Anna, Greta, Sophie, and the Rainforest

On Sophie’s first day of school, her mother Greta has a surprise for her and her grandmother Anna. Greta uses a makeshift VR machine to show Sophie a world that she has never known, a part where rainforests, clean water, and even a cool breeze still exists. As Sophie discovers the past, we realize the bleak world that these characters live in. Even in a dystopian future, some things remain the same.

Her first feature K’na, the Dreamweaver premiered at the 2014 Cinemalaya Film Festival where it received the awards for Best Production Design and Special Jury Prize. It also won Best of Show at the 2015 Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto. It is the first feature film about the Tboli indigenous people. It continues to be screened around the world.
Ida holds an MFA in Creative Writing from De La Salle University-Manila and a Masters in Directing from the School of Visual Arts in New York. 

Her short films Never Forget (Best Ensemble, International Film Festival Manhattan; Best Screenplay, Apple Box Film Festival) and Anna, Greta, Sophie, and the Rainforest (Best Narrative Short, Films for the Forest) have been shown in festivals worldwide.


Ida is based in Brooklyn where she teaches with the Educational Video Center.