
Sari Dalena is an independent filmmaker from the Philippines and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Production from New York University. She has been the recipient of the Fulbright-Hayes scholarship, New York Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Fellowship, and the 13 Artists Award at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Her films have screened at various local and international film festivals. Her most notable films include Memories of a Forgotten War, Rigodon, The Guerrilla is a Poet, Ka Oryang and Dahling Nick. She is a Professor and former Director at the University of the Philippines Film Institute.
2025CinemartyrsMovieDirector · Screenplay · Executive Producer · Cinematography
2024Concrete ConflictsMovieScript Consultant
2023My Body, My Rules, & ThemMovieCreative Consultant
2023Ang Pagbubuntis Ni LigayaMovieCreative Consultant
2019Docwomentary: Women Behind the LensMovieas Herself
2018AlimuomMovieProducer · Production Designer
2017History of the UndergroundMovieExecutive Producer · Director
2015Dahling NickMovieScreenplay · Director
2013The Guerilla is a PoetMovieDirector
2012Himala NgayonMovieDirector · Writer · Producer
2012IshmaMovieDirector
2011Ka OryangMovieDirector · Writer · Producer
2006RigodonMovieDirector
2002From Asia with LoveMovieDirector
2001Memories of a Forgotten WarMovieWriter · Director · Producer
1997The White FuneralMovieDirector
1995Jamming on an Old SayaMovieDirector
1994Church DogsMovieDirector
—Viva Villa!MovieDirector