Directing
Ryner Viray
Born
1998-11-24 (27)
Place of birth
Manila, Philippines
Known for
Directing
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Ryner Viray is a director, producer, editor, and production manager working across film, advertising, and digital media. A graduate of the University of the Philippines Film Institute, Ryner’s thesis short film Ang Luha ay Bahagi ng Karagatan (English: Tears are Part of the Ocean, 2025) examines mental health, psychosocial care, and generational trauma through a blend of transcendental cinema and psychological realism. The film has screened widely and received multiple honors and selections — Cannes World Film Festival 2025 — Winner, Best Narrative Short Film; IndieX Los Angeles International Short Film Festival 2025 — Award of Excellence (Special Jury Prize), Winner: Best Drama Short, with…
Known for
7.1Between nuclear reactors and military curfews, 14-year-old Jani lives in a dystopian world oppressively devoid of empathy. Together, she and her slippery new friend Kiefer the talking catfish gear up to strike a surreal blow for freedom.
Hito
2023
NRIn a mental rehabilitation center, a woman, newly turned sixty, with schizoaffective disorder, waits all year for her family to visit on her birthday. But as the day arrives, a typhoon threatens to derail her plans and her sense of reality.
Tears are Part of the Ocean
2025
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRIn a mental rehabilitation center, a woman, newly turned sixty, with schizoaffective disorder, waits all year for her family to visit on her birthday. But as the day arrives, a typhoon threatens to derail her plans and her sense of reality.
Tears are Part of the Ocean
2025
NRIn a mental rehabilitation center, a woman, newly turned sixty, with schizoaffective disorder, waits all year for her family to visit on her birthday. But as the day arrives, a typhoon threatens to derail her plans and her sense of reality.
Tears are Part of the Ocean
2025