Our Team
Angeli and her son Marek
ACTOR | FOUNDER & HEAD TEACHER
Angeli Bayani was hailed by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino as one of the Gawad URIAN Actors of the Decade 2010-2020.
She is a multi-award-winning actress and voice-over artist, best known for starring in art-house and independent films, such as Lav Diaz’ “Norte, the End of History” (2013) – an official entry to the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes International Film Festival – for which she won the 37th Gawad Urian Award for Best Actress. She also appeared in the Camera d’Or-winning Singaporean film “Ilo Ilo” (2013) by Anthony Chen, for which she was nominated as Best Actress at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival in 2013.
Angeli has also served as main jury in international film festivals such as the 14th Pacific Meridian Vladivostok International Film Festival, Russia in 2016; the 17th Tokyo FILMex International Film Festival, Japan in 2016; the 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival (Indian Language Cinema), India in 2017; the 6th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival, Nepal in 2018; and the 32nd Singapore International Film Festival in 2021.
In local film festivals, she has served as main jury for the 10th Cinema One Originals in 2014; the 2nd SineNanay Short Film Festival in 2016; the 2nd Sine Kabataan Short Film Festival in 2018; the 3rd CineFilipino Film Festival in 2018; the 3rd Sine Kabataan Short Film Festival in 2019; the 3rd Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino Film Festival in 2019; and the 4th Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino in 2020.
She played Dr. Sara Patel in WGN America’s “Almost Paradise” (2020), Iniez in Arthur Harari’s “Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle” (2021), and Linda in Araceli Lemos’ “Holy Emy” (2021), which won First Feature Special Mention at the 74th Locarno Film Festival 2021. She plays Maria Agoncillo in the third installment of TBA Studios’ Bayani-verse, “Quezon” (in production).
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Ross is a film, TV, and theatre actor who began his career in the 2012 reboot of the TV series “Valiente”.
He was mentored by the late great National Artist, Tony Mabesa, award-winning director, Joel Lamangan, and Palanca award-winning writer and director, Floy Quintos.
He went on to do films such as “Jodilerks dela Cruz, Employee of the Month” (2017) and “Radikals” (2024) which were official entries to compete at the Semaine de la Critique of the Cannes Film Festival 2017 and 2024, respectively. He won Best Actor at the Urduja Film Festival for his work in “Santa Nena!” (2017). He played the young Fredo in “Rainbow’s Sunset” (2018), Rico/Rica in “Beauty Queens” (2020), and Jasper in the swan song of the late award-winning actress Cherie Gil, “Elehiya” (2022).
He recently played Nardo in the gripping theatre adaptation of IdeaFirst’s “Anino Sa Likod Ng Buwan” (2025).
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Elora is a film, TV, and theatre actor known for “Her Locket” (2024), for which she was awarded Best Supporting Actress at the 2024 Sinag Maynila Film Festival.
She is in the Arvin Belarmino film “Radikals” (2024), an official entry to the Semaine de la Critique of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. She was the titular character in “Santa Nena!” (2017), Divina in “Baconaua” (2017), and Nadine in “Tandem” (2015).
She recently played Emma in the gripping theatre adaptation of IdeaFirst’s “Anino Sa Likod Ng Buwan” (2025).
“Thank you for providing this nurturing and safe environment for us actors, who ceaselessly struggle with our conditioning as we continue to discover who we truly are.”
— Jorrybell Agoto, Actor | Writer
