Clister Santos

Clister Santos is a writer, director, and multimedia artist based in Manila, Philippines, where he also works as an art director at a creative agency. His short film Ili-Ili (2023) was an Official Selection at the BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival and was selected as one of the British Council's "Five Films for Freedom" filmmaker in 2024; it also took first place in animation at the CCP Gawad Alternatibo 2024 and screened at the Animasyros International Film Festival.