Samantha Lee

Samantha Lee is a Filipino filmmaker. After completing her Master of Communication, with distinction, at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), she moved back to the Philippines to write and direct her first feature film, "Baka Bukas" (2016). It won the "Emerging Talent Award" at Outfest 2017 and the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. It has screened in festivals in New York, San Francisco, Osaka, Melbourne, Madrid, and Hamburg. Her second film, called "Billie and Emma" (2018), won the Audience Award for Best Narrative at Inside Out 2019…