KAPWA

13/05/2025

We're proud to announce that our Kapwa Founder, Robertino Zambrano is on the Festival Jury this year for the TV & Commissioned Films and VR Works categories at Annecy Festival 2025.

After many years being on the screen at this festival, we're honored and excited to contribute to this event! We look forward to seeing some amazing work.

If you will be in Annecy in June - reach out and say hello!

08/04/2025

Big News! 🎉 KAPWA is a Webby Awards Nominee!

We’re honoured to be nominated in The Webby Awards for The Washington Post: The Signature Skills of Simone Biles (Paris 2024).

Now, we need your support to bring home the Webby People’s Voice Award! 🏆

Cast your vote in each of these categories:

🎥 Animation (Video & Film)
🔗 Vote here: https://wbby.co/3XAxgl6

🎨 Best Use of Animation or Motion Graphics (Websites and Mobile Sites - Features & Design)
🔗 Vote here: https://wbby.co/4i25Iww

🏅 Sports (Video & Film)
🔗 Vote here: https://wbby.co/4hO8zc8

🗳 Voting closes Thursday, April 17th, at 11:59 PM PDT—let’s bring this home!

A huge thank you to our amazing team and collaborators for bringing this project to life. Now, let’s make some noise and get those votes in!

17/02/2025

Looking Back on NodeFest 2024! 🎬✨

Kapwa is proud to have been a Bronze Sponsor for Node last November, supporting such an incredible gathering of creative minds. Huge thanks to James Cowen and the Yes Captain team for putting together an inspiring event and we look forward to the 2025 edition!

Shoutout to all the incredible speakers—your insights were truly valuable. We left feeling inspired and energised!

Already counting down to Node25—see you there!

13/11/2024

Today we celebrate our legendary Head of Production, Dulce Aguilar, being included on the AWG Pathways First Break list. AWG Pathways is hosted by ACE Parramatta in partnership with Screen Trades.

“As KAPWA expands its operations into film and TV development, AWG Pathways has given me an opportunity to grow my voice as a creative producer, and emerging writer, letting me build on my production experience with a creative toolkit as we work to build an exciting development slate. At KAPWA, we encourage the upskilling of our team across all parts of the business, as we believe great ideas can come from anywhere, as well us giving us more power for open knowledge-sharing with our community.”

Feel free to reach out and say hello to Dulce Ags.

If you’re interested in participating in a similar program, ACE & Screen Trades are holding a fantastic follow-up workshop "Fundamentals of Script Coordination for TV Dramas and Comedies" on Sat 23 & 30 Nov at ACE. Visit Arts and Cultural Exchange - ACE and Screen Trades for more info.

11/10/2024

We are thrilled to announce KAPWA’s acceptance into the Screen Australia Enterprise Program. The Enterprise Business program supports screen businesses to create change, grow their business and build pathways to sustainability.

Enterprise will support Kapwa to set up a dedicated Film & Episodic Division with the goal of developing a diverse-first slate focused on creating culturally powerful content - for and by the Filipino-Australian community. The mission is to boost Filipino representation locally and globally, on-screen, and behind the camera - particularly in business and creative leadership roles. Kapwa will expand under Enterprise to include Western Sydney producer Dulce Ags (Producer & Development Executive) to work in partnership with Kapwa founder Robertino Zambrano to develop the slate in addition to the existing team, including Maristelle Tandog.

We’re also excited to announce award-winning producer Will Feng (Credits include the Emmy-winning ‘We The People’, ‘Star Wars Visions’), will support KAPWA as a Consulting EP. Gabrielle Joosten (Animal Logic, Flying Bark, Cumulus VFX, Elements Post) also joins KAPWA’s advisory Consulting EP team, bringing her massive experience in globally-released feature film, series, animation and visual effects projects.

With this support it’s our goal to build a slate that is culturally relevant on a local level, and also destined for success on the international stage.

Kapwa is currently in development with SBS Australia and Screen Australia on their Digital Originals animated series, Fish Boi, an animated dramedy series set in the Filipino community of Western Sydney in the late 90s.

Kapwa Studioworks is a 100% Filipino-Australian owned animation studio founded by Oscar-shortlisted writer, director and producer Robertino Zambrano, best known for the Academy Award-shortlisted animated short, Love in the Time of March Madness, the Annecy-winning poetry animation, TED-Ed: Accents and Billie Eilish’s Not My Responsibility interlude in the Grammy-nominated film Happier Than Ever (Disney+).

We would like to thank Maria from Alzate Photography for the amazing photos and Common House studio for letting us use their wonderful space.

08/10/2024

Kapwa is proud to be a Bronze sponsor of Node Fest 2024, the premier event for designers, animators, and digital professionals from Australia and New Zealand.

Don't miss out—learn more and grab your tickets at nodefest.com.au!

17/09/2024

Kapwa founder and producer Robertino Zambrano and Dulce Aguilar were on SBS Filipino talking about FISH BOI and KAPWA. Thanks for having us on the show!

Filmmakers Robertino Zambrano and Dulce Aguilar, both raised in Sydney, grew up without seeing shows on Australian TV that reflected their own stories and Filipino culture. Now, they are determined to change that narrative.

13/09/2024

Next month KAPWA founder Robertino Zambrano will be speaking about his career in the film and animation industry at High and Loud’s Filipino community event: FUEL Conference - Bowman Hall, Blacktown on Sunday 13th October.

Hear about his creative journey, and some great talks from many different sides of the Filipino-Australian community, including Rado Gatchalian, Elysa Paglinawan Villareal and Sheila Gutierrez Cabacungan among others. The event will also be supported by local business from the community.

Come say hello!

Tix available now:
https://events.humanitix.com/the-unli-conference-2024

Filipinos Unlimited. Join us at our October 13 Fil-Aus conference. Rego just $20.

11/09/2024

BIG MIX: It was an unforgettable evening showcasing new independent Australian animation at Sydney’s Palace Chauvel Theatre in Paddington.

Kapwa was proud to support this memorable night organised by local animators, alongside Buck, Mighty Nice and Never Sit Still.

Congratulations to the organisers, all the filmmakers, and for the supportive audience — you created a powerful night to remember. We look forward to this becoming a new tradition!

04/09/2024

02/09/2024

Super proud to share KAPWA’s feature in adobo magazine. Kapwa founder Robertino Zambrano and producer Dulce Aguilar had a great chat with Adobo’s Pauline Nacar on our process and our cultural and humanistic approach to creativity. Proud of our history and the exciting things on the horizon for us. Can’t wait to share more news.

Adobo Magazine, thanks for the wonderful feature. 🙏

In this exclusive interview with Kapwa Studioworks, the studio leaders opened up about the humanity behind Kapwa’s striking works, and championing Asian heritage and culture through animation.

28/05/2024

I will be at Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy Annecy Festival this year! Give me a shout if you’ll be there and let’s catch up. ✌🏾