BANE IGNACIO-SINGIAN

As a child, my father and grandmother always seemed to be glued to the TV — my father was drawn to late-night airings of Lost, and my grandmother was drawn to the daily soap operas aired by TFC (The Filipino Channel). We used to live by a Blockbuster, and later on, they were heavy subscribers to Redbox and Netflix’s mail-in program and exposed me to various films. As an adult, my work is based on themes of childhood and realization paired with a lens of cultural and/or gender identity. Found family is a big emphasis in my work which is something that very much encapsulates the nature of AWiP LLC, a production company that my friends and I own.