Sandy Nobleza Manalo

Biography

A Filipino filmmaker and researcher based in Caloocan. He is a graduate of the Communication Research program at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines-Manila in 2019. His first venture into filmmaking, particularly screenwriting, was when he became part of the FDCP & FSG Screenwriting Workshop 2025 held in Malolos, Bulacan. More recently, he explored the art of directing as part of the first batch of the Halikon Film Guild Intensive Filmmaking Workshop. As a capstone project for the workshop, he was able to make his debut short film, Visiting Mama'la, which centers on the complexity of human emotion, where meaning is found in every gesture, pause, and silence, brought about by his recent fascination with slow cinema.