As a film student in UP, her only dream was to direct rom-coms. Not only did she achieve that, she changed their tired old template and gave audiences what they didn’t know they wanted—and became the Queen of Rom-coms. Her latest opus, the Netflix hit Fan Girl was both a commercial and critical success. The game-changing, award-winning, and box-office-hit director, writer, producer reveals the struggles it took, the danger of being so good at something that you stop evolving, her process, perfectionism, patience, and how she hopes Pinoy storytellers continue to be brave enough to never stop telling the stories they want to tell.

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