
Writing
Samantha Lee
Samantha Lee is a Filipino filmmaker. After completing her Master of Communication, with distinction, at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), she moved back to the Philippines to write and direct her first feature film, "Baka Bukas" (2016). It won the "Emerging Talent Award" at Outfest 2017 and the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. It has screened in festivals in New York, San Francisco, Osaka, Melbourne, Madrid, and Hamburg. Her second film, called "Billie and Emma" (2018), won the Audience Award for Best Narrative at Inside Out 2019, the Jury Award Runner-Up for Best International Film in Out on Film Atlanta, and the Runner-Up for Audience Award for Favorite Feature at Seattle Queer Film Festival. It has been screened in over thirty film festivals internationally. Her first series, called Sleep With Me, starring Janine Gutierrez and Lovi Poe, premiered in Outfest 2022, where it won the audience award for Best Episodic. She has talked about using romantic comedies as a tool for advocating for better representation of women and the LGBTQ+ community in various publications like Vice Paper and Nylon.
Acting credits
NRAn experimental film on food, cycles, and life processes.
Slideshow
2008
9.0Harold a shy college student from the province who develops a close bond and a secret love for his friend AM, a rich city girl who is passionate about her dreams. Because of their contrasting personalities, Harold is disillusioned and AM is idealistic and complications in their personal lives, the two never get past the “more than friends but less than lovers” stage and eventually separate. Now reunited after five years, AM and Harold spend fleeting hours wandering around their old haunts and wondering about their old selves, making Harold’s next-day flight the biggest “what if” of their lives.
Ngayon Kaya
2022
3.8Alex is a 23 year old gay girl based in Manila. She is out to most people except her best friend Jess who she has been secretly in love with since they were kids. When Jess discovers the truth about Alex, they are forced to confront the feelings they have for each other.
Baka Bukas
2016
Behind the camera
6.5Billie, a teenage rock star, moves to the province and meets Emma, a model and almost the perfect example of a good daughter. Together, they go through the experience of first love.
Billie & Emma
2019
6.5Billie, a teenage rock star, moves to the province and meets Emma, a model and almost the perfect example of a good daughter. Together, they go through the experience of first love.
Billie & Emma
2019
6.5Billie, a teenage rock star, moves to the province and meets Emma, a model and almost the perfect example of a good daughter. Together, they go through the experience of first love.
Billie & Emma
2019
NRA collection of OPM singer-songwriter Zack Tabudlo's most personal experiences. Those experiences are put into stories, stories put into songs, and songs brought to life through a series of fourteen music videos with different narratives about love, heartbreak, happiness, and loneliness. Collectively, these are narratives that demand the viewer to feel, to confront, and to heal.
Zack Tabudlo: Episode
2021
NRA portrait of a woman surfer
Waves
2011
6.5An awkward 6-footer teen is forced to learn and play volleyball half-heartedly when the Catholic school she transferred to did not have a basketball team. Everything changes when she meets their star player.
Rookie
2023
6.5An awkward 6-footer teen is forced to learn and play volleyball half-heartedly when the Catholic school she transferred to did not have a basketball team. Everything changes when she meets their star player.
Rookie
2023
6.5An awkward 6-footer teen is forced to learn and play volleyball half-heartedly when the Catholic school she transferred to did not have a basketball team. Everything changes when she meets their star player.
Rookie
2023
NRAs they redefine strength and female masculinity as acts of resistance, a group of queer women use weightlifting to reclaim bodies and spaces that have long excluded them.
All the Worlds I Could Lift
2026
3.8Alex is a 23 year old gay girl based in Manila. She is out to most people except her best friend Jess who she has been secretly in love with since they were kids. When Jess discovers the truth about Alex, they are forced to confront the feelings they have for each other.
Baka Bukas
2016
3.8Alex is a 23 year old gay girl based in Manila. She is out to most people except her best friend Jess who she has been secretly in love with since they were kids. When Jess discovers the truth about Alex, they are forced to confront the feelings they have for each other.
Baka Bukas
2016
3.8Alex is a 23 year old gay girl based in Manila. She is out to most people except her best friend Jess who she has been secretly in love with since they were kids. When Jess discovers the truth about Alex, they are forced to confront the feelings they have for each other.
Baka Bukas
2016
NRA millennial society's search for post-limerence in the digital landscape.
How to Find Love
2016
NRMax & Harper are in a long distance relationship that is put to test when a global pandemic hits, ruining their plans to finally be together in Los Angeles.
Until It's Safe
2020
NRMax & Harper are in a long distance relationship that is put to test when a global pandemic hits, ruining their plans to finally be together in Los Angeles.
Until It's Safe
2020
NRMax & Harper are in a long distance relationship that is put to test when a global pandemic hits, ruining their plans to finally be together in Los Angeles.
Until It's Safe
2020