Carl Joseph E. Papa

Carl Joseph Papa is a Filipino filmmaker and animator A wellknown figure of Philippine animation his filmography employed rotoscoping animated features which are most often use of subject matters in the daily life of the Philippines particularly with the themes of family struggles His films have been screened at film festivals worldwide and received multiple accolades during his lifetime including black tragicomedy Manang Biring 2015 and musical comedydrama Paglisan 2018 both of them which won him Best Film twice at Cinema One Originals Film Festival and psychological drama sciencefiction Iti Mapukpukaw 2023 won the Best Film at the 19th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival In 2025 he won Best Short Film for The Next 24 Hours at the 21st Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival