Pony Boys
by Joseph Mangat
documentary feature, in production
Pony Boys is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a tight-knit community of Filipino cowboys, who make a living selling horseback rides to tourists and whose culture was born from U.S. occupation but is now slowly diminishing.
Profiles
Jeremy
Kulit
Gulley
Eddy Boy
Martin
Kalbo
Crew
Director
Writer
Producer
Associate Producer
Cinematographer
Editor
Joseph Mangat
Joseph Mangat
Alemberg Ang and Joseph Mangat
Abbie San Juan Lara
Ian Guevara and Joseph Mangat
Joseph Mangat
Director’s Profile
Joseph Mangat is a Filipino-American filmmaker who has written, directed, and edited award-winning documentaries and narrative shorts. Ranging from exploratory fiction to experiential docs, his work reveals stories from rarely explored subjects with subtlety and depth. He is a Uniondocs & Rockefeller Brothers Fellow as well as a Tokyo Talents, Docs-by-the-Sea, First Cut Lab, and International Emerging Film Talent alum. He was the recipient of the 2020 Marché du Film-Cannes Docs “Docs-in-Progress” Award, the 2020 Film Philippines International Co-Production Fund, the 2021 Tan Ean Kiam Foundation-SGIFF Southeast Asian Documentary Grant, and the 2021 National Commission of Culture and Arts Endowment. Mangat holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visuals Arts at the University of California, San Diego and holds a Master of Arts in TV, Film, and New Media from San Diego State University, where he graduated with honors. (192)
Director’s Filmography
Divine Factory
2022 Dok Leipzig
2022 Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal
2022 Singapore International Film Festival
2023 One World International Human Rights & Documentary Film Festival
2023 QCinema
Bidyoke
2019 San Diego Asian Film Fesetival, Opening Film
Patayan (Killings)
2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
2018 San Diego Asian Film Festival
2018 Athens International Film and Video Festival
2018 Cinematografica Film Festival
2018 Exground Film Festival
Programmes & Awards
2021 CreatePH Films Development Grant
2021 Docs by the Sea Accelerator Program