Edmund M. Telmo

Directing

Edmund M. Telmo

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Known for

Age of Blight poster
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In Age of Blight, 12 Asian filmmakers capture and imagine life under the pandemic, from the hospital corridors of Marawi to protest rallies in the streets of Bangkok. The film mirrors light amidst the chaos and darkness, life in the face of death. Participating filmmakers are Mervine Aquino (Philippines), Bagane Fiola (Philippines), Daniel Rudi Haryanto (Indonesia), Hassanodden Hashim (Philippines), Gladys Ng (Singapore), Nontawat Numbenchapol (Thailand), Carla Pulido Ocampo (Philippines), Edmund Telmo (Philippines), Mark Lester Valle (Philippines), Ligaya Villablanca (Philippines), Takayuki Yoshida (Japan), and Abdul Zainidi (Brunei). Edited and assembled by John Torres (Philippines).

Age of Blight

2021

Trench poster
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The discovery of a mysterious alien shell in a trench transforms the lives of two star-crossed lovers, Paleng and Eliong, and their threatened coastal village in Davao City, unearthing secrets deeper than the surrounding perilous waters.

Trench

2024

Cherry Wine poster
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The film is about Carlo, a man in his mid 20s, trapped in abusive relationship and tries to escape from his live in partner Anna, for a better change.

Cherry Wine

2020

Balikbayan Box poster
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A father returning from work overseas gifts his son a virtual reality technology with an artificial intelligence named Alice. Find how father and son discovers an opportunity for connection in today’s world.

Balikbayan Box

2021

Markado: The Moon Devourer poster
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The film follows Sab, a transporter for local drug cartels. Amidst an imminent war between her superiors, Sab also deals with her dying grandmother's last wish that she bear a child. When Sab learns that she's barren, this leads her to darker practices and revelations. Markado: Bakunawa sa Duha Ka-Manglahing Takna is the first ever full-length film to be completely made and produced by local filmmakers from Cagayan de Oro city.

Markado: The Moon Devourer

2018

Beat poster
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Jim, a visually impaired guy from Ozamis goes to Manila and meets Estelle, who stays beside his isolation room in a quarantine facility. Having only each other’s company, their conversations become deeper and deeper until Jim finds himself in love with Estelle. The day that their quarantine ends, Estelle reveals her true identity to Jim, who knew all along that she was homosexual.

Beat

2022

Film credits

Behind the camera

Age of Blight poster
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In Age of Blight, 12 Asian filmmakers capture and imagine life under the pandemic, from the hospital corridors of Marawi to protest rallies in the streets of Bangkok. The film mirrors light amidst the chaos and darkness, life in the face of death. Participating filmmakers are Mervine Aquino (Philippines), Bagane Fiola (Philippines), Daniel Rudi Haryanto (Indonesia), Hassanodden Hashim (Philippines), Gladys Ng (Singapore), Nontawat Numbenchapol (Thailand), Carla Pulido Ocampo (Philippines), Edmund Telmo (Philippines), Mark Lester Valle (Philippines), Ligaya Villablanca (Philippines), Takayuki Yoshida (Japan), and Abdul Zainidi (Brunei). Edited and assembled by John Torres (Philippines).

Age of Blight

2021

Balikbayan Box poster
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A father returning from work overseas gifts his son a virtual reality technology with an artificial intelligence named Alice. Find how father and son discovers an opportunity for connection in today’s world.

Balikbayan Box

2021

Balikbayan Box poster
NR

A father returning from work overseas gifts his son a virtual reality technology with an artificial intelligence named Alice. Find how father and son discovers an opportunity for connection in today’s world.

Balikbayan Box

2021

Beat poster
NR

Jim, a visually impaired guy from Ozamis goes to Manila and meets Estelle, who stays beside his isolation room in a quarantine facility. Having only each other’s company, their conversations become deeper and deeper until Jim finds himself in love with Estelle. The day that their quarantine ends, Estelle reveals her true identity to Jim, who knew all along that she was homosexual.

Beat

2022

3021 poster
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Operation Holokaustus has killed all but one untouchable and he’s left alone in a hardly habitable planet because of the post-truth wars. When he tried to teleport to other planets, he opens communication with a fugitive scientist who happens to be the who preserved him.

3021

2018

A Sabbath on the Longest Day of the Year poster
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On the longest day of the year, the Blessed Virgin of Cotta will return to its home in the city. It's also on this very same day that two women one a novice nun who'll take her vows and the other, an insomniac on her way to forgetfulness, and whose mother is about to be executed will defy the fates with their mundane desires.

A Sabbath on the Longest Day of the Year

2021