The Headhunter’s Daughter

Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan

Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan is a filmmaker and musician of Ifugao and Visayan descent born in 1996 in the Philippines. His works explore themes of trauma, spirituality and nature, told through the cosmic lens of postcolonial spaces and Indigenous identities. His works have been selected at festivals such as the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival where he won the International Student Jury Prize as well as the International Jury Special Mention for his short film Hilum in 2020. In 2022, his film The Headhunter’s Daughter received the Grand Jury Prize for Short Film at the Sundance Film Festival and the Gold Hugo at the 58th Chicago International Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY: Hilum (2021), Talimpusod Patungo Sa Paraiso (2019)