Director at GIFF Festival of New Cinema in 2019. He participated in the Active Vista Film Lab where he developed "Isang Daa't Isang Mariposa" (101 Butterflies, 2019) and was an official selection at the QCinema International Film Festival under QCShorts section in 2019, Cinemarehiyon, Queer East Film Festival and OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival in 2022. Their body of work includes music videos from local musicians including Clara Benin, Syd Hartha, Oh, Flamingo!, Rice Lucido, Top Suzara, among others.
In 2020, they became a fellow at the Salzburg Global Forum on Cultural Innovation. In 2021, they joined Sikad, a cultural arts organization advocating the rights of the urban poor.
- IMDb mini biography by: Norvin Delos santos
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