Pepe Diokno (director)

For his grandfather, the Filipino statesman also known as Ka Pepe Diokno, see Jose W. Diokno.

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In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal  family name is Aromin and the surname or paternal family name is Diokno.

Pepe Diokno

Diokno at the Venice Film Festival, September 2009

Born|

Jose Lorenzo Aromin Diokno III

(1987-08-13) August 13, 1987 (age 35)

Manila, Philippines

Education| University of the Philippines Diliman[1]
Occupation|

* Film director
* producer
* screenwriter

Years active| 2009–present
Partner| Royd Santiago
Parent(s)| Chel Diokno
Divina Aromin
Relatives|

List

* Maris Diokno (aunt)

* Ramón Diokno (great-grandfather)
* Ananías Diokno (great-great-grandfather)
* Félix Berenguer de Marquina (ancestor)
* Francis Garchitorena (distant relative)

Website| pepediokno.com

Jose Lorenzo "Pepe" Diokno III (born August 13, 1987)[2][self-published source?] is a Filipino film director, producer, and screenwriter. His debut film, Engkwentro premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival and received the Lion of the Future ("Luigi de Laurentiis") Award for Best Debut Film, as well as the Orizzonti Prize.

He has since produced feature films, including Above the Clouds and Kapatiran.

## Contents

* 1 Early life and career
* 2 Career
* 2.1 Film
* 2.2 Other projects
* 3 Filmography
* 4 Ancestry
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Early life and career[edit]

Diokno was born in Manila, the first of six children of Chel Diokno, a lawyer and the founding dean of the De La Salle University (DLSU) College of Law, and Divina Aromin, a writer. He was named after his grandfather, the late Philippine senator and freedom fighter, Jose W. Diokno, the father of human rights and founder of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), who died six months before he was born. Pepe's great-great-grandfather is Gen. Ananías Diokno, leader of the Visayan forces during the 1896 Revolution and war against the United States.

Diokno attended La Salle Green Hills for grade school and high school, and the University of the Philippines to take up a bachelor's degree in film.

In 2006, at 17 years old, Diokno made his first short film, an eight-minute dark comedy entitled No Passport Needed. The film was a finalist at the second Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. This was followed in 2008, by a short documentary entitled Dancing For Discipline, which tells the story of the dancing inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center. The documentary was produced by Rock Ed Philippines and The Asia Foundation and enabled Diokno to visit detention facilities around the Philippines. It was at one such facility, in Davao City, that he met two brothers that would inspire his first feature film.

## Career[edit]

### Film[edit]

In 2009, at 21-years-old and still a student at the University of the Philippines, Diokno made his debut feature, Engkwentro. Produced on a meager budget, it tells the story of two teenage brothers on the run from a vigilante death squad, while throughout the film, the omnipresent voice of an iron-fisted mayor blasts on. The film premiered at the 2009 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, and was then selected to the 2009 Venice Film Festival, where it received the Lion of the Future - "Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for Best Debut Film, as well as the Orizzonti Prize for new trends in cinema. It also received the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the 2010 Jeonju International Film Festival, and the Gawad Urian for Best Editing.

Diokno's second film, Above the Clouds premiered at the 2014 Tokyo International Film Festival and was nominated Best Film at the 2014 Singapore International Film Festival. The family drama tells the story of an orphaned teenage boy and his estranged grandfather embarking on a journey to overcome their grief. The Filipino-French co-production took three years to make, and was produced with the support of France's Aide aux cinemas du monde, South Korea's Asian Cinema Fund, Switzerland's Visions Sud Est and the Arte Prize from the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

In 2015, Diokno produced his third feature, Kapatiran, an experimental film cum cinematic essay on fraternities and Filipino society’s tribal nature. It was an Official Selection at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and was a grantee of the QCinema International Film Festival. In some ways, the film was a return to Diokno's roots — a low-budget, realist work of social commentary. Critics described the film as “absolutely brave",[4] “exceptionally personal and powerful",[5] “Harsh, heartening, dizzying, and deadly",[6] and “a fascinating experiment".[7]

### Other projects[edit]

Diokno has made short films and commercials with companies such as Jollibee, P&G, Unilever, BPI, and many others. He directed the Kwentong Jollibee film Date and the Safeguard film Pabaon sa Buhay. Both these films set viral video records and international advertising awards.

During the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, Diokno gathered celebrities and produced a series of pro-bono commercials for the Department of Health to raise awareness about the virus among Filipinos with no access to the Internet.

Diokno is chairman of the independent production company Epicmedia. He co-produced Lav Diaz’s Berlin Silver Bear winner, Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis, and the box office hit That Thing Called Tadhana by Antoinette Jadaone.

## Filmography[edit]

Year  | Title  | Festivals  | Awards

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2009  | Engkwentro |

* 66th Venice Film Festival 2009
* 50th Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2009
* 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010
* 11th Jeonju International Film Festival 2010
* 50th Vienna International Film Festival 2010
* 5th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2009

* Lion of the Future - "Luigi de Laurentiis" Award for Debut Film, Venice Film Festival
* Orizzonti Prize - Best Picture, Venice Film Festival
* Best Asian Film, Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema Prize, Jeonju International Film Festival
* Best Editing, Gawad Urian Awards

2014  | Above the Clouds |

* 27th Tokyo International Film Festival 2014
* 25th Singapore International Film Festival 2014

2015  | Kapatiran |

* 3rd QCinema Film Festival 2015
* 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2016

## Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of Pepe Diokno

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| 8\. Ramón Diokno|

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| 17\. Paulina Maracigan

| 4\. Jose W. Diokno|

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| 9\. Leonor Wright|

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| 2\. Chel Diokno|

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| 10\. Abelardo Icasiano|

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| 5\. Carmen Icasiano|

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| 22\. Francisco Reyes

| 11\. Carmen Reyes|

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| 23\. Macaria Baptista

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## References[edit]

1. ^ http://engkwentro.com/
2. ^ Diokno at IMDB
3. ^ San Diego, Bayani (August 2012). "Cheer Factor: Latest Diokno film wins Berlin grant". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
4. ^ Cruz, Oggs (28 October 2015). "Cheer Factor: Movie reviews: All 8 QCinema 2015 films". Rappler. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
5. ^ Poul, Hubert. "Brotherhood". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
6. ^ Tsui, Clarence (30 June 2016). "'Brotherhood' ('Kapatiran'): Karlovy Vary Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
7. ^ Dy, Philbert (4 January 2016). "The Year in Film 2015". ClickTheCity.com. Retrieved September 14, 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Pepe Diokno - Official website
* Pepe Diokno at IMDb

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