Kurt Joshua Oro

Directing

Kurt Joshua Oro

Born 2002-09-26

Kurt Joshua Oro is a student-filmmaker pursuing a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Digital Cinema Track. Having immersed himself in various production roles, he has taken on responsibilities as director, writer, assistant director, and producer. Guided by the belief that a single story holds the power to change how we feel the world, he crafts films that aim to awaken, transform, and stir something essential within the audience: a catharsis, a reckoning— a shift. He has explored terror and social apathy in his horror film Mata? Mata! Mata; (2023), captured the disconnect of lovers in the digital world in Pa’no Sa Susunod Na Brownout (2024), and defied society’s stigma through the power of love and memory in the political drama Silab ng Pira-pirasong Alaala (2024). Navigating the contradictions of human experience, he seeks to make the invisible visible — whether whispered through quiet, mundane details or screamed into existence through poetic outbursts.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

EKONARCISSUS poster
NR

A hopeless romantic and a serious pragmatic store-hop for their favorite music album, where they either find the elusive CD album or find true love.

EKONARCISSUS

2024

Balatkayo poster
NR

After his long-awaited project is abruptly rejected, a young man finds himself at a breaking point. As he moves through the noise of the city and his fragmented memories, he confronts the weight of disappointment, emotional labor, and unresolved trauma.

Balatkayo

2025

Balatkayo poster
NR

After his long-awaited project is abruptly rejected, a young man finds himself at a breaking point. As he moves through the noise of the city and his fragmented memories, he confronts the weight of disappointment, emotional labor, and unresolved trauma.

Balatkayo

2025

Balatkayo poster
NR

After his long-awaited project is abruptly rejected, a young man finds himself at a breaking point. As he moves through the noise of the city and his fragmented memories, he confronts the weight of disappointment, emotional labor, and unresolved trauma.

Balatkayo

2025

No artwork available
NR

The story follows a young boy, Paelo, who spends his semestral break in his home in Laguna. During his stay, an event in his family unfolds and he’ll be forced to navigate his surroundings through a child’s imagination–with his favorite Auntie, Mae.

Free Flow

2026

Silab ng Pira-pirasong Alaala poster
NR

In a household ruled by a domineering patriarch, a young reserved woman clings on to a cassette tape gifted by someone from her past – reliving their shared moments of love and defiance to find her own path.

Silab ng Pira-pirasong Alaala

2024

Silab ng Pira-pirasong Alaala poster
NR

In a household ruled by a domineering patriarch, a young reserved woman clings on to a cassette tape gifted by someone from her past – reliving their shared moments of love and defiance to find her own path.

Silab ng Pira-pirasong Alaala

2024

Mata? Mata! Mata; poster
NR

When Bimboy and his friends found the camera of his missing uncle, they discovered mysterious photos and were haunted by its consequences.

Mata? Mata! Mata;

2023

Mata? Mata! Mata; poster
NR

When Bimboy and his friends found the camera of his missing uncle, they discovered mysterious photos and were haunted by its consequences.

Mata? Mata! Mata;

2023

Pa'no sa Susunod na Brownout? poster
NR

When a brownout disrupts their digital routine, Ta and Rina are forced to confront each other as buried tensions in their relationship come to light.

Pa'no sa Susunod na Brownout?

2024

Muling Pagsisimula Sa Katapusan poster
NR

While the world is ending, Winona spends her time in a video chat platform where she unexpectedly meets an important person from her past.

Muling Pagsisimula Sa Katapusan

2022