Our students are taught the conceptual and technical aspects of filmmaking, ready to become the next generation of successful, visual storytellers.
Kani Villaflor’s thesis project for MINT “Logro” was a short film entry to Cinemalaya 2018, and the Short Film Corner at Cannes Film Festival in the same year. It follows the story of Bruno, a person with dwarfism. Unsatisfied with his work, salary, and treatment, he joins an underground fight club to earn his way to the prize money and in the hopes of reaching his aspirations.
Villaflor shares that Logro came from his fascination with a bar in Makati that features little people who fight in the ring.
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OUR PROGRAM
4-YEAR BACHELOR OF ARTS
CHED ACCREDITATION: G.R. 089, Series of 2015
KEY SUBJECTS
We recognize that the media landscape and the art of entertainment are evolving. Our Film program nurtures well rounded, collaborative, and adaptable professionals who are able to create for a whole range of media platforms.
From the big and small screens to the mobile device in your hands, from award-winning films to viral web content, our students are the next generation of creative storytellers and filmmakers.
We ensure that our students are producing at a professional level early on. They get hands-on experience with the latest equipment and learn from industry leaders who emphasize process and best practice through an interdisciplinary approach that merges arts, business, and technology. Our students graduate confident and ready for the dynamic entertainment industry of today, as well as tomorrow.
Scriptwriting
Production Management
Cinematography
Storyboarding
Directing and Filmmaking
YOUR MENTORS
Our faculty, and the educators we invite, are rich in professional experience. With mentors like them at the helm, our students graduate with the skills and mindset to make waves in the industry.
AMPARO “Ampi” PE, program head
Amparo “Ampi” Pe, Program Head. After receiving her Masters in Communication from the esteemed Annenberg School at the University of Southern California, she became an associate editor under the Chris Connelly at Premiere Magazine. She has produced for the revered news outlet, Probe with Cheche Lazaro, and has managed productions for a variety of illustrious clients. She draws upon her impressive background to train students in the art of visual storytelling.
cholo laurel, instructor
Cholo Laurel, Advance Directing/World Cinema/ Thesis Production Instructor. Cholo spent three and a half decades working for television networks, production companies, and advertising agencies, eventually becoming a respected Producer / and Director in the industry.
He also broke into Philippine cinema co-writing and directing Nasaan ka man, a Star Cinema film which swept the 2006 Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences - FAMAS awards for Best Story, Screenplay, Best Picture and Director, an award which the Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi also gave him for the same film.
In 2008, Cholo co-founded ORIGIN8 MEDIA; a film company committed to creating meaningful films that are commercially viable. This rare coming together of most seasoned Filipino filmmakers was responsible for the production of independent successes such as Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros and Zombadings.
Today, He is a Film Mentor at the MINT , Meridian International College of Film arts, passionately dedicated to coaching future Filmmakers.
He also continues to create and produce more quality media content with various production companies. His latest, AFTERLIFE, is a series produced by CIGNAL entertainment and streamed through NETFLIX.
eric flanagan, advisor to the program
Eric Flanagan, Screenwriting. He is a writer and filmmaker who hails from Texas, USA, and also teaches Screenwriting in MINT.
He is a graduate of Fine Arts program of the Department of Radio, TV, and Film in the University of Texas. He also had his master’s degree in Film Directing at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York University.
For the past decade he has been based in South East Asia, where he has witnessed firsthand the changes sweeping through the region. His short film "Teleglobal Dreamin'" won a jury award at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, and screened on PBS and Sundance Channel.
His graphic novel White Faced Lies, set against the backdrop of contemporary mainland China, was released in 2022. He lives in Manila, where he is developing stories for the local and international market.
carla baful, instructor
Carla Baful, Language of Film/Basic Video Production/Character Formation Instructor. Ms. Carla is a freelance writer, director, and producer for both video and audio productions. She is also the co-host and co-creator of the podcast, “It’s An Adult Thing!”
She studied Broadcast Communication at the University of the Philippines, Diliman then later on took classes in Directing and Cinematography at the Mowelfund Film Institute.
FILM IN FOCUS
Check out some of the activities our students have been up to recently, and some of the more notable projects they’ve had!
IN REEL LIFE
In Reel Life is a showcase of MINT student filmmakers' original films and videos. This creative platform offers entertainment, and a unique point of view seen through the eyes of filmmakers just starting their young careers.