Darion Basco

The Debut (2000)

Filipino-American high school student Ben (Dante Basco) works in a comic book shop to earn money to pay his way into Cal Arts. His father, a postman, is determined that his son--who has won a pre-med scholarship to UCLA--will become a doctor. The eighteenth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Cajayon
CAST:  Dante Basco  •  Jayson Schaal  •  Brian Card  •  Mindy Spence

Filipino-American high school student Ben (Dante Basco) works in a comic book shop to earn money to pay his way into Cal Arts. His father, a postman, is determined that his son--who has won a pre-med scholarship to UCLA--will become a doctor. The eighteenth ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Cajayon
CAST:  Dante Basco  •  Jayson Schaal  •  Brian Card  •  Mindy Spence

String Theory (2002)

Drama - American independent cinema is alive and audacious in this award-winning, mind bending, festival favorite. STRING THEORY starts as a seemingly simple morality tale centered on the fate of a beat-up church in Santa Monica, but ends as a psychedelic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Milrad  •  Jacob Freydont-Attie
CAST:  Rico E. Anderson  •  Darion Basco  •  Stephen Chang  •  John Colton

Drama - American independent cinema is alive and audacious in this award-winning, mind bending, festival favorite. STRING THEORY starts as a seemingly simple morality tale centered on the fate of a beat-up church in Santa Monica, but ends as a psychedelic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joshua Milrad  •  Jacob Freydont-Attie
CAST:  Rico E. Anderson  •  Darion Basco  •  Stephen Chang  •  John Colton

Cesar Chavez (2014)

InspiringIntenseUpliftingThought provoking

A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a husband and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Luna
CAST:  Michael Peña  •  Rosario Dawson  •  America Ferrera  •  Jacob Vargas

A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a husband and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Luna
CAST:  Michael Peña  •  Rosario Dawson  •  America Ferrera  •  Jacob Vargas

Hundred Percent (1998)

Three Asian men live in L.A. Isaac is a romantic coffee shop worker, who waits for the woman of his dreams, and loses his balance after meeting a femme fatale called Thaise. Slim is a Rastafarian smoking pot all the time, who is trying to elude a local mobster. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Koyanagi
CAST:  Darion Basco  •  Keiko Agena  •  Dustin Nguyen  •  Tamlyn Tomita

Three Asian men live in L.A. Isaac is a romantic coffee shop worker, who waits for the woman of his dreams, and loses his balance after meeting a femme fatale called Thaise. Slim is a Rastafarian smoking pot all the time, who is trying to elude a local mobster. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Koyanagi
CAST:  Darion Basco  •  Keiko Agena  •  Dustin Nguyen  •  Tamlyn Tomita

Lumpia: With a Vengeance (2020)

The LUMPIA-armed hero reappears in Fogtown and teams up with high school student Rachel to prevent a mysterious crime syndicate from destroying their town, and her parents' dream wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patricio Ginelsa Jr.
CAST:  Mark Muñoz  •  Danny Trejo  •  Edward Baon  •  April Absynth

The LUMPIA-armed hero reappears in Fogtown and teams up with high school student Rachel to prevent a mysterious crime syndicate from destroying their town, and her parents' dream wedding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patricio Ginelsa Jr.
CAST:  Mark Muñoz  •  Danny Trejo  •  Edward Baon  •  April Absynth

The Fabulous Filipino Brothers (2021)

Written by Basco and his brothers Darion Basco and Dionysio Basco, the feature is set in the brothers’ hometown of Pittsburg, Calif., a working class suburb of Oakland. Starring Basco and his brothers (including Derek Basco), the dark romantic comedy weaves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dante Basco
CAST:  Liza Lapira  •  Dante Basco  •  Tirso Cruz III  •  Solenn Heussaff

Written by Basco and his brothers Darion Basco and Dionysio Basco, the feature is set in the brothers’ hometown of Pittsburg, Calif., a working class suburb of Oakland. Starring Basco and his brothers (including Derek Basco), the dark romantic comedy weaves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dante Basco
CAST:  Liza Lapira  •  Dante Basco  •  Tirso Cruz III  •  Solenn Heussaff

When We Danced (2023)

Written, Directed and Produced by Ryan Moore. Short film premiering at the Beverly Hills Film Festival  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Moore
CAST:  Thel Brings  •  Jace Izuno  •  Nenita P. Domingo  •  Darion Basco

Written, Directed and Produced by Ryan Moore. Short film premiering at the Beverly Hills Film Festival  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Moore
CAST:  Thel Brings  •  Jace Izuno  •  Nenita P. Domingo  •  Darion Basco