Direction: Shireen Seno

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Shireen Seno. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


To Pick a Flower (S)

2021 · Documentary · 17 min. · Philippines

Direction Shireen Seno

Synopsis The film explores the transformation and commodification of nature through archival photographs from the American colonial occupation of the Philippines in the first half of the 20th century. These images testify to what the voiceover calls “the sticky relationship between...

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Nervous Translation

2018 · Movie · 90 min. · Philippines

Direction Shireen Seno

Cast Jana Agoncillo · Angge Santos · Sid Lucero

Synopsis Eight-year-old Yael is shy and not always at ease. She prefers writing letters to performing dances for her applauding Filipino family. She listens endlessly to the cassette tapes recorded by her father, who is spending years away from home working...

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Big Boy

2012 · Movie · 89 min. · Philippines

Direction Shireen Seno

Cast Ian Lomongo · Pamela Miras · John Lloyd Evangelista

Synopsis BIG BOY is a coming-of-age tale about a boy and his family in 1950s Mindoro, Philippines, and how he is groomed into becoming the poster boy for his parent's home-based business. The film is an experimental portrait of a family...

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