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Valerie Castillo Martinez

Valerie Castillo Martinez

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Biography

Valerie Castillo Martinez is a Filipina-American writer, director and producer. She is the founder of the production company IndieFlip.

Known For

Weed Country
5.5

Weed Country is an American reality documentary television series on the Discovery Channel. The series premiered on February 20, 2013 during Discovery's newest programming block titled Weed Wednesdays.

Weed Country

2013
The Coin
6.5

In Chinese New Year holidays, finding the coin inside the dumplings means having a blessed year ahead. A young woman loses a jar on her journey to a new country, which contains the lucky coins she has been collecting growing up. Her new life begins with a search to find the coin.

The Coin

2019
Pria
5.9

Caught between the traditions of his upbringing in rural Indonesia and his idealization of Western freedom, a teenager struggles with the expectations of imminent manhood.

Pria

2017
Searching for Mr. Rugoff
7.0

The feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater chain and film distribution company. Rugoff was a difficult (some would say impossible) person but was also the man who kicked art films into the mainstream with outrageous marketing schemes and pure bluster. Rugoff's impact on cinema culture in the United States is inestimable, and his influence on the art film business-from the studio classics divisions to the independent film movement to the rise of the Weinsteins-is undeniable. Yet, mysteriously, Rugoff has become a virtually forgotten figure. The story is told through the eyes of former employee Ira Deutchman, who sets out to find the truth about the man who had such a major impact on his life, and to understand how such an important figure could have disappeared so completely.

Searching for Mr. Rugoff

2019
Death of Nintendo
6.4

The story takes us into the colorful pop-culture world of these four 13-year old friends, back in the days when video games were still a novelty. Mimaw and her friends Paolo, Kachi and Gilligan go on a journey of self-discovery together as they play games and wrestle with new dilemmas – puppy love, circumcision and other horror stories.

Death of Nintendo

2020
Full Beat
6.0

A trans teen reluctantly braces herself for court-ordered time with her unaccepting dad, but finds an unlikely ally in his fiancée.

Full Beat

2018
Just One Night
N/A

Two best friends, Rum and Yusra, both devout Muslims, put aside their religious convictions to enjoy a night on the town where secrets are surfaced and their friendship is put to the test.

Just One Night

2019
Wednesday
N/A

Recently homeless and living in a car with her mother, a teenage girl commits a reckless act, desperate to rescue a vestige of their former life. Starring Mychala Lee and Chene Lawson. Directed by Daniel Willis; written by Jessica D. Shields.

Wednesday

2019
Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy
N/A

An estranged son purchases a child who can drink and smoke to impress his father.

Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy

2019