Matthew Victor Pastor is a Filipino Australian film director. His
feature films explore Asian Australian identity, and tell Filipino
Australian stories. An alumnus of the Victorian College of the Arts,
University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA and MCM, his feature film
Melodrama/Random/Melbourne had its Australian premiere at the 2018
Adelaide Film Festival, and was named Top Five Films for the week in
The Age. The film was also nominated for the 67th edition of the FAMAS
Award (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award) in the music
category for his composer Fergus Cronkite (Andrew Tran). Film critic
Adrian Martin has called Pastor "an energetic and prolific filmmaker
worth keeping tabs on."The Fil-Aus trilogy are three films exploring
Filipino Australians identity. During the release of the trilogy, when
asked by The New York Times alongside fellow Asian-Australian talent
Chris Pang and Charlotte Nicdao about Asian-Australian representation
Pastor said, "It's about seeing those faces, it's about seeing those
stories. It has a lot of weight."Part one, I am Jupiter I am the
Biggest Planet, is a silent short film set in the red-light district
of Manila. Part two, Melodrama/Random/Melbourne!, is a narrative
feature film about a young feminist documentarian and her journey
documenting the Men's rights movement and Seduction community PUA
movement. Part three, Maganda, or (Pinoy Boy vs Milk Man), is an '80s
Filipino/Australian B movie throwback about a deranged killer dubbed
the Milk Man who murders Asian international students & the assassin
Pinoy Boy on a mission to stop him.
feature films explore Asian Australian identity, and tell Filipino
Australian stories. An alumnus of the Victorian College of the Arts,
University of Melbourne Faculty of VCA and MCM, his feature film
Melodrama/Random/Melbourne had its Australian premiere at the 2018
Adelaide Film Festival, and was named Top Five Films for the week in
The Age. The film was also nominated for the 67th edition of the FAMAS
Award (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award) in the music
category for his composer Fergus Cronkite (Andrew Tran). Film critic
Adrian Martin has called Pastor "an energetic and prolific filmmaker
worth keeping tabs on."The Fil-Aus trilogy are three films exploring
Filipino Australians identity. During the release of the trilogy, when
asked by The New York Times alongside fellow Asian-Australian talent
Chris Pang and Charlotte Nicdao about Asian-Australian representation
Pastor said, "It's about seeing those faces, it's about seeing those
stories. It has a lot of weight."Part one, I am Jupiter I am the
Biggest Planet, is a silent short film set in the red-light district
of Manila. Part two, Melodrama/Random/Melbourne!, is a narrative
feature film about a young feminist documentarian and her journey
documenting the Men's rights movement and Seduction community PUA
movement. Part three, Maganda, or (Pinoy Boy vs Milk Man), is an '80s
Filipino/Australian B movie throwback about a deranged killer dubbed
the Milk Man who murders Asian international students & the assassin
Pinoy Boy on a mission to stop him.
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