Directing
Karl Maalab Paredes
Known for
Directing
Credits
10 titles
KARL MAALAB PAREDES is a filmmaker based in Quezon City and a student at the University of the Philippines Film Institute. His experimental documentary Concrete Conflicts (2025) is streaming on Cinemata, and he served as Director of Photography and editor for the Cheeky Things music video “Bones,” named one of 2024’s standout Filipino music videos by Rolling Stone Philippines. He is also the founder and managing director of SineSoirée, an independent community-driven film programming initiative that cultivates collaborative spaces for filmmakers to exhibit, share, and discuss their work beyond traditional exhibition circuits. Karl Maalab’s work explores the tensions of power and the quiet vi…
Known for
NRA short experimental documentary on the loss of urban spaces and the fight to reclaim them as pedestrians, commuters, and PUV drivers face a transport crisis in the Philippines.
Concrete Conflicts
2024
NRTwo students were on their way back to their dormitory when they were suddenly stalked by a mysterious undercover police officer.
Encounter
2023
NRA love story shown with the use of split screen.
Split
2023
10.0Paul and Rico have always been together since grade school. They were inseparable. And because of this strong bond, blooms a type of love that is, unfortunately, one-sided. Racing against the clock to tell him before they part ways, Paul is met with revelations that keep him from telling Rico what he truly feels. Can they still be friends? Can they still go back to the way they were before?
Paul's Best Friend, Rico
2022
NRA short documentary.
Bahay Barikada (Class Cut)
2024
NRan experimental short film on current musings on the different struggles of the different sectors of the Filipino working class.
To Strike is The Weapon
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Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
NRTwo students were on their way back to their dormitory when they were suddenly stalked by a mysterious undercover police officer.
Encounter
2023
10.0Paul and Rico have always been together since grade school. They were inseparable. And because of this strong bond, blooms a type of love that is, unfortunately, one-sided. Racing against the clock to tell him before they part ways, Paul is met with revelations that keep him from telling Rico what he truly feels. Can they still be friends? Can they still go back to the way they were before?
Paul's Best Friend, Rico
2022
Behind the camera
NRA short experimental documentary on the loss of urban spaces and the fight to reclaim them as pedestrians, commuters, and PUV drivers face a transport crisis in the Philippines.
Concrete Conflicts
2024
NRA short experimental documentary on the loss of urban spaces and the fight to reclaim them as pedestrians, commuters, and PUV drivers face a transport crisis in the Philippines.
Concrete Conflicts
2024
NRTwo students were on their way back to their dormitory when they were suddenly stalked by a mysterious undercover police officer.
Encounter
2023
NRTwo students were on their way back to their dormitory when they were suddenly stalked by a mysterious undercover police officer.
Encounter
2023
NRA love story shown with the use of split screen.
Split
2023
NRA short documentary.
Bahay Barikada (Class Cut)
2024
NRan experimental short film on current musings on the different struggles of the different sectors of the Filipino working class.
To Strike is The Weapon
—
NRan experimental short film on current musings on the different struggles of the different sectors of the Filipino working class.
To Strike is The Weapon
—