Matthew Victor Pastor is a Filipino Australian film director . His feature films explore Asian Australian identity , and tell Filipino Australian stories . An alumnus of the Victorian College of the Arts , University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA and MCM , his feature film '' Melodrama/Random/Melbourne '' had its Australian premiere at the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival , and was named Top Five Films for the week in '' The Age '' . The film was also nominated for the 67th edition of the FAMAS Award ( Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award ) in the music category for his composer Fergus Cronkite ( Andrew Tran ) . Film critic Adrian Martin has called Pastor " an energetic and prolific filmmaker worth keeping tabs on . " The Fil-Aus trilogy are three films exploring Filipino Australians identity . During the release of the trilogy , when asked by '' The New York Times '' alongside fellow Asian-Australian talent Chris Pang and Charlotte Nicdao about Asian-Australian representation Pastor said , " It 's about seeing those faces , it 's about seeing those stories . It has a lot of weight . " Part one , '' I am Jupiter I am the Biggest Planet '' , is a silent short film set in the red-light district of Manila . Part two , '' Melodrama/Random/Melbourne ! '' , is a narrative feature film about a young feminist documentarian and her journey documenting the Men 's rights movement and Seduction community PUA movement . Part three , '' Maganda '' , or ( Pinoy Boy vs Milk Man ) , is an '80s Filipino/Australian B movie throwback about a deranged killer dubbed the Milk Man who murders Asian international students & the assassin Pinoy Boy on a mission to stop him . In a review of Melodrama/Random/Melbourne Oggs Cruz of Rappler said : " A stunning discovery , Matthew Victor Pastor 's Melodrama/Random/Melbourne ! is a pastiche of many attempts — both somewhat successful or outright failures — to be something . Vague in terms of form and substance , the film , without even perusing its scatterings of plot and characters , is a brash reflection of the waywardness and captivating caprice of the unique millennial culture brought about by cross-border migration . The setting here is Melbourne , a city that the film depicts as one that is undergoing transformation into a bustling center of distinct Asian influences . However , its young and rebellious citizens , heirs of those from a generation that needed to make the city its home , are themselves repelling the waves of new migration , sowing seeds of division . " The film was also an honorable mention in Rappler 's 12 best Filipino Films of 2018
Adelaide Film Festival
Adelaide Film Festival
Matthew Victor Pastor