Brocka's Bayan Ko: Kapit sa Patalim (literally "This is My Country") in 1984. In 2009, Kinatay (literally "Butchered" or "The Execution of P"), about murder and police brutality, brought the highest international esteem to a Filipino filmmaker when Brillante Mendoza was judged as the Best Director at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, the first Filipino filmmaker to receive the honor. The film was notorious for being critically panned by Roger Ebert, an American famous film critic, who declared it the worst film ever to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival since Gallo's The Brown Bunny. His win was heralded by President Arroyo and his countrymen. In 2017, Mendoza became one of the few Filipinos who have invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join as a member. In 2019, he directed a titular film, Mindanao, a war drama about a Muslim mother cares for her cancer-stricken daughter while she awaits her husband to come home who serves as a combat medic deployed in the southern Philippines. The film receives critical acclaim from local reviews and won multiple awards at national award ceremonies including 45th Metro Manila Film Festival, 22nd Gawad Pasado, 38th FAP Luna Awards, and 14th Gawad Genio Awards, all of which categories are Best Film and Best Director. Isabel Sandoval Isabel Sandoval is a Filipina filmmaker who has been associated with the next wave of Philippine independent cinema of the 2020s. Sandoval is also the first trans woman of color to compete at the Venice Film Festival for her international debut film, Lingua Franca. She is also known for her films Señorita and Aparisyon. She is currently working on her next feature Tropical Gothic, based on the 1972 short story by Nick Joaquin. In 2022, Sandoval became the first Asian trans woman who have invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join as a member. Other known filmmakers Kanakan Balintagos Joyce Bernal Jade Castro Pepe Diokno Jeffrey Jeturian Khavn Erik Matti Cathy Garcia-Molina Mikhail Red Kidlat Tahimik Jerrold Tarog Notable films Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino (2004) Serbis (2008) Urduja (2008) Ded na si Lolo (2009) Kinatay (2009) RPG Metanoia (2010) Ang Babae sa Septic Tank (2011) Thy Womb (2012) Ang Babaeng Humayo (2016) Birdshot (2016) Die Beautiful (2016) Ma' Rosa (2016) Saving Sally (2016) Bliss (2017) Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019) Hayop Ka! (2020) See also Cinema of the