Kyla Romero

Kyla Romero is a screenwriter, director, and filmmaker from La Union, Philippines. Her debut short film, Dosena (2022), became part of Busan ISFF under the Rendezvous with AFiS Hub of Asia. Moreover, it received a Best Short Film nomination from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards, one of the oldest and most prestigious award-giving bodies in the Philippines. Kyla also wrote HINAKDAL (2023), a short film which won the Audience Choice award, NETPAC award, and Best Screenplay award at the Cinemalaya FF Short Film Category. Since 2021, Kyla Romero has been the co-writer of Dir. Arvin Belarmino in Ria (2021), a feature film project which gained a special mention in Talents Tokyo and received the CNC Pitch Award at the 2022 Festival de Cannes La Résidence. She is also the co-writer of Dir. Belarmino in Radikals (2024), a short film competing at the 63rd Semaine De La Critique short film competition, an official competition section of the Cannes FF. Her most recent work, Agapito (2025), co-directed with Arvin Belarmino, was selected at the Cannes Short Film Competition.