Sigrid Andrea Bernardo is a Filipino film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress best known for directing Kita Kita (2017).
Bernardo's film Kita Kita, starring Alessandra de Rossi and Empoy Marquez and set in Sapporo, Japan was deemed a sleeper hit.[1][5] In its third week it reached ₱300 million, making it the highest-grossing Philippine independent film.[6] It had its world premiere in Japan at the 12th Osaka Asian Film Festival in March 2017 before expanding to a wider release in the Philippines on July 19, 2017 to highly positive reviews.[7] In 2017, Kita Kita was selected as the best romantic-comedy film in the last 25 years, as polled by CNN Philippines.[8]
Her short films are Babae (2005), Little (2009), Au Revoir Philip (2010), and Ang Paghihintay sa Bulong (2012).[9]
| Year | Film | Role | Cast(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Ang Huling Cha-cha Ni Anita | Director, Writer | Angel Aquino, Therese Malvar, Jay Bordon | Won Cinefilipino Film Festival 2013 for Best Picture , Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2015 for Best Film , Osaka Asian Film Festival 2014 for |
| 2014 | Lorna | Director, Writer | Shamaine Buencamino, Maria Isabel Lopez, Raquel Villavicencio | |
| 2017 | Kita Kita | Director, Writer | Alessandra de Rossi, Empoy Marquez | Won Star Awards for Movies 2018 for Movie Director of the Year and Movie Screenwriter of the Year |
| 2018 |
Mr. & Mrs. Cruz | Writer, director, screenwriter | Ryza Cenon, JC Santos | |
| 2019 | UnTrue[10] | Director, writer | Christine Reyes, Xian Lim |