Directing

Justin Ricafort

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Justin Ricafort is a Filipino American writer, filmmaker, and game designer whose work explores assimilation narratives and play. Justin graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a Film/Media major and an Ethnic Studies minor in 2018. In 2019, Justin was selected as part of Visual Communications’ 2020 Armed with a Camera Fellowship as one of ten Asian American filmmakers set to write and direct their own short film projects. Since 2021, he has spent time writing and producing several short films that have traveled to multiple film festivals.

Known for

Behind the camera

Sinigang poster
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A young man receives an unexpected package from his mother that sparks a journey of connection with his culture, his passion and his mother through making a dish close to his heart, Sinigang.

Sinigang

2022

Self Tape poster
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A struggling actor's home is broken into by the famous acting coach, Sebastian Navarro Rodrigo Rivera, who offers to coach him.

Self Tape

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Self Tape poster
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A struggling actor's home is broken into by the famous acting coach, Sebastian Navarro Rodrigo Rivera, who offers to coach him.

Self Tape

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ETA poster
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Ronnie, a middle aged Filipino father, moonlights nightly as a rideshare driver. What begins as a regular shift leads to the most awkward of passengers: his college-aged son Josh and his drunk friend. As the ride progresses, Ronnie and Josh’s emotional baggage emerges.

ETA

2020

ETA poster
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Ronnie, a middle aged Filipino father, moonlights nightly as a rideshare driver. What begins as a regular shift leads to the most awkward of passengers: his college-aged son Josh and his drunk friend. As the ride progresses, Ronnie and Josh’s emotional baggage emerges.

ETA

2020

ETA poster
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Ronnie, a middle aged Filipino father, moonlights nightly as a rideshare driver. What begins as a regular shift leads to the most awkward of passengers: his college-aged son Josh and his drunk friend. As the ride progresses, Ronnie and Josh’s emotional baggage emerges.

ETA

2020

From Both Ends poster
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A man with night terrors is greeted by an unexpected and supernaturally gifted guru.

From Both Ends

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From Both Ends poster
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A man with night terrors is greeted by an unexpected and supernaturally gifted guru.

From Both Ends

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Puberty for Humans poster
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Puberty for Humans is perfect for your nervous health class students as they approach their inevitable cybernetic bodily changes. In this short educational video, Linus, an insecure prepubescent teenager, learns that everything will be okay… for everyone else.

Puberty for Humans

2025