# Ruel Antipuesto

Ruel Dahis Antipuesto, known simply as Ruel Antipuesto, is a Cebuano film director and cinematographer from the Philippines. Considered as "The Godfather of Cebuano Filmmaking", he is a major contributor to the new wave of Cebuano filmmaking as he continues to mentor and collaborate with younger filmmakers while his works continue to gain national and international awards and recognition.

## Biography

Ruel Dahis Antipuesto began as an engineer. When the filmmaking became digital in the late 1990s, he taught himself filmmaking by making animations and documentaries.
In 2004, the animated short film, The Snake's Pit won him his first national award.
In 2007, the full-length movie Confessional, he photographed and co-directed with Jerrold Tarog won several national awards as well as best first feature in OSIAN Cinefan in India. It was also in exhibition in Germany, South Korea and the United States. Soon after, his documentary projects were acquired for distribution and one won in the 2009 Cine-Indie MDG competition.
Through the years he has accumulated several awards as his works have been included in various local and international competitions and exhibitions held in Portugal, United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, United States, India, France, Spain, Italy (in Venice and Rome), Canada, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, Japan and the ASEAN region.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Type | Credit | Awards & Festivals |
| 2004 | The Snake's Pit | Animated short film | Director Animator | 17th Gawad CCP: Best Animated Short Film, Best Regional Entry |
| 2006 | Carpool | Short film | Cinematographer | 19th Gawad CCP: Best Short Feature |
| 2007 | Confessional | Feature film | Director Cinematographer Producer | Cinema One Originals: Best Film, Directors 24th PMPC Star Awards: Digital Category Best Film, Directors 10th Osian's Cinefan (New Delhi, India): Best Film, First Features Category 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival: Best Film, Southeast Asian Category 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival, exhibition film (USA) 14th Pusan International Film Festival, exhibition film (Korea) |
| 2009 | Sabongero | Short film | Cinematographer Producer | 2010 Cannes Short Film Corner |
| 2010 | Eskrimadors | Documentary | Cinematographer | 2010 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, exhibition film 2010 Cinemanila International Film Festival, exhibition film (Philippines) |
| 2011 | Señorita | Feature film | Cinematographer | 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival, exhibition film (Canada) |
| 2011 | My Paranormal Romance | Feature film | Cinematographer | Cinema One Originals: Special Jury Prize |
| 2013 | The Muses | Feature film | Cinematographer | |
| 2014 | Death Squad Dogs | Short film | Cinematographer | |
| 2015 | Swap | Feature film | Cinematographer | San Sebastian International Film Festival, exhibition film (Spain) 2nd Silk Road International Film Festival, competition film (China) 2015 São Paulo International Film Festival, exhibition film (Brazil) 2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival, exhibition film (USA) 2015 Tokyo FILMeX, competition film (Japan) 2015 Minsk International Film Festival, exhibition film (Russia) 2015 Jogja Asian Film Festival, (Indonesia): Silver Hanoman Award |
| 2015 | Sanctissima | Short film | Cinematographer | Cinemalaya 2015: Audience Choice award UPelikula 2015: Best Film, Director, Cinematography |
| 2015 | Kapatiran | Documentary | Cinematographer | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic |
| 2016 | Patay na si Hesus | Feature film | Cinematographer | QCinema 2016: Audience Choice Award, Gender Sensitive Film Award |
| 2016 | Lily | Feature film | Cinematographer | Cinema One Originals 2016: Best Director, Best Editing Award, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress |