Alyx Ayn Arumpac is a nonfiction filmmaker and producer. Her debut feature documentary Aswang (2019), about ex Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war in Manila, earned 25 awards globally, including the FIPRESCI Prize at IDFA, the Grand Prize at Montreal International Documentary Festival, the Grand Prize at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea, Best International Feature at Festival Film Dokumenter Jogjakarta, the Amnesty International Award at Thessaloniki. It is the first documentary to win the grand prizes at both the 44th Gawad Urian Awards and the 68th FAMAS Awards in the Philippines.
She is an alumna of the Docnomads Erasmus Mundus Joint Master program in Portugal, Hungary, and Belgium, the University of the Philippines and the Philippine High School for the Arts. She began her career as a current affairs producer and has directed and produced award-winning docs for local and international broadcasters, alongside her independent work.
For inquiries: alyxaynarumpac@pm.me