Edgar Joseph Derecho

Directing

Edgar Joseph Derecho

Born

1998-06-19 (28)

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

A young filmmaker from Guimbal, Iloilo, he began his journey in 2015 as a production designer for Dalook Films. By 2017, he had expanded his role as a story and concept writer and assistant director, eventually stepping into directing in 2022. His films have earned multiple accolades—including Best Film, Best Story, and Best Director—at the Bantayan Film Festival over the past 11 years. His work has also been featured in FDC Sine Isla: LuzViminda, Facine 30, Cinemapadayon, and Cinema Rehiyon. Among his recent films are Huni Kang Pungaw (2022), Sa Dalipi Aru-on (2023), and Kang Ginpalupad ko ang Isda (2024).

Known for

Behind the camera

Haya Kang Balbal poster
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Under pressure to sell their land to a contractor, Ramon seeks his wife’s counsel, and a devastating truth begins to unravel.

Haya Kang Balbal

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Haya Kang Balbal poster
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Under pressure to sell their land to a contractor, Ramon seeks his wife’s counsel, and a devastating truth begins to unravel.

Haya Kang Balbal

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When I Let the Fish Fly poster
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Amid his early self-discovery age, his family encountered a tragedy, where Boyboy had already witnessed how unequal society treated their kind.

When I Let the Fish Fly

2024

When I Let the Fish Fly poster
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Amid his early self-discovery age, his family encountered a tragedy, where Boyboy had already witnessed how unequal society treated their kind.

When I Let the Fish Fly

2024

Lisua ang Makasasala poster
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This movie does not only give us intricate details about nuns lives - a life characterised by prayer and strict routine but rather let us see beyond the surface level. A different view of what lies beyond the convent walls, their tunics, and religious paths which leads us to another important entity - sin. This story challenges our faith about confession, repentance and soul redemption. With a catalyst leaving us with one big question: With all the people failing time and again to avoid sin, could there be any forgiveness?

Lisua ang Makasasala

2020

In The Leper's Cliff poster
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The inaccessibility of a cure has been the major struggle of the residents of a remote barrio after a widespread Hansen's disease (leprosy) afflicted them. Defeated by poverty and fear, Sara and Paeng decided to move out to save their severely ill son, Toto.

In The Leper's Cliff

2023

Huni Kang Pungaw poster
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A hunter meets and rescues a wounded woman who is trying to escape from a group of people trying to kill her. As he escorts the woman to safety, dark and dangerous secrets slowly unfold.

Huni Kang Pungaw

2022

Huni Kang Pungaw poster
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A hunter meets and rescues a wounded woman who is trying to escape from a group of people trying to kill her. As he escorts the woman to safety, dark and dangerous secrets slowly unfold.

Huni Kang Pungaw

2022