Born in 1975, Kiri Dalena is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Manila and Mindanao, Philippines. Her artworks and films focus on injustices, social inequalities and human rights. Dalena works both as an individual and in collectives, such as Southern Tagalog Exposure (active 2001-2008) and RESBAK (Respond and Break the Silence Against the Killings, 2016-present). She studied BS Human Ecology at the University of the Philippines Los Baños and 16 mm documentary filmmaking at the Mowelfund Film Institute.