Arden Rod Condez

Directing

Arden Rod Condez

Arden Rod Condez is a Filipino TV and film director, writer, and producer, known for John Denver Trending (2019), Tumandok (2024) and 2021 Gawad Urian for Best Short Film, Dandansoy (2021). He is the 2025 Gawad Urian winner for Best Screenplay (Tumandok). He was nominated for Best Director at the FAMAS Awards, and for Best Screenplay and Best Direction at the Gawad Urian Awards (John Denver Trending).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Tumandok poster
5.5

Despite contentions from historians, legend has it that in ancient times, an Ati chieftain traded their land to Bornean datus for a necklace and a wide-brimmed hat made of gold. The mountains were left to the Atis, while the plains and rivers went to the Malays. Today, even the mountains are under threat, sometimes violently taken from the Atis.

Tumandok

2024

John Denver Trending poster
8.0

A fourteen-year-old farm boy’s life is suddenly upended when a video of him brutally attacking a classmate goes viral.

John Denver Trending

2019

John Denver Trending poster
8.0

A fourteen-year-old farm boy’s life is suddenly upended when a video of him brutally attacking a classmate goes viral.

John Denver Trending

2019

A Sinful Touch poster
NR

Emman, a visual artist, becomes drawn to his neighbor, Althea — a woman trapped in an abusive relationship. As he and his fiancée, Liz, try to help Althea, Emman’s growing desire for her pulls him into a nightmare of betrayal and darkness.

A Sinful Touch

2025

Dandansoy poster
NR

When they have no one to pass their "mutya" forward so they can finally die, aging "aswangs" in Antique are believed to seek for the mystical lake in Negros where they can just turn into ashes and disappear forever. This is the story of a 78 year old aswang and the young man who helped her find the lake.

Dandansoy

2021

Dandansoy poster
NR

When they have no one to pass their "mutya" forward so they can finally die, aging "aswangs" in Antique are believed to seek for the mystical lake in Negros where they can just turn into ashes and disappear forever. This is the story of a 78 year old aswang and the young man who helped her find the lake.

Dandansoy

2021

Mother Maybe poster
NR

A young man reunites with his long-lost mother during a high-stakes Asian game show, only to discover a terrifying secret: at night, his mother transforms into something monstrous.

Mother Maybe

Mother Maybe poster
NR

A young man reunites with his long-lost mother during a high-stakes Asian game show, only to discover a terrifying secret: at night, his mother transforms into something monstrous.

Mother Maybe

Stuck On You poster
NR

A heartbroken manicurist accidentally takes a hitman's job, landing her in a deadly conspiracy where she must choose between saving her family or killing the man of her dreams.

Stuck On You

2026

The Gospel of the Beast poster
NR

A teenage boy who, while searching for his father and accidentally killing his best friend, gets his life turned upside down and learns the destructive realities about life, death, and beasthood.

The Gospel of the Beast

2023

Blue Ladies poster
NR

Marilen is living away from her family as she serves as one Imelda Marcos' posse, called The Blue Ladies. One day, she learns that her husband has died mysteriously. She comes home to see him floating in mid-air.

Blue Ladies

The Dreams That are Written in the Sand poster
NR

Makoy, Kaloy, and Buknoy wake up to an announcement about going back to school. Parents who do not want or are unable to opt for online classes must take an exam to determine if they are fit to teach their children. Unfortunately, most parents in this small town are not as privileged as their children who've had formal education.

The Dreams That are Written in the Sand

2022

Mother's Land poster
NR

Waking up in a nightmare before the sunrise of December 30, 2020, the indigenous community of the Tumandok was suddenly surrounded by fear. Panambi features the stories of bright memories of the past and the despair of having now as a mere memory of the future without a trace of justice; how they lived and what they lived for. A decades-long struggle is shot, one in the lens of a mother paralyzed by fear; another from a mother raged and moved by fear—both looking forward to a better tomorrow.

Mother's Land

2021

Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss poster
7.7

Vangie, a miserable contractual sales lady, is about to lose her job. But in her desperate attempt to convince her boss not to sack her, Vangie uncovers the ultimate jaw-dropping secret to regularization.

Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss

2019

Even Ashes, Nothing Remains poster
NR

Set in a distant barrio, a strange skin disease throws a tight-knit village into turmoil. At the heart of their struggle stands an ancient tree believed to be miraculous. Locals flock to it, leaving clothes as tokens of faith and exchanging names with it in hopes of healing. As her mother battles the skin disease, a little girl named Sabel begins to realize the tree’s importance amidst the looming danger of its disappearance in a community desperate for healing.

Even Ashes, Nothing Remains

2024

Random People poster
NR

In times of necessary physical distancing, ten couples from the filmmaker’s hometown allow the cameras into their homes not to disturb but capture any delicate exchange.

Random People

2021

Love Child poster
4.0

A young couple navigates the challenges of raising their autistic son in an increasingly unforgiving world, testing their love and resilience.

Love Child

2024

Love Child poster
4.0

A young couple navigates the challenges of raising their autistic son in an increasingly unforgiving world, testing their love and resilience.

Love Child

2024

Primetime Mother poster
NR

The audition process for an exploitative game show becomes the latest test of a long-suffering mother’s fortitude and tenacity.

Primetime Mother

2023