H.P. Mendoza—2024 Artist in Residence

Program set for Saturday, June 22 @ 10:30pm | Wright Opera House

H.P. Mendoza is a Filipino-American filmmaker best known for his work as screenwriter, composer and lyricist on Colma: The Musical (2006), as well as his art-house horror film, I Am a Ghost (2014) called “H.P. Mendoza’s objet d’art” by Dennis Harvey of Variety. After his directorial debut Fruit Fly (2009), David Lamble of the San Francisco Bay Area Reporter dubbed Mendoza “San Francisco’s queer cinema poet”. In 2012, Mendoza was inducted into Essential SF by the San Francisco Film Society which supported his Filipino-American dramedy Bitter Melon (2018) which placed on over a dozen Top 10 lists after its 2018 theatrical run and was hailed as one of the “20 Best Bay Area Films of the Decade” by the Mercury News.

After world premiering at Tribeca 2023, Mendoza recently won the 2023 Best Director award at the Ouray International Film Festival for The Secret Art of Human Flight starring Academy Award nominee Paul Raci. The film also won Best Feature at the Eastern Oregon Film Festival and Best Picture at the Coronado Film Festival. The Secret Art of Human Flight opens in theaters in the summer of 2024 via XYZ Films and Level 33 Entertainment.

Attack, Decay, Release - June 22 @ 10:30pm | Wright Opera House

Along with his feature films, Mendoza is also known for his music and art installations including the touring screening of his experimental visual album, Attack, Decay, Release, winner of the 2022 Grand Jury Prize at the Tallgrass Film Festival, Stubbornly Independent. At OIFF 2024, you can experience a live performance and screening of the film with Mendoza.

Get ready to dance!

H.P. Mendoza will be performing live music to his stunning, genre-defying film Attack, Decay, Release. The program will start at 10:30 pm on Saturday, June 22 at the Wright Opera House.