Kip Oebanda

Directing

Kip Oebanda

Place of birth

Iloilo City, Philippines

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

Kip Oebanda is a two-time Gawad Urian-nominated Filipino director and writer known for Liway (2018), Bar Boys (2017), Balota (2024), and Bar Boys: After School (2025).

Known for

Bar Boys: After School poster
NR

Set ten years after the events of the first film, the story explores the impact of time on institutions, relationships, and individuals, delivering a poignant yet inspiring tale about the invisible costs of pursuing one's dreams.

Bar Boys: After School

2025

Ballot poster
8.4

A land-grabbing tycoon and a former sexy male actor are in a tight race for mayor in a small town. When violence erupts, Emmy, a teacher, runs into the wilderness with a ballot box, the last copy of the election result.

Ballot

2024

One for the Road poster
NR

When tragedy brings four high school best friends back together, they embark on a road trip that tests their friendship and forces them to confront the grief they have long avoided.

One for the Road

—

Leonor Will Never Die poster
6.9

Fiction and reality blur when Leonor, a retired filmmaker, falls into a coma after a television lands on her head, compelling her to become the action hero of her unfinished screenplay.

Leonor Will Never Die

2022

Abandoned poster
3.0

Simone is a single mother and a security guard who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder because of a robbery that killed her colleagues during their duty. She lives with her teenage son, RJ, whom she works hard for. After the unfortunate incident, she was assigned by her agency to guard an abandoned building which is believed to be haunted by disturbing spiritual elements. Strange events soon occur during her shifts, making her reminisce the painful past that immediately takes a toll on her and her son's life.

Abandoned

2019

Liway poster
NR

The true story of a young mother who uses story-telling to protect her child from the reality of growing up in prison and the difficult life she endured.

Liway

2018

Film credits

Behind the camera

Bar Boys: After School poster
NR

Set ten years after the events of the first film, the story explores the impact of time on institutions, relationships, and individuals, delivering a poignant yet inspiring tale about the invisible costs of pursuing one's dreams.

Bar Boys: After School

2025

Bar Boys: After School poster
NR

Set ten years after the events of the first film, the story explores the impact of time on institutions, relationships, and individuals, delivering a poignant yet inspiring tale about the invisible costs of pursuing one's dreams.

Bar Boys: After School

2025

Ballot poster
8.4

A land-grabbing tycoon and a former sexy male actor are in a tight race for mayor in a small town. When violence erupts, Emmy, a teacher, runs into the wilderness with a ballot box, the last copy of the election result.

Ballot

2024

Ballot poster
8.4

A land-grabbing tycoon and a former sexy male actor are in a tight race for mayor in a small town. When violence erupts, Emmy, a teacher, runs into the wilderness with a ballot box, the last copy of the election result.

Ballot

2024

One for the Road poster
NR

When tragedy brings four high school best friends back together, they embark on a road trip that tests their friendship and forces them to confront the grief they have long avoided.

One for the Road

—

One for the Road poster
NR

When tragedy brings four high school best friends back together, they embark on a road trip that tests their friendship and forces them to confront the grief they have long avoided.

One for the Road

—

Abandoned poster
3.0

Simone is a single mother and a security guard who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder because of a robbery that killed her colleagues during their duty. She lives with her teenage son, RJ, whom she works hard for. After the unfortunate incident, she was assigned by her agency to guard an abandoned building which is believed to be haunted by disturbing spiritual elements. Strange events soon occur during her shifts, making her reminisce the painful past that immediately takes a toll on her and her son's life.

Abandoned

2019

Abandoned poster
3.0

Simone is a single mother and a security guard who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder because of a robbery that killed her colleagues during their duty. She lives with her teenage son, RJ, whom she works hard for. After the unfortunate incident, she was assigned by her agency to guard an abandoned building which is believed to be haunted by disturbing spiritual elements. Strange events soon occur during her shifts, making her reminisce the painful past that immediately takes a toll on her and her son's life.

Abandoned

2019

Liway poster
NR

The true story of a young mother who uses story-telling to protect her child from the reality of growing up in prison and the difficult life she endured.

Liway

2018

Liway poster
NR

The true story of a young mother who uses story-telling to protect her child from the reality of growing up in prison and the difficult life she endured.

Liway

2018

Bar Boys poster
6.2

The misadventures of three young men who try their luck in the college of law. As their friendship, families, relationships and convictions are brought to breaking point, they must keep their heads and emotions together as they prepare for the big day.

Bar Boys

2017

Bar Boys poster
6.2

The misadventures of three young men who try their luck in the college of law. As their friendship, families, relationships and convictions are brought to breaking point, they must keep their heads and emotions together as they prepare for the big day.

Bar Boys

2017

Bar Boys poster
6.2

The misadventures of three young men who try their luck in the college of law. As their friendship, families, relationships and convictions are brought to breaking point, they must keep their heads and emotions together as they prepare for the big day.

Bar Boys

2017

Nay poster
NR

Martin is a rich, sheltered youth who gets transformed into an aswang by his yaya, Nay Luisa. She teaches him how to hunt the poor and the weak for food, in Manila, a city that consistently dehumanizes and neglects the marginalized.

Nay

2017

Tumbang Preso poster
NR

A suspense film based on true cases of human trafficking, tells the story of Carlo, a 14-year old boy's daring attempt to escape slavery in a sardines factory.

Tumbang Preso

2014

Tumbang Preso poster
NR

A suspense film based on true cases of human trafficking, tells the story of Carlo, a 14-year old boy's daring attempt to escape slavery in a sardines factory.

Tumbang Preso

2014