Valerie Castillo Martinez

Valerie Castillo Martinez is a Filipina American filmmaker and educator who founded her company, IndieFlip, to make films that deal with underrepresented subjects, cross-cultural themes and flipping the usual narratives. Her emphasis in innovative storytelling, creative collaboration, and international co-productions has led to some of her films' successes. Her shorts have played in Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Busan, and SXSW and have won numerous awards worldwide.

Her first feature film as writer and producer, Death of Nintendo, premiered in Berlinale Generation in 2020. It participated in the Tribeca Film Institute Network, Film Independent Producers Lab, and Venice Gap Financing Market.

Her next feature film as producer, Anita, with fellow alum Sush Khadepaun participated in the Sundance Producers Lab and Rotterdam Producers Lab. Her next feature film as a screenwriter, En Route, participated in the Stowe Story Lab and Cine Qua Non Storylines and Revision Lab.

She is also a consultant for Film Independent Global Makers Media, leading screenwriting workshops in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Amman, Jordan and Cairo, Egypt and producing their directors workshop for the LA Residency program.

She is a Film Independent Fellow, a Berlinale Talent, Sundance Fellow, and a Vilcek Foundation New American Perspectives Participant. She has an MBA from Wilmington University, an MFA from Columbia University and is a US Air Force veteran.