22/05/2026
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Wait, a plot twist! It turns out our brilliant third judge has an even deeper, jaw-dropping creative profile that we just have to share. To give our filmmakers an absolute masterclass in storytelling for ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐: ๐๐ผ๐ธ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, letโs pull back the curtain on the multi-hyphenate literary and cinematic powerhouse from our very own University of Southern Mindanao.
Re-introducing ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ. ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ. ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ป ๐ . ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎโan educator, journalist, photographer, filmmaker, and playwright whose entire lifeโs work is deeply rooted in storytelling, community, and the arts.
If you want to talk about foundational pillars of local cinema, Prof. Von literally laid the bricks. In 2009, he founded the ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐นโthe ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. Ten years later, in 2019, he helped organize ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ: ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐, ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐, the first provincial government-initiated short film festival in Cotabato, serving as a juror alongside internationally acclaimed director Teng Mangansakan.
His artistic achievements span across multiple creative dimensions:
๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐: His short films ๐๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ช ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ (2023) and Zone 3 Boys (2023) swept the ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ and ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ titles at the PRO 12 Film Festival. His debut film, ๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฉ (2009), won ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ at MSU-IIT's Cine-Arte Festival.
๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐: His one-act play ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ (2024) was the lone ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ in the Department of Trade and Industry's prestigious National Young Creatives Challenge (Season 1). He is also the executive founding director of the ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐.
๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ: He is a ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ-๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ who published his first poem-prose collection, ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ด, in 2025โwhich was proudly featured at the ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ.
๐ฐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐: He secured ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด at the UST Inkblots Journalism Fellowship (2018) and F๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด at the 12th SPAM National Media Conference.
Currently an Associate Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature (CASS-USM), Prof. Von brings a profound understanding of how words, images, and human truths intersect.
With a career dedicated to capturing the human condition through script, stage, news, and film, Judge Lloyd Anton Von Colita is uniquely equipped to push our filmmakers โ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ: ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ.โ ๐๏ธโจ