Jason Tan Liwag

Jason Tan Liwag (b. 1996, Pangasinan) is a scientist, actor, writer, curator, and educator based in Quezon city. His practice is engaged with experimental moving images, East Asian and Southeast Asian cinema, queerness, science, and labor. His writing can be found in local publications like CNN Philippines Life, Rappler, Rolling Stone Philippines, and Vogue Philippines, and international publications such as Filmmaker Magazine, MUBI Notebook, Little White Lies, Screen Slate, Ultradogme, Senses of Cinema, and MARG1N. He is an alumnus of film criticism programs in Manila, Rotterdam, Udine, and Yamagata, and is the founder and head of the QCinema Critics Lab — a continuing education program for emerging Filipino critics. He is the first member of FIPRESCI from the Philippines and is a three-time international voter for the Golden Globe Awards and the Dorian Awards.