Kyla Romero

Directing

Kyla Romero

Place of birth

La Union, Philippines

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Kyla Romero is a screenwriter, director, and filmmaker from La Union, Philippines. Her debut short film, Dosena (2022), became part of Busan ISFF under the Rendezvous with AFiS Hub of Asia. Moreover, it received a Best Short Film nomination from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards, one of the oldest and most prestigious award-giving bodies in the Philippines. Kyla also wrote HINAKDAL (2023), a short film which won the Audience Choice award, NETPAC award, and Best Screenplay award at the Cinemalaya FF Short Film Category. Since 2021, Kyla Romero has been the co-writer of Dir. Arvin Belarmino in Ria (2021), a feature film project which gained a special mention in Tal…

Known for

Behind the camera

Agapito poster
NR

It's the last day of the month. Bowlers flock to the lanes of a bowling alley that has seen better days. Mira, the bowling alley's manager, decides to close early. She's awaiting the arrival of a special visitor.

Agapito

2025

Agapito poster
NR

It's the last day of the month. Bowlers flock to the lanes of a bowling alley that has seen better days. Mira, the bowling alley's manager, decides to close early. She's awaiting the arrival of a special visitor.

Agapito

2025

Transients poster
NR

After reconnecting through a phone call, Justin, an analog filmmaker, and Grace, a frustrated poet, reminisce about the day they first met — a day that Justin tries to recreate from memory.

Transients

2024

Transients poster
NR

After reconnecting through a phone call, Justin, an analog filmmaker, and Grace, a frustrated poet, reminisce about the day they first met — a day that Justin tries to recreate from memory.

Transients

2024

Condemned poster
3.0

A zombie family gets their isolated life disturbed by a human being who attempts to steal their livestock.

Condemned

2023

Ali poster
NR

In a coastal town, women are not allowed to sing. A teenager joins a singing competition for a chance to move to the city, while hiding his true voice in a sinister way.

Ali

2025

Dosena poster
NR

A timid young boy who grew up with misfits deals with confusion and tragedy on the night of his 12th birthday.

Dosena

2022

Radikals poster
6.0

A young rookie from a bizarre chicken-dance group faces a heckler after being the worst dancer at a performance -- leading him to a series of strange events that reveal what the group does to their weakest link.

Radikals

2024

Abanse poster
NR

The night before local elections, a single mother takes her son to a final campaign rally to get his lost scholarship back — unaware that in the midst of the dense crowd, a morbid disaster awaits them.

Abanse

2025

No artwork available
NR

On New Year's Eve, a cemetery demolition wakes the ghost of a man who longs to see his living wife and daughter, hoping to lay his bones back to rest.

Courting

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Mike frolics poster
NR

Mike frolics. Shot on Super 8mm.

Mike frolics

2023