Albert Abesamis
Acting
Biography
Albert Abesamis previously worked with Direk Joey Paras’ Power House Ensemble contributing to plays like “Besame” and “Kintsugi,” starred in YouTube Series “Swaptest” and short films such as “Igib,” an entry to Cinemalaya Shorts 2020, and “Ang Kaibigan Ni Imaginary F.,” winning the Best Actor Award at the 2020 Noida International Film Festival. In the short film “Isang Jeep Pa”, Albert earned him a nomination for Best Lead Performance in UP Pride Film Festival 2025 and a double nomination for Best Actor in Cinemandirigma 2026 and CinemaPrimera 2026.
Known For
The love story of a brokenhearted male nurse and a struggling college student amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines is roughly tested when they swapped situations, plans, and principles as they face their haunting past.
Swap Test: The Series
In a battle for a house and lot and cash prize, three urbanly displaced Filipino creatures joins a reality show where they must scare their way through a new challenge, or they risk losing the space they only have.
Balai De Moño
A drag performer and a construction worker share a quiet dawn at a waiting shed, where a brief encounter sparks unexpected understanding across gender norms.
One More Ride
A troubled man and his three special friends struggle to traverse the thin line between absurdity and realism in a world of loneliness and depression.
The Friend of Imaginary F.
In the arid, scanty and poverty-stricken world, fetching water is the only way an old woman named Josa can do just to muster the fare that will bring her second family to Manila from an island in Batangas which is devastated by the eruption of the Taal Volcano.