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Roderick Cabrido

Roderick Cabrido

Director and writer

Roderick "Derick" Cabrido is an award-winning Filipino documentary producer and film maker. He was awarded with the Bronze World Medal at the 2009 New York Television Festival, for the documentary "Pinays for Export", Silver Screen Award at the 2010 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival for the documentary "Tasaday", he also won the 2012 Silver World Medal Award at the New York Festivals for his documentary "Yaman sa Basura" which is also a finalist for the 2011 UNICEF Asia-Pacific Child Rights Awards. He was born and raised in Tondo, Manila one of the most densely populated areas of land in the world and one of the poorest and most underdeveloped communities in the Philippines. He is an award-winning film and documentary producer of such films at Cuchera (2011) and Nuwebe (2013). In 2014 he directed his debut feature film Children's Show. It won Grand Prize Award at Gwangju International Film Festival; Best Editing, Best Sound Design, Canon Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor at 2014 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. "Children's Show" also won the Special Jury Prize for the Orient Express Category at Fantasporto International Film Festival; It also grabbed Special Jury Award, Best Screenplay for the Fantastic Cinema Festival, Arkansas, Texas and also the Emerging Director Award from the same festival. It was also nominated for "Regard'Or from the concluded Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland. Cabrido also won the Best Story Award at the 15th Gawad Tanglaw Awards, Outstanding Achievement-Development Communication Category of the 9th Hildegarde Awards and Emerging Filmmaker Award at Film Society of Little Rock, Arkansas, Texas. He is also the producer and cinematographer of the film, "Antipo" which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner and produced the film "Cuchera", a finalist at the 2011 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival which premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival under Discovery Section. Main Competition, 2011 Stockholm International Film Festival, Official Selection, 2011 Belgrade International Film Festival and Official Selection, 2011 Cleveland Film Festival.He also produced Nuwebe (Termitaria), a finalist at the 2013 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival which won awards from the Queens World Film Festival and Harlem International Film Festival in New York City, Lume International Film Festival in Brazil, Festival Internacional de Cine Puebla in Mexico and Best Director at the 2015 ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards in Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Works as
Director and writer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 20% in 30 days

What are Roderick Cabrido's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
37%
Morality
34%
Bonds
17%
Society
7%
Ideas
6%
Guilt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Dread
4
Tense
4
Melancholic
4

How their films linger

Unsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Roderick Cabrido's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Roderick Cabrido's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

19 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • P77(2025)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Bad Genius: The Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Untold(2025)

    Director · Story

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Mallari(2023)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Wish You Were The One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Deadly Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • The Goodbye Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • The Boy Foretold by the Stars(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • U-Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Clarita(2019)

    Director · Story

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Supervising Producer

  • Tukhang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

  • Baconaua (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Producer

  • Purgatoryo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Script

  • The Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • The Pact (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Children's Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Nuwebe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Editor · Executive Producer · First Assistant Director

  • Cuchera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles from 2011 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Mallari (2023)

$4K worldwide

Highest rated

Mallari (2023)

Midcredits 46th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 19: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting13 of 19: 10 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting2 of 19: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing4 of 19: 3 only producing, 1 with another roleEditing1 of 19: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 19: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

19 titles, 4 with more than one role.

By decade

2010s10 · 2 acting · 8 crew2020s9 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Roderick Cabrido's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 5 titles are Cult Classics.

  • Cult Classic3
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · director

Mallari (2023)

88th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Boy Foretold by the Stars (2020)

Midcredits 76th · 64% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 34/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Roderick Cabrido work with?

People who share at least 2 of Roderick Cabrido's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Enrico C. Santos shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers