Jao Mapa

Jose Vicente D. Mapa III, who is better known by his screen name Jao Mapa (born February 11, 1976), is a Filipino actor. He is also an accomplished painter.

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Donor (2010)

Desperate for money, Lizette pursues the dark and thankless world of organ donation, hoping for a better life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Meily
CAST:  Meryll Soriano  •  Baron Geisler  •  Jao Mapa  •  Joy Viado

Desperate for money, Lizette pursues the dark and thankless world of organ donation, hoping for a better life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Meily
CAST:  Meryll Soriano  •  Baron Geisler  •  Jao Mapa  •  Joy Viado

HIV: Si Heidi, Si Ivy at Si V (2010)

A story about a documentarist who interviews a number of individuals who acquired the HIV virus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neal 'Buboy' Tan
CAST:  Jake Cuenca  •  Iza Calzado  •  Precious Lara Quigaman  •  Maria Isabel Lopez

A story about a documentarist who interviews a number of individuals who acquired the HIV virus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neal 'Buboy' Tan
CAST:  Jake Cuenca  •  Iza Calzado  •  Precious Lara Quigaman  •  Maria Isabel Lopez

Hataw Na (1995)

Robbie Mallorca and Anna Alvarado are teachers from an exclusive school headed by the ever conventional and non-conformist principal. The administrators of the school greatly disapprove their students wish to build a dance group as a form of self-expression. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jose Javier Reyes
CAST:  Gary Valenciano  •  Dayanara Torres  •  Nida Blanca  •  Jao Mapa

Robbie Mallorca and Anna Alvarado are teachers from an exclusive school headed by the ever conventional and non-conformist principal. The administrators of the school greatly disapprove their students wish to build a dance group as a form of self-expression. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jose Javier Reyes
CAST:  Gary Valenciano  •  Dayanara Torres  •  Nida Blanca  •  Jao Mapa

Pare Ko (1995)

A set of happy-go-lucky teenagers struggles to keep the group together as each of them faces various challenges on life, love, friendship, and family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jose Javier Reyes
CAST:  Claudine Barretto  •  Nikka Valencia  •  Mark Anthony Fernandez  •  Jomari Yllana

A set of happy-go-lucky teenagers struggles to keep the group together as each of them faces various challenges on life, love, friendship, and family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jose Javier Reyes
CAST:  Claudine Barretto  •  Nikka Valencia  •  Mark Anthony Fernandez  •  Jomari Yllana

Fidel (2009)

A Filipino worker is on the death row for killing his employer. Because of a lady reporter who is bent on doing a full story about him, government officials are now trying to help him. But Fidel insisted that he killed his employer on purpose. Vega learned about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shandii Bacolod
CAST:  Lance Raymundo  •  Snooky Serna  •  Marife Necesito  •  Maria Isabel Lopez

A Filipino worker is on the death row for killing his employer. Because of a lady reporter who is bent on doing a full story about him, government officials are now trying to help him. But Fidel insisted that he killed his employer on purpose. Vega learned about ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shandii Bacolod
CAST:  Lance Raymundo  •  Snooky Serna  •  Marife Necesito  •  Maria Isabel Lopez

Tumbok (2011)

Bad fortune and strange events plague newlyweds (Cristine Reyes, Carlo Aquino) who recently inherited a condominium located in a place many consider unlucky.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Topel Lee
CAST:  Cristine Reyes  •  Carlo Aquino  •  Ara Mina  •  Ryan Eigenmann

Bad fortune and strange events plague newlyweds (Cristine Reyes, Carlo Aquino) who recently inherited a condominium located in a place many consider unlucky.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Topel Lee
CAST:  Cristine Reyes  •  Carlo Aquino  •  Ara Mina  •  Ryan Eigenmann

Illusion (2005)

Set in Philippine post-American colonialist era, where the American influence was still apparent, Ilusyon tells the story of Miguel, a young man from the countryside, who decides to visit his father, Pablo, a Modernist painter in Manila. Upon his arrival, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ellen Ramos  •  Paolo Villaluna
CAST:  Yul Servo  •  Jennifer Lee  •  JC Parker  •  Ronnie Lazaro

Set in Philippine post-American colonialist era, where the American influence was still apparent, Ilusyon tells the story of Miguel, a young man from the countryside, who decides to visit his father, Pablo, a Modernist painter in Manila. Upon his arrival, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ellen Ramos  •  Paolo Villaluna
CAST:  Yul Servo  •  Jennifer Lee  •  JC Parker  •  Ronnie Lazaro

Working Girls (2010)

Continuing the tradition of national artist Ishmael Bernal's benchmark film Working Girls after 25 years, Working Girls of 2010 depicts the role of women in the new millennium. Seven women of different backgrounds, stories and personalities entwined in a colorful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jose Javier Reyes
CAST:  Iza Calzado  •  Cristine Reyes  •  Bianca King  •  Ruffa Gutierrez

Continuing the tradition of national artist Ishmael Bernal's benchmark film Working Girls after 25 years, Working Girls of 2010 depicts the role of women in the new millennium. Seven women of different backgrounds, stories and personalities entwined in a colorful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jose Javier Reyes
CAST:  Iza Calzado  •  Cristine Reyes  •  Bianca King  •  Ruffa Gutierrez

Baler (2008)

In 1898, a band of Spanish soldiers heroically defended Baler against Filipino forces for 337 long and grueling days. The battle, now referred to as the Siege of Baler, is the setting of a forbidden love between a Mestizo soldier and a Filipina lass who lived at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Meily
CAST:  Anne Curtis  •  Jericho Rosales  •  Phillip Salvador  •  Andrew Schimmer

In 1898, a band of Spanish soldiers heroically defended Baler against Filipino forces for 337 long and grueling days. The battle, now referred to as the Siege of Baler, is the setting of a forbidden love between a Mestizo soldier and a Filipina lass who lived at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Meily
CAST:  Anne Curtis  •  Jericho Rosales  •  Phillip Salvador  •  Andrew Schimmer

Manila's Finest (2015)

Manila’s Finest is inspired and based on the life and career of retired Western Police District (WPD) Col. Jimmy Tiu who last served as the Sta. Mesa police station commander of WPD. The film focuses on the dual functions of a city policeman as he inter-acts with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Mayo
CAST:  Jeric Raval  •  Bangs Garcia  •  Mark Anthony Fernandez  •  Leo Martinez

Manila’s Finest is inspired and based on the life and career of retired Western Police District (WPD) Col. Jimmy Tiu who last served as the Sta. Mesa police station commander of WPD. The film focuses on the dual functions of a city policeman as he inter-acts with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Mayo
CAST:  Jeric Raval  •  Bangs Garcia  •  Mark Anthony Fernandez  •  Leo Martinez

Kamandag Ni Venus (2014)

a film by Dyzal M. Damun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dyzal M. Damun
CAST:  Raja Montero  •  Rob Sy  •  Sharmaine Arnaiz  •  Leandro Baldemor

a film by Dyzal M. Damun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dyzal M. Damun
CAST:  Raja Montero  •  Rob Sy  •  Sharmaine Arnaiz  •  Leandro Baldemor

The Guerilla is a Poet (2013)

The tale of an activist’s journey during the turbulent years of Martial Law, until his capture in the mountains and the dark, nine years of imprisonment that followed, leading to his birth as a poet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sari Dalena  •  Kiri Dalena
CAST:  Jose Maria Sison  •  Karl Medina  •  Angeli Bayani  •  Willie Nepomuceno

The tale of an activist’s journey during the turbulent years of Martial Law, until his capture in the mountains and the dark, nine years of imprisonment that followed, leading to his birth as a poet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sari Dalena  •  Kiri Dalena
CAST:  Jose Maria Sison  •  Karl Medina  •  Angeli Bayani  •  Willie Nepomuceno

Bullet Day (2012)

The lives of a taxi driver, a working student, an expectant mother, a call center agent and a petty thief all intersect one night as a small crime takes place in a convenience store.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jose Antonio de Rivera  •  Archie Dimaculangan  •  Cheska Ramos
CAST:  Jao Mapa  •  Aleera Montalla  •  Alex Vincent Medina  •  Shielbert Manuel

The lives of a taxi driver, a working student, an expectant mother, a call center agent and a petty thief all intersect one night as a small crime takes place in a convenience store.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jose Antonio de Rivera  •  Archie Dimaculangan  •  Cheska Ramos
CAST:  Jao Mapa  •  Aleera Montalla  •  Alex Vincent Medina  •  Shielbert Manuel

I Love Dreamguyz (2009)

Film about the struggles of Filipino dancers who want to make it big in Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Lamangan
CAST:  Niña Jose  •  Althea Vega  •  Raquel Villavicencio  •  Archie Adamos

Film about the struggles of Filipino dancers who want to make it big in Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Lamangan
CAST:  Niña Jose  •  Althea Vega  •  Raquel Villavicencio  •  Archie Adamos

Sisa (2008)

Narcisa "Sisa" Dalangin is a young Filipina during the Spanish Occupation & is a childhood friend of Jose Rizal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Rivera  •  CJ Andaluz
CAST:  Jodi Sta. Maria  •  Archie Adamos  •  Chx Alcala  •  Chinggoy Alonzo

Narcisa "Sisa" Dalangin is a young Filipina during the Spanish Occupation & is a childhood friend of Jose Rizal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Rivera  •  CJ Andaluz
CAST:  Jodi Sta. Maria  •  Archie Adamos  •  Chx Alcala  •  Chinggoy Alonzo

History of the Underground (2017)

'History of the Underground' takes a hard and painful look at life during Martial Law with rare and recently unreleased footage from the era  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keith Sicat  •  Sari Dalena
CAST:  Jose Maria Sison  •  Julie Sison  •  Ninotchka Rosca  •  Bienvenido Lumbera

'History of the Underground' takes a hard and painful look at life during Martial Law with rare and recently unreleased footage from the era  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keith Sicat  •  Sari Dalena
CAST:  Jose Maria Sison  •  Julie Sison  •  Ninotchka Rosca  •  Bienvenido Lumbera

New Generation Heroes (2017)

A story of four individuals that tackles the world of teaching in all its forms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Hernandez
CAST:  Aiko Melendez  •  Anita Linda  •  Jao Mapa  •  Joyce Peñas

A story of four individuals that tackles the world of teaching in all its forms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Hernandez
CAST:  Aiko Melendez  •  Anita Linda  •  Jao Mapa  •  Joyce Peñas

EJK (2016)

A short film about extra-judicial killing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bor Ocampo
CAST:  Kelvin Vistan  •  Toie Lustre  •  Jao Mapa

A short film about extra-judicial killing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bor Ocampo
CAST:  Kelvin Vistan  •  Toie Lustre  •  Jao Mapa

Ate, Kuya, and the Rule (2018)

Former hired killer confesses all his crimes, so that an unknown politician may use his confession for political leverage  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Gregory Bayani
CAST:  Epy Quizon  •  Jao Mapa  •  Ricardo Cepeda  •  Ronnie Quizon

Former hired killer confesses all his crimes, so that an unknown politician may use his confession for political leverage  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Gregory Bayani
CAST:  Epy Quizon  •  Jao Mapa  •  Ricardo Cepeda  •  Ronnie Quizon

G! (2019)

A series of good times, bad times, cherished bonding moments which will make them all realize the value of love, friendship, family and life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dondon S. Santos
CAST:  McCoy De Leon  •  Jameson Blake  •  Paulo Angeles  •  Mark Anthony Oblea

A series of good times, bad times, cherished bonding moments which will make them all realize the value of love, friendship, family and life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dondon S. Santos
CAST:  McCoy De Leon  •  Jameson Blake  •  Paulo Angeles  •  Mark Anthony Oblea
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