Ely Buendia

Acting

Ely Buendia

Born 1970-11-02 · Naga City, Camarines Sur

Ely Eleandre Basiño Buendia, popularly known as Ely Buendia, is a Filipino musician who first gained fame as the guitarist, lead vocalist and principal songwriter of Filipino rock band Eraserheads. After leaving the band in 2001, Buendia has since performed as vocalist for bands such as Pupil, Oktaves and Apartel and has released solo music as well.

Acting credits

Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story poster
3.0

Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fist—until he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, whose true-to-life accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 (starring Joseph Estrada). It is also the first Filipino major film produced in black-and-white in the 21st century as well as the returning action genre movie. Before the film was shown, Tikoy Aguiluz requested the producers, through his lawyers, that his directorial credits in the film and promotional tools be removed because the final version of the film can no longer be described as his after the producers made a reedit, re-shoot and music mixing without his involvement. He also demanded that he be allowed to make a director's cut of the film.

Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story

2011

Night Light poster
NR

Five days before the proclamation of Martial Law, the Colgante Bridge collapsed in Naga, forcing a father into a desperate search for his missing son.

Night Light

2026

Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert poster
NR

A concert movie featuring iconic Filipino alternative rock band Eraserheads as they went onstage for their reunion concert on August 30, 2008 at Bonifacio Global City Open Field at Taguig City in Metro Manila, Philippines.

Eraserheads: The Reunion Concert

2008

The Halt poster
6.4

Madmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.

The Halt

2019

Gusto Mo Bang Sumama?: The Myx Eraserheads Documentary poster
NR

An unearthing of Eraserheads’ roots, its meteoric rise to fame and mainstream success, down to its eventual breakup, then leading to its historic reunion concert years after disbandment.

Gusto Mo Bang Sumama?: The Myx Eraserheads Documentary

2008

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery poster
7.8

Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

2016

Eraserheads: The Final Set Concert poster
NR

ERASERHEADS LIVE! The Final Set (or simply "The Final Set") is the final concert of the Eraserheads during their reunion held March 7, 2009 at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds, Pasay City.

Eraserheads: The Final Set Concert

Eraserheads: Huling El Bimbo poster
NR

ERASERHEADS Huling El Bimbo SMDC Festival Grounds, Paranaque City December 22, 2022

Eraserheads: Huling El Bimbo

2022

Eraserheads: Combo on the Run poster
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When Eraserheads formed in 1989, their music swept the country. But the real story behind the group has remain untold. Until now...

Eraserheads: Combo on the Run

2025

Rakenrol poster
NR

Odie and his best friend Irene are two outsiders who find a second home in the Philippine underground music scene. The two decide to form a band and put together an unlikely crew that consists of the school bully, an ex-punk-turned-barista, and a former-childstar-turned-band-manager. The film follows their misadventures as they face satanic S&M bands, samurai swindlers, narcissistic rockstars, the pretentious Philippine art community and the freakiest music video auteur ever.

Rakenrol

2011

Masikip sa Dibdib: The Boobita Rose Story poster
3.0

Boobita Rose is a woman dealing with her dysfunctional family and a socially challenged love life.

Masikip sa Dibdib: The Boobita Rose Story

2004

San Lazaro poster
3.8

Two estranged friends journey to the town of San Lazaro to ask a faith-healer for help in saving the life of one's brother, who is possessed by an evil spirit.

San Lazaro

2011

Run Barbi Run poster
NR

Bartolome del Rosario is a Shakey's pizza delivery boy who witnesses the massacre of the Black Scorpion Gang committed by a group of henchmen while delivering pizza at night. As a result, he was indefinitely suspended from his job and had to decide whether to turn state witness or hide forever. Ultimately, he decides to turn himself over to the authorities after his grandmother and mother appeared in his dream. Unknown to him however, he is already on the death list of the henchmen's boss Gardo who was not pleased with his revelations.

Run Barbi Run

1995

Singing in Graveyards poster
6.0

Pepe, a 68-year-old impersonator of a Filipino rock legend, lives alone on the borders of reality, imagination and mysticism. One day, he is finally given the chance to open for the rock legend’s concert but he must do something neither of them has done before – write a love song.

Singing in Graveyards

2016

Behind the camera