
Acting
Ely Buendia
Born
1970-11-02 (55)
Place of birth
Naga City, Camarines Sur
Known for
Acting
Credits
16 titles
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.
Known for
7.8Andrés 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
NRWhen 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
NRFive 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
6.4Madmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.
The Halt
2019
3.0Mobster 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
NRA 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
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
NRWhen 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
NRFive 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
NRERASERHEADS Huling El Bimbo SMDC Festival Grounds, Paranaque City December 22, 2022
Eraserheads: Huling El Bimbo
2022
2010s · 6 titles
7.8Andrés 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
6.4Madmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.
The Halt
2019
3.0Mobster 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
NROdie 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
6.0Pepe, 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
3.8Two 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
2000s · 3 titles
NRA 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
NRAn 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
3.0Boobita Rose is a woman dealing with her dysfunctional family and a socially challenged love life.
Masikip sa Dibdib: The Boobita Rose Story
2004



