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Maria Estela Paiso

Directing · Quezon City, Philippines

Born in Quezon City, the Philippines in 1997, Maria Estela Paiso graduated with a degree in communication arts in 2016 and has since worked in post-production. After several music videos and visual experiments, she made Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol, her debut film as a director. Maria Estela Paiso is known for Ampangabagat nin talakba ha likol (2022), A Short History of a Few Bad Things (2018) and When This Is All Over (2023).

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  Waves

  Screenplay

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  Boy Kilat

  Associate Producer

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  Open Endings

  Editor

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  Honey, My Love, So Sweet

  Visual Effects

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  The River That Never Ends

  Editor

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  Objects Do Not Randomly Fall From the Sky

  Director

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  Brand X

  Story Developer

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  Mula sa Buwan

  Editor

• OK But I'm Not Gonna Hold Your Hand

  Editor

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  What Did the Sky Tell You, Celso?

  VFX Supervisor

• 2026Open EndingsEditor
• 2025Honey, My Love, So SweetVisual Effects
• 2025Tears are Part of the OceanOnline Editor
• 2024Cu Li Never CriesPost Production Assistant
• 2024What Did the Sky Tell You, Celso?VFX Supervisor
• 2024Objects Do Not Randomly Fall From the SkyDirector
• 2024Gulay Lang, Manong!Editor
• 2024NightbirdsDirector
• 2023A Catholic SchoolgirlEditor
• 2023When This Is All OverEditor
• 2023Mula sa BuwanEditor
• 2022The River That Never EndsEditor
• 2022Boy KilatAssociate Producer
• 2022Brand XStory Developer
• 2021It's Raining Frogs OutsideDirector
• 2020OK But I'm Not Gonna Hold Your HandEditor
• 2019WavesScreenplay
• 2018A Short History of a Few Bad ThingsEditor