Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
Raymund Ribay Gutierrez is the first Filipino director and screenwriter to compete for the Palme d’Or twice in the short film category at the Festival de Cannes.
He is a graduate of Brillante Mendoza Film Workshop Batch 1 where he was awarded as best director for his film Anggulo.
Gutierrez’s first short film Imago (2016), received a nomination for the Palme d’Or Best Short Film in Cannes and won Best Short Cuts in Toronto International Film Festival, Best Short Film Award in Stockholm International Film Festival, and Best Short Film in London Short Film Festival. In 2018, his second short film, Judgement (2018), received a nomination for the Palme d’Or Best Short Film in Cannes and has been selected for this year’s Toronto Film Festival, 2018.
Gutierrez is mentored by Cannes favourite, Brillante Mendoza, who won the prestigious Best Director Award at the festival for Kinatay (2009) and has received a long list of major industry awards and honours around the world, for his cinematic works centred on issues of social justice.
Read the full interview of Amy during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival: https://www.iam.film/press/i-
