Bradley Liew

Directing

Bradley Liew

Bradley Liew is a Malaysian born-Philippines based filmmaker who works as a Director, Producer and Cinematographer in both countries. In 2012, he was accepted into the Asian Film Academy of the Busan IFF where he won the Lumos Award for Outstanding Performance from celebrated Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke. He is also an alumnus of the NAFF Fanastic Film School, Berlinale Talents, Tokyo Talents, Locarno Filmmakers Academy, Eave Ties that Bind and the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab. In 2016, he completed his first feature film, a Malaysia-Philippine coproduction entitled Singing In Graveyards, which was the recipient of the Visions Sud Est Production Support Fund, the Southeast Asian Film Lab Most Promising Project Award and the Talents Tokyo Next Masters Support Program International Promotion Fund under Producer Bianca Balbuena. Singing In Graveyards made its world premiere in-competition at the 2016 Venice International Film Critics' Week. It went on to festivals such as Thessaloniki, Mostra Sao Paulo, Busan, Hawaii, Minsk, Singapore and won best film in both Kolkata and Malaysia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Magellan poster
6.4

At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan leads an expedition under the Spanish crown in search of the first westward route to the Spice Islands. He embarks on a perilous journey across the uncharted Pacific, where his fleet faces starvation, mutiny, and the psychological toll of endless seas. Upon reaching the shores of Cebu, Magellan is pulled into a fatal conflict with the natives by his drive to spread Catholicism, culminating in his tragic doom.

Magellan

2025

Filipiñana poster
NR

Isabel feels strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, the president of the country club where she works. However, after piecing together a violent picture of what lies beneath the club’s pristine surface, she realizes that what began as an innocent infatuation is actually rooted in a sinister shared history.

Filipiñana

2026

I Am Not Big Bird poster
6.3

Luis Carpio, a 30-something virgin who was dejected after his girlfriend turned down his marriage proposal, heads off on holiday to Thailand with a bunch of friends. Once there, a peculiar chain of events ensues when Luis is mistaken for a famous Thai porn star, the "Big Bird" of the title.

I Am Not Big Bird

2024

Việt and Nam poster
7.0

In the depths of the underground coal mines, where danger awaits and darkness prevails, Nam and Việt, both young miners, cherish fleeting moments, knowing that one of them will soon leave for a new life across the sea.

Việt and Nam

2024

Motel Acacia poster
4.3

In the cold west, Motel Acacia is tasked with exterminating immigrants by the government through a BED, haunted with the spirit of a Filipino tree demon, that eats men and impregnates women. A young Filipino man, JC, is groomed by his tyrannical caucasian Father to take over the business.

Motel Acacia

2020

Motel Acacia poster
4.3

In the cold west, Motel Acacia is tasked with exterminating immigrants by the government through a BED, haunted with the spirit of a Filipino tree demon, that eats men and impregnates women. A young Filipino man, JC, is groomed by his tyrannical caucasian Father to take over the business.

Motel Acacia

2020

When the Waves Are Gone poster
7.0

One of the Philippines' top investigators, Lieutenant Hermes Papauran, faces a deep moral crossroads. As a firsthand witness of the murderous anti-drug campaign conducted by his force, his anxiety and guilt triggers a severe skin disease, and his healing process is fraught by his dark past.

When the Waves Are Gone

2023

In My Mother's Skin poster
5.8

Stranded in the Philippines during World War II, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.

In My Mother's Skin

2023

Ma poster
7.0

After his mother dies suddenly, Samuel goes into a mysterious cave that claims to grant wishes and asks for his mother’s life back.

Ma

2019

Midnight in a Perfect World poster
6.8

In the near future, Manila is an almost-utopian city, but they still believe in ghost stories. Nobody survives the mysterious blackouts that happen in random parts of the city after midnight. Nobody believes the horrors in its darkness are even real. Four friends are about to find out that you don’t need to believe, for it to come for you.

Midnight in a Perfect World

2020

Season of the Devil poster
6.1

In late 1970s Philippines, a military-controlled militia oppresses a remote village, spreading terror both physical and psychological. Fearless young doctor Lorena opens a clinic for the poor but disappears without a trace. Her activist poet husband sets out to find her.

Season of the Devil

2018

Bleat! poster
5.0

An elderly Malaysian-Tamil couple discovers their male goat, set for ceremonial slaughter, is pregnant. Torn between faith and the expectations of their community, they struggle to decide whether to slaughter it or face the wrath of the gods.

Bleat!

2025

Essential Truths of the Lake poster
7.0

Faced with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody murders and brazen lies, ethically conflicted police lieutenant Hermes Papauran continues his struggle to find a resolution to a 15-year-old case around a volcanic ash-laden landscape and an impenetrable lake.

Essential Truths of the Lake

2023

Doors: Team B Terror poster
NR

A nightmare of a basketball team during their stay at an old dormitory.

Doors: Team B Terror

2018

Nightbirds poster
NR

Mythology crosses Ivy's path when mystical Tigmamanukan bird helps her break free from her husband who gambles the couple's money in cockfighting.

Nightbirds

2024

Walay Balay poster
NR

In the shadow of the Marawi conflict, Norayda and her daughter Yahairah have found solace in a nearby town. They count each day to return home. Until an official letter arrives...

Walay Balay

2024

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

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

Silig poster
NR

The stubborn and feisty Mamang is back in town after 20 years to organize her funeral. But she wants to be cremated against all odds...

Silig

2024

Star poster
3.5

Tender exploration of a disconnected relationship between a beautiful stage performer from China, who is trying to preserve her dignity, and a Malay motorcycle gangster, who clings on to their love hopelessly.

Star

2014

Cold Cut poster
NR

Joy, a 19-year-old student, is about to compete at the local talent show. As she's about to enter the audition, a mysterious butcher takes her to unknown horizons...

Cold Cut

2024

Mack poster
10.0

An action comedy of two low level assassins assigned by their boss to aid the legendary killer Mack. Unfortunately for them, they start off their day late and everything goes downhill in a flurry of bodies and unlucky coincidences.

Mack

2015

Mack poster
10.0

An action comedy of two low level assassins assigned by their boss to aid the legendary killer Mack. Unfortunately for them, they start off their day late and everything goes downhill in a flurry of bodies and unlucky coincidences.

Mack

2015

Mack poster
10.0

An action comedy of two low level assassins assigned by their boss to aid the legendary killer Mack. Unfortunately for them, they start off their day late and everything goes downhill in a flurry of bodies and unlucky coincidences.

Mack

2015