Valerie Castillo Martinez

Valerie Castillo Martinez

History

Valerie Castillo Martinez is a Filipina-American writer, director and producer. She is the founder of the production company IndieFlip.

Profile

Valerie Castillo Martinez

Movies

Death of Nintendo
Producer
The story takes us into the colorful pop-culture world of these four 13-year old friends, back in the days when video games were still a novelty. Mimaw and her friends Paolo, Kachi and Gilligan go on a journey of self-discovery together as they play games and wrestle with new dilemmas – puppy love, circumcision and other horror stories.
Death of Nintendo
Writer
The story takes us into the colorful pop-culture world of these four 13-year old friends, back in the days when video games were still a novelty. Mimaw and her friends Paolo, Kachi and Gilligan go on a journey of self-discovery together as they play games and wrestle with new dilemmas – puppy love, circumcision and other horror stories.
The Coin
Executive Producer
In Chinese New Year holidays, finding the coin inside the dumplings means having a blessed year ahead. A young woman loses a jar on her journey to a new country, which contains the lucky coins she has been collecting growing up. Her new life begins with a search to find the coin.
Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy
Executive Producer
An estranged son purchases a child who can drink and smoke to impress his father.
Full Beat
Executive Producer
A trans teen reluctantly braces herself for court-ordered time with her unaccepting dad, but finds an unlikely ally in his fiancée.
Pria
Producer
Caught between the traditions of his upbringing in rural Indonesia and his idealization of Western freedom, a teenager struggles with the expectations of imminent manhood.