amyra soriano is a filipina american writer+filmmaker based in the bay area. in 2019, she story edited abs-cbn’s on the wings of love (re-boot) for amazon prime video and myx tv. as a journalist, her written work has been published on kqed, east bay express, and hella pinay. in 2022, she was a recipient of balay kreative’s artist growth grant. previous collaborators for film and video things include one down, make it mariko, big bad wolf, and the filipino channel. 

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films | miss hot mess [writer+director] — independent shorts awards (winner), script awards la (winner), big apple film festival (honorable mention), sfindiefest screenplay competition (finalist), visionfest screening competition (finalist), ny int. screenplay awards (quarterfinalist), diwa filipino film festival (official selection), san diego filipino film festival (official selection) | between the lines [director] — caamfest forward (official selection), sfindiefest (official selection)

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select work | cinematography+edit big bad wolf · ciel rebirth · pinayista · make it mariko x discord · sammay x blood | produce kristian kabuay · laugh with jenna · PDB | edit the chismis · breaking the tabo

clips | in omca’s ‘hella feminist,’ 150 years of collective action points the way forward · rapper and activist rocky rivera embraces growth in her first book, ‘snakeskin’ · ‘americanized’ explores identity on and off the basketball court at caam fest · ‘vulveeta’ is a riot grrrl mockumentary with heart at frameline46 · masako miki’s new bampfa exhibit draws on japanese folksore to spur connection · bp valenzuela evolves as an artist in manila’s indie scene

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media | deconstructing the human experience with amyra soriano · caamfest forward Q&A for beyond magic shorts · winning writers with script awards la