About Us

WHO WE ARE

Tuldok Animation Studios

Tuldok Animation Studios, Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit organization that produces, promotes, and facilitates animated projects in line with traditional Filipino values and in the spirit of “bayanihan.”

Composed of advocacy-driven creatives from various fields and coming from different places around the Philippines and the world, its main thrust is to contribute to the Filipino heritage through the production of original Filipino animated content and the promotion of artistic works through school tours, seminars, and workshops.

Our Mission

Tuldok Animation aims to contribute to the Filipino heritage through the production of original Filipino animated content and the promotion of artistic and cultural works through film screenings, art events, trainings, school tours, seminars, and workshops.

Tuldok's Current Direction

Tuldok’s calibrated response towards the pandemic led the organization to a much stronger workforce – with membership growing with a whole new batch of young talents after its first generation of artists. Tuldok continues to collectively share the members’ beliefs and principles in telling Filipino stories, and hopefully, this could lead to profound effects in the appreciation of local tales, as well as the spearheading of more artistic collaborations in the future.

To produce and promote original Filipino animated content.

With collective effort, more artists can band together to achieve the common goal of creating animated works with Filipino sensibilities.

To engage more people, especially the youth, with Philippine arts and culture using new media.

Modern revival of Filipino stories and characters as cultural, educational, and entertainment materials in different platforms can hopefully gain a more positive response from the youth.

Our Journey Through Time

Tuldok Animation Studios

2005

Founding of Tuldok Animation Studios, Inc.

Tuldok is a non-profit organization bent on making the world recognize the Filipino's artistic and creative talent, using animation as the medium to deliver that message. Formed in October 2005 and backed by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Tuldok came into fruition after Ramon del Prado got together with friends Ben Carandang, Ayeen Pineda, and Toffer Liu for what he called "a bayanihan concept but in terms of art."

2007

Libingan

An animated film follows city-born Anna as she encounters provincial life for the first time, facing bullying from three kids who coerce her into a haunted forest where she, accompanied by her faithful dog Rambo, makes a startling discovery.

2010

Lines to Life: An Introduction to Animation

A set of instructional videos covering animation basics, divided into seven parts, aims to familiarize Filipino viewers with the medium and inspire them to create original animated content.

2010

Pasintabi

An animated film follows Reb, a skeptical 10-year-old, as he questions his grandfather’s traditional beliefs as an albularyo (medicine man) until a pivotal night alters his perspective on wisdom and age.

2012

Si Pagong at Matsing

A retelling of the beloved Filipino folktale the Monkey and the Turtle, where we follow the misadventures of the monkey as he tries to destroy the life of his once best friend, the turtle because of envy and spite.

2022

Bernardo Carpio

Bernardo Carpio struggles to free himself from his chains, while he also duels with the mysterious and powerful “salamangkera” (sorceress) who led him to his entrapment under “The Two Clashing Boulders” in Montalban. This adaptation helmed by Rianne Hill Soriano depicts two beings fighting each other as the bigger force above them, the Spanish government, manipulates them both.

2022

Si Bulusan nan si Agingay

This legend originates from a town in Sorsogon, the mystical Bulusan Volcano, and the Bulusan Lake. In the story, the brave and handsome Bulusan and beautiful Agingay live happily under the shadow of the volcano, but, unknown to the happily married couple, evil lurks in the shadows in the person of Casiguran. Driven by extreme jealousy, Casiguran finds the opportunity to eliminate Bulusan, the person he hates.

2022

Sulayman

Based on the Indarapatra at Sulayman tale of Maguindanao, this epic story shows the sacrifices heroes choose to save the lives of others. In this animated film, the character Sulayman uses his warrior skills, love, and dedication to combat and overcome elements that cause chaos and destruction in his hometown.

2023

Atin 'To

This seven-minute animated documentary features three stalwarts of the Philippine animation industry Avid Liongoren (animated films Saving Sally and Hayop Ka!), Tanya Yuson (animated series Trese), and Luis Suarez (animated film RPG Metanoia) as they discuss the challenges they faced in the industry and how Filipinos deal with intellectual property, which plays a crucial role in the creative industry.