Daniel de la Cruz
Directing
Biography
Daniel de la Cruz is an independent regional filmmaker since 2019, focusing on Western Visayas culture and reimagined folktales. A member of the Guimbal Ifilm Society, a community-based independent filmmakers in the Philippines. He has participated and gained accolades in national film festivals like the 35th Gawad Alternatibo, Montañosa Film Festival, Mga Kwento ng Klima 2024, The Bantayan Film Festival 2025, etc. He is also a recipient of the Filipino Scriptwriter's Guild (FSG) Regional Scriptwriting Lab and a selected filmmaker for the Director’s Guild of the Philippines (DGPI) Film Pitch competition, both supported by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP). Currently, de la Cruz served as a video producer for the Cultural Mapping of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros Islands.
Known For
For 11 years, Maricar waited for her fiancé, Tody who mysteriously disappeared, until one day, he came back as a mannequin.
No Body But Tody
A Short film by John Angelo Arroyo and Mars Dela Cruz
Behind the Lens
Seven-year-old Ding revels in the mystery of the river monster that takes the lives of people in an enchanted river, embarking on a journey with his friends to confront the Gadya Sang Suba (River Monster).
The Tale of the River Monster
Ana, a five-year-old girl, treasures the beautiful dresses her mother carefully makes for her. Little does she realize these dresses gradually weave a dark cloak, clouding her innocence forever.
Ang Bistida ni Ana sa Mata nga Pula
Judith is a BA Broadcasting Stud amidst the Pandemic, while recording her video — she realized the perils of situation and unfold realities of life.
Judith
One summer, Boni witnesses people transforming into animals and returning to the wilderness, only to find his grandmother slowly becoming a St. Peter Fish — glug glug glug.
Gills
As the tides pull away time and memory, a daughter transforms into a jellyfish to reach the mother who no longer remembers her, drifting between loss and love along Aklan’s vanishing shores.