Jay Borilla

Biography

Jay Borilla is a senior year student filmmaker from the UP Film Institute of UP Diliman. Born on May 20, 2003 under a conservative and fanatically religious household, he aims to leverage filmmaking to break free from the stifling conditions of his upbringing and create films that are as liberated as how he aspires himself, and other suppressed individuals and communities, to be. Since 2023, he has specialized on numerous film post-productions, including QCinema official selections RAMPAGE! (o ang parada) (2024), Yelo (2025), and Honey, My Love, So Sweet. (2025), where the latter was also selected as part of the 78th Locarno Film Festival. He also edited Goodnight, dad. I love you. (2025), UP Film Institute's Likha Adarna 2025 Best Thesis and Coding si Papa (2025), an FDCP Sine Kabataan 2025 finalist and an official selection to the Hokkaido International Film Festival 2026. His own notable works include genesis (2024) and ipith (2025), where the former's named as a finalist in the 37th Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video, and won the Best Experimental Film award in Far Eastern University’s 17th Sinepiyu Film Festival. His films highlight the potential of low-budget experimental films to foster larger-than-life stories that break free from the conventional constraints of standard narrative films, delving into a multiplicity of intrapersonal spaces depicted through very strong themes, visuals and editing, and soundscapes.