Rian Simon Cabatingan Magtaan
Directing
Biography
RS Magtaan went from a well-informed know-it-all teen who thought he could change the world to an egotistical utilitarian, absurdist philosopher masquerading as a motivational speaker/multi-faceted artist. RS MAGTAAN (b. 1998, Philippines) is an independent theater and film actor, spoken word artist, writer, video editor, photographer, filmmaker, creative producer, human rights advocate, and visionary. Your all-around egotistical utilitarian. A member of Dakila: Philippine Collective For Modern Heroism, Resident artist and collaborator of Para Sa Sining, PLUS: The Art Collective, and PAPEL. One of the founding directors of We The Future and SINING Collective, Artistic Director of Mementophile Productions, and the Founder of BAON Collective. His expertise and initiatives expand to filmmaking, performative literature, culinary, business, and public service. Magtaan’s interdisciplinary work seeks to contribute to transforming a passive spectator into an active participant through accessible means of creative production. He is constantly looking for collaboration and studying different types of artistic identities from different genres and cultures. All for the main purpose of telling viable stories to inspire individuals to do more than just exist and unearth unifying perspectives of meaningful change. He is currently working as a creative director/managing partner of Create Beyond Dreams while developing his marketing & entertainment collective, OUTLINES.
Known For
Ex-gang members and newlyweds Al and Liezl run away with a big bag of cash, but their ex-boss will go to the ends of the earth to find them.
Hugas
Ordinary People is a family portrait of Jane, 16, and her boyfriend, Aries, who live on their own in the chaotic streets of Manila. Surviving as pickpockets, the lives of the young couple change when they suddenly become teenage parents. But not even a month into parenthood, their child is stolen from them. In order to retrieve the child, the young couple is forced to take desperate measures.
Ordinary People
Galo is a university student who writes on his journal the string of unsettling and mysterious experiences he has while living with his grandmother, Mama Susan.
Mama Susan's Friends
Caloy, a lone, apathetic plastic bottle collector, gets caught in the middle of two warring gangs which changes his disposition in life forever.
Islabodan
A story about a band on the brink of achieving their dreams. Just as success seems within reach, their vocalist, Thomas, stumbles upon a life-altering revelation about himself—one that not only changes his perspective but sends ripples through the lives of each band member.
BAKS-teyj
It's the last day of the month. Bowlers flock to the lanes of a bowling alley that has seen better days. Mira, the bowling alley's manager, decides to close early. She's awaiting the arrival of a special visitor.
Agapito
An oblivious young woman faces her greatest fear of expressing herself to other people when she accidentally ends up killing someone.
Day Of Danger
Manila Madness is a performance film-screen dance presentation that runs down the life of the urban streets of Manila in the Philippines, through a ritualistic performance of a young masked woman seeming endless passage to find the ultimate destination of life and death.
Manila Madness
A young woman who has experienced a deep and painful loss seeks comfort from her past while challenging the notion of space, movement, and sound.
Illumination
One night, a mother of five gets drunk. She then spends the rest of the evening expressing her frustrations, inhibitions, and aspirations while her poet son tells all the miseries and shared trauma that bonded them together.