Claudia Michelle Fernando
Directing
Known For

Set ten years after the events of the first film, the story explores the impact of time on institutions, relationships, and individuals, delivering a poignant yet inspiring tale about the invisible costs of pursuing one's dreams.
Bar Boys: After School

Competitive swimmer Bulet finds herself drowning on the day of a small town wedding.
Surface Tension

It’s the last day of high school. Three misfits: Mike, Jeremy, and Marie are tasked to edit the graduation video. As they review the footage, their batchmate’s video contains a confession that their principal harassed her. The group has to decide whether or not to expose the issue as each deals with their own secrets.
yesterday will always be yesterday

Between nuclear reactors and military curfews, 14-year-old Jani lives in a dystopian world oppressively devoid of empathy. Together, she and her slippery new friend Kiefer the talking catfish gear up to strike a surreal blow for freedom.
Catfish

RAMPAGE! (or the parade)
RAMPAGE! (or the parade)

Three strangers meet at a party one night and discover hidden desires, sins, and guilt when they realize that they are in the netherworld.
NO EXIT

Just as she was about to give up on her pursuit of companionship, traumatized, nine-year-old Sol meets and befriends a forest spirit on her tenth birthday, making way for an exploration of healing, identity, and desire in the remaining days before she enters a new school.
until then

Sari, a candy factory worker cheated off her pension, retires. She does everything to thrive and keep life just as sweet for her granddaughter, Nena.
Ang Alamat ng Sari-Saring Sari Store

Two girls, both desperate to be understood, navigate the push and pull of a single night after one of them overdoses on antipsychotics. They spend the entire night filling their conversations with negotiations between life and death, between memory and oblivion.
dala

Two trans-folx friends, together with their dog and plants, grieve for and with each other during a 14-day quarantine period.
When I Wallowed in a Bowl of Sunshine

In a mental rehabilitation center, a woman, newly turned sixty, with schizoaffective disorder, waits all year for her family to visit on her birthday. But as the day arrives, a typhoon threatens to derail her plans and her sense of reality.
Tears are Part of the Ocean

Coming back home after thirteen years, a 16 year old is forced to remember what little she knows of home when her mother decides to run away. In a grueling road trip with her estranged grandmother, in a place that she has long forgotten, she soon realizes that she isn't the only one looking for a mother.
desilya

A story of childhood friends, Ara and Hiro, and how they managed to explore the ends of the Earth. Due to the ongoing pandemic, they fulfill their hopes by visiting their hometowns and dream adventures through the use of Google Earth.
Roundtrip to Happiness

Going by bicycle to take pictures of a petroglyphs site, a photographer finds himself spending time with a curious student.
Visual Record

The Reyes family prepares to take a family portrait.