Rafael MENDOZA

Rafael Manuel, born 1990 in Manila, is a Filipino artist currently based in London. His latest short film, ‘Filipiñana’, won the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 70th Berlinale International Film Festival.  Before taking up his MA in filmmaking at the London Film School, he worked as a copywriter for Saatchi & Saatchi and as a creative director for TBWA. His work in advertising has won numerous prizes at international advertising festivals such as the Cannes Lions, D&AD, London International, Spikes, and AdFest. His foundations are in philosophy and visual communications which he studied at the Ateneo de Manila University. He is a co-founder of Idle Eyes Productions – a London-based artist collective that manifests itself in the audio-visual field. He is currently developing his first feature film ‘Filipiñana’.