Bradley Liew

Bradley Liew is a Malaysian born-Philippines based filmmaker who works as a Director, Producer and Cinematographer in both countries. In 2012, he was accepted into the Asian Film Academy of the Busan IFF where he won the Lumos Award for Outstanding Performance from celebrated Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke. He is also an alumnus of the NAFF Fanastic Film School, Berlinale Talents, Tokyo Talents, Locarno Filmmakers Academy, Eave Ties that Bind and the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab. In 2016, he completed his first feature film, a Malaysia-Philippine coproduction entitled Singing In Graveyards, which was the recipient of the Visions Sud Est Production Support Fund, the Southeast Asian Film Lab Most Promising Project Award and the Talents Tokyo Next Masters Support Program International Promotion Fund under Producer Bianca Balbuena. Singing In Graveyards made its world premiere in-competition at the 2016 Venice International Film Critics' Week. It went on to festivals such as Thessaloniki, Mostra Sao Paulo, Busan, Hawaii, Minsk, Singapore and won best film in both Kolkata and Malaysia.

Singing in Graveyards (2016)

Pepe, a 68-year-old impersonator of a Filipino rock legend, lives alone on the borders of reality, imagination and mysticism. One day, he is finally given the chance to open for the rock legend’s concert but he must do something neither of them has done before – ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
CAST:  Pepe Smith  •  Mercedes Cabral  •  Lav Diaz  •  Bernardo Bernardo

Pepe, a 68-year-old impersonator of a Filipino rock legend, lives alone on the borders of reality, imagination and mysticism. One day, he is finally given the chance to open for the rock legend’s concert but he must do something neither of them has done before – ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
CAST:  Pepe Smith  •  Mercedes Cabral  •  Lav Diaz  •  Bernardo Bernardo

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016)

Andres Bonifacio y de Castro is considered to be one of the most influential proponents in the struggle against Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines during the late nineteenth century. Bonifacio’s widow is searching for her husband’s missing dead body; as she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lav Diaz
CAST:  Piolo Pascual  •  John Lloyd Cruz  •  Hazel Orencio  •  Joel Saracho

Andres Bonifacio y de Castro is considered to be one of the most influential proponents in the struggle against Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines during the late nineteenth century. Bonifacio’s widow is searching for her husband’s missing dead body; as she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lav Diaz
CAST:  Piolo Pascual  •  John Lloyd Cruz  •  Hazel Orencio  •  Joel Saracho

Star (2014)

Tender exploration of a disconnected relationship between a beautiful stage performer from China, who is trying to preserve her dignity, and a Malay motorcycle gangster, who clings on to their love hopelessly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
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Tender exploration of a disconnected relationship between a beautiful stage performer from China, who is trying to preserve her dignity, and a Malay motorcycle gangster, who clings on to their love hopelessly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
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Season of the Devil (2018)

In the late 70s, a gang of militias, under the control of the military, terrorizes a remote village in the Philippines. The terror being inflicted on the populace is not just corporal but intensely psychological as well. They were constantly fed with apocryphal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lav Diaz
CAST:  Piolo Pascual  •  Shaina Magdayao  •  Angel Aquino  •  Pinky Amador

In the late 70s, a gang of militias, under the control of the military, terrorizes a remote village in the Philippines. The terror being inflicted on the populace is not just corporal but intensely psychological as well. They were constantly fed with apocryphal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lav Diaz
CAST:  Piolo Pascual  •  Shaina Magdayao  •  Angel Aquino  •  Pinky Amador

Motel Acacia (2020)

In the cold west, Motel Acacia is tasked with exterminating immigrants by the government through a BED, haunted with the spirit of a Filipino tree demon, that eats men and impregnates women. A young Filipino man, JC, is groomed by his tyrannical caucasian Father to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
CAST:  JC Santos  •  Jan Bijvoet  •  Nicholas Saputra  •  Agot Isidro

In the cold west, Motel Acacia is tasked with exterminating immigrants by the government through a BED, haunted with the spirit of a Filipino tree demon, that eats men and impregnates women. A young Filipino man, JC, is groomed by his tyrannical caucasian Father to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
CAST:  JC Santos  •  Jan Bijvoet  •  Nicholas Saputra  •  Agot Isidro

Describe the Color Red to a Blind Man (2015)

A long time ago, young mermaid (or an actress playing the role of a mermaid) ran away from the sea to find out what it was like living among humans. The mermaid grew up experiencing all that she wanted but at the cost of her being tainted by human nature. On her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
CAST:  Sunshine Teodoro  •  Zander Alih

A long time ago, young mermaid (or an actress playing the role of a mermaid) ran away from the sea to find out what it was like living among humans. The mermaid grew up experiencing all that she wanted but at the cost of her being tainted by human nature. On her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
CAST:  Sunshine Teodoro  •  Zander Alih

We Need To Break Up (2014)

Little 4-year-old Juliet is eating dinner with her 30-year-old Aunty Sunshine. Frustrated by Sunshine’s inability to break up with her jerk of a boyfriend, Juliet starts to throw a tantrum. Through this, Juliet decides to teach Aunty Sunshine exactly how to cause a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
CAST:  Juliet Teodoro  •  Sunshine Teodoro  •  Bradley Liew

Little 4-year-old Juliet is eating dinner with her 30-year-old Aunty Sunshine. Frustrated by Sunshine’s inability to break up with her jerk of a boyfriend, Juliet starts to throw a tantrum. Through this, Juliet decides to teach Aunty Sunshine exactly how to cause a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bradley Liew
CAST:  Juliet Teodoro  •  Sunshine Teodoro  •  Bradley Liew