Inshallah Montero

Inshallah Montero is a Filipino filmmaker who works in fiction and documentaries. Her films dive into reflections of people’s dreams at night and question existence. She uses the subconscious as a limitless playground to deeply understand the waking world. It is through dreams that she hopes to reach out to people and nurture one's relationship with life and nature despite the rigid formalities of society.

Inshallah has been making films since 2012. Her films that won abroad have earned her the National Award for Cinema given by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in the Philippines. She was also named a Film Ambassador by the Film Development Council of the Philippines in 2018. Her films were screened in various places including the United Nations, COP21 Climate Change Conference, and the Singapore Art Museum (SAM). She has also worked for various journalism projects for Vice News HBO and The Washington Post where she and her team were finalists for the Asian Publisher’s Awards in the Women’s Issues Category. She has recently finished her scholarship in Docnomads, a joint Master’s program for Documentary Filmmaking in Europe where she graduated Cum Laude. She finds joy in the unfolding uncertainty.

Inshallah Montero is a participant of the Onassis AiR Extended Research Residencies program for 2024/25.