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Jason Liwag

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Ilocos, Quezon City
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Scientist, actor, writer & teacher. Film programmer for @qcinemaph & @leedsfilmfest. Preselector for @filmfestlocarno. ✍️: @rollingstoneph @vogueph @IDAorg etc.

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Jason Liwag’s Biography

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I am a Manila-based writer with a background in molecular biology, science communication, theater, and film criticism.

I have been trained in film criticism programs in Rotterdam, Udine, Yamagata, and Manila, and have served as a jury and selection committee for festivals in Manila, Bristol, San Diego, Dhaka, and Taipei. I am the founder and coordinator of the QCinema Critics Lab, a training ground for emerging Filipino film critics.

I am currently the head of short film programming at the QCi…

Jason Liwag’s Journalist Portfolio

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Does the Philippines value scientific research?

Does the Philippines value scientific research?

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) - Both the government and scientists can agree: the Philippines can still harn…

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Why we need to talk about body liberation in the gay community

Why we need to talk about body liberation in the gay community

“I wondered why if 95% of us didn’t fit something we would encourage others to aspire to it, to emulate it.” …

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Filipino short films from 2019 that deserve a rewatch

Filipino short films from 2019 that deserve a rewatch

There aren't a lot of spaces to write about short films: locally and internationally. Criticisms are often re…

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Why we need to trust science

Why we need to trust science

This is not the last pandemic that the Philippines will ever face and if we are to survive this and all futur…

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The making of Ian Pangilinan

The making of Ian Pangilinan

Ian Pangilinan may have hit the mainstream with "Gaya sa Pelikula" but the young actor has been building his …

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The best Filipino films of 2020

The best Filipino films of 2020

Philippine cinema in 2020 will be remembered not by its films, but the changes the pandemic brought upon the …

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Articles

The Rage and Small Pleasures of ‘Sentimental Value’

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By Jason Liwag
| Rolling Stone Phillippines
The first two scenes of Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value contain the film in its entirety. In the prologue, a young Nora (Olivia Thompson) writes an essay imagining what their house says of the dissolution of her parents’ marriage. Hazy montages show how each brightly lit room grows darker with every loud argument. In the scene that follows, a now grown-up Nora (Renate Reinsve) has become a successful stage actress and has locked herself in her dressing room moments before her opening night.
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Hilda Koronel: ‘It Was Lino Brocka Who Would Always Save Me’

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By Jason Liwag
| Rolling Stone Phillippines
It is my first time seeing Hilda Koronel in person without a character between us. She arrives shortly after 1 p.m. at the Ramon Magsaysay Center. She smiles at everyone and shakes their hand. When we see each other, she recognizes me immediately: “You said you were gonna come back for me,” she says, partly scolding me. The first time we met was in Tarlac Recreational Park, on the set of Jun Robles Lana’s Sisa, more than a year ago.
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‘A Useful Ghost’ Wins Best Picture At Philippines’ QCinema Film Festival

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By Jason Liwag, Liz Shackleton Verified
| streamlined.news
Debut features and sophomore efforts dominated awards night at the QCinema International Film Festival, which closed its 13th edition on November 23, 2025. In Asian Next Wave, the festival’s flagship competition highlighting Asian auteurs, two Cannes-premiering titles each secured two major wins. Thai filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s A Useful Ghost took home Best Picture, with production designer Rasiguet Sookkarn receiving the Artistic Achievement Award.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing about the history and future of the bakla in Filipino queer cinema for Underdog PH

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yup!

How is social media changing news?

The need for fast facts is making it more difficult to fact-check and creating a reactionary landscape towards information.