Sine Caboloan Co.Ltd. is an independent film production company founded in 2007 by Christopher Gozum.

Independent Film Company based in Bayambang, Pangasinan

Awards
Independent Filmmaker (Pangasinan, Philippines from 2007 – present) Founded Sine Caboloan Ltd. Co. in 2007, an independent film production company that is committed to producing cutting-edge films about the Pangasinan province and its’ people in the homeland and in the diaspora. Sine Caboloan works for the development of a regional cinema in the Pangasinan province. Selected Filmography as an Independent Producer, Screenwriter, and Director: • Gurgurlis Ed Banua (Landscape with Figures), a short experimental film inspired by Carlos Bulosan’s 1942 poem Landscape with Figures. Ishmael Bernal Award for Most Outstanding Young Filmmaker, 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival (2008) Festival Screenings: 2nd Cinema Rehiyon 2010; S-Express Philippines, a touring short experimental film program in Southeast Asia curated by Alexis Tioseco for The Substation in Singapore presented at the 5th Singapore Short Film Festival, 13th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, 11th Jakarta International Film Festival, and the 12th Cinemanila International Film Festival; 10th Jeonju International Film Festival; 4th Busan Universiade for Digital Contents; 6th Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference 2010; 24th European Media Arts Festival 2011; 12th imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival 2011; Human Frames, presented by Lowave at The Substation in Singapore (2011); 22nd Semana de Cine Experimental de Madrid 2012 • Anacbanua (The Child of the Sun), is a feature-length experimental film about the Pangasinan province. Lino Brocka Grand Prize & Best Director Award (Digital Lokal section), 11th Cinemanila International Film Festival (2009) and the Prix des Signes, Cinema in Transgression section, 10th International Festival Signes de Nuit 2012 Festival Screenings: 12th Mumbai Film Festival 2010; 8th World Film Festival of Bangkok 2010; 11th Jeonju International Film Festival 2010; 8th edition Chennai International Film Festival 2010; 3rd Cinema Rehiyon Film Festival 2011 • Lawas Kan Pinabli (Forever Loved), a feature-length creative documentary film about overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia produced through a cinema grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (2011) Festival Screenings: 13th Cinemanila International Film Festival 2011, 4th Cinema Rehiyon Film Festival 2012; 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Philippine New Wave section (2012); Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Encounters: New Filipino Cinema (San Francisco, 2012) • Dapol Tan Payawar Na Tayug 1931 (The Ashes and Ghosts of Tayug 1931) is a feature-length essay film about the Pangasinan folk hero Pedro Calosa and the Tayug Colorum Uprising of 1931 produced through a cinema grant from the Quezon City Film Development Commission in 2017. Network for the Promotion of Asian-Pacific Cinema (NETPAC) Jury Prize in the Circle Competition, 5th Quezon City International Film Festival 2017; Best Screenplay, 41st Gawad Urian (2018) Festival Screenings: Opening Film, 5th Salamindanaw Asian Film Festival (2017); International Premiere at the History of Shadows program, 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018; Opening Film, 10th Cinema Rehiyon Festival; 29th Singapore International Film Festival 2018; 2nd Spain Moving Images Festival 2018; 4th Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival 2018; M+ Screenings: Southeast Asia Moving Image Mixtape 2019 (Hongkong); 2019 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival; Reciprocal 2023, a collaborative film program presented in Singapore between the Asian Film Archive (Singapore) and Eye Filmmuseum (Netherlands) • Mina’s Family History, a short narrative film about folk healers in the Pangasinan province produced by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts for the 1st Sine Halaga Film Festival (2021) Festival Screenings: 33rd Gawad CCP Para Sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video (2021) • Agno: Memories Of A Forgotten River, a short creative documentary film about the Agno River in the Pangasinan province produced by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts for the Eksena: Cinema Quarantine II (2022) Festival Screening: 14th Cinema Rehiyon Festival 2022 • Anak Ligliwa’y Ateng (A Child Is A Parent’s Happiness), a Pangasinan music video of a Pangasinan folk lullaby commissioned by the Cultural Center of the Philippines for Himig Himbing II: Mga Heleng Atin (November 2023) • Ilikdem Mo So Matam (Close Your Eyes), a Pangasinan feature-length narrative film set in Seoul, South, Korea; finalist in the 4th CineFilipino Film Festival currently in development; recipient of the Seoul Film Commission’s Screenplay Development Support (2016) and Location Scouting Support (2023) Aripuen (The Servant), a Pangasinan feature-length narrative film set in the Middle East; finalist in the 20th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival (2024) currently in development

Collaborations
Independent Filmmaker (Pangasinan, Philippines from 2007 – present) Founded Sine Caboloan Ltd. Co. in 2007, an independent film production company that is committed to producing cutting-edge films about the Pangasinan province and its’ people in the homeland and in the diaspora. Sine Caboloan works for the development of a regional cinema in the Pangasinan province. Selected Filmography as an Independent Producer, Screenwriter, and Director: • Gurgurlis Ed Banua (Landscape with Figures), a short experimental film inspired by Carlos Bulosan’s 1942 poem Landscape with Figures. Ishmael Bernal Award for Most Outstanding Young Filmmaker, 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival (2008) Festival Screenings: 2nd Cinema Rehiyon 2010; S-Express Philippines, a touring short experimental film program in Southeast Asia curated by Alexis Tioseco for The Substation in Singapore presented at the 5th Singapore Short Film Festival, 13th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, 11th Jakarta International Film Festival, and the 12th Cinemanila International Film Festival; 10th Jeonju International Film Festival; 4th Busan Universiade for Digital Contents; 6th Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference 2010; 24th European Media Arts Festival 2011; 12th imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival 2011; Human Frames, presented by Lowave at The Substation in Singapore (2011); 22nd Semana de Cine Experimental de Madrid 2012 • Anacbanua (The Child of the Sun), is a feature-length experimental film about the Pangasinan province. Lino Brocka Grand Prize & Best Director Award (Digital Lokal section), 11th Cinemanila International Film Festival (2009) and the Prix des Signes, Cinema in Transgression section, 10th International Festival Signes de Nuit 2012 Festival Screenings: 12th Mumbai Film Festival 2010; 8th World Film Festival of Bangkok 2010; 11th Jeonju International Film Festival 2010; 8th edition Chennai International Film Festival 2010; 3rd Cinema Rehiyon Film Festival 2011 • Lawas Kan Pinabli (Forever Loved), a feature-length creative documentary film about overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia produced through a cinema grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (2011) Festival Screenings: 13th Cinemanila International Film Festival 2011, 4th Cinema Rehiyon Film Festival 2012; 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Philippine New Wave section (2012); Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Encounters: New Filipino Cinema (San Francisco, 2012) • Dapol Tan Payawar Na Tayug 1931 (The Ashes and Ghosts of Tayug 1931) is a feature-length essay film about the Pangasinan folk hero Pedro Calosa and the Tayug Colorum Uprising of 1931 produced through a cinema grant from the Quezon City Film Development Commission in 2017. Network for the Promotion of Asian-Pacific Cinema (NETPAC) Jury Prize in the Circle Competition, 5th Quezon City International Film Festival 2017; Best Screenplay, 41st Gawad Urian (2018) Festival Screenings: Opening Film, 5th Salamindanaw Asian Film Festival (2017); International Premiere at the History of Shadows program, 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018; Opening Film, 10th Cinema Rehiyon Festival; 29th Singapore International Film Festival 2018; 2nd Spain Moving Images Festival 2018; 4th Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival 2018; M+ Screenings: Southeast Asia Moving Image Mixtape 2019 (Hongkong); 2019 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival; Reciprocal 2023, a collaborative film program presented in Singapore between the Asian Film Archive (Singapore) and Eye Filmmuseum (Netherlands) • Mina’s Family History, a short narrative film about folk healers in the Pangasinan province produced by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts for the 1st Sine Halaga Film Festival (2021) Festival Screenings: 33rd Gawad CCP Para Sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video (2021) • Agno: Memories Of A Forgotten River, a short creative documentary film about the Agno River in the Pangasinan province produced by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts for the Eksena: Cinema Quarantine II (2022) Festival Screening: 14th Cinema Rehiyon Festival 2022 • Anak Ligliwa’y Ateng (A Child Is A Parent’s Happiness), a Pangasinan music video of a Pangasinan folk lullaby commissioned by the Cultural Center of the Philippines for Himig Himbing II: Mga Heleng Atin (November 2023) • Ilikdem Mo So Matam (Close Your Eyes), a Pangasinan feature-length narrative film set in Seoul, South, Korea; finalist in the 4th CineFilipino Film Festival currently in development; recipient of the Seoul Film Commission’s Screenplay Development Support (2016) and Location Scouting Support (2023) Aripuen (The Servant), a Pangasinan feature-length narrative film set in the Middle East; finalist in the 20th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival (2024) currently in development