Kenneth Dagatan

Kenneth DAGATAN (Philippines) is a Manila-based writer and director whose professional start came when his short film, Sanctissima (2015), premiered at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, a Philippine festival famed for launching generations of new filmmaking talent. It caught the attention of the largest studio in the Philippines, ABS-CBN, who then financed his debut feature, Ma, a horror film about a young boy who sells his soul to a sinister entity in order to bring his dead mother back to life. 

In My Mother’s Skin (2023) is his second feature film.

Filmography

(selection) Sanctissima (2015, short), Sleepy Eyes (2016, short), Ma (2018), In My Mother’s Skin (2023)