A graduate of De La Salle University - Manila under AB Communication Arts back in 2017, Tyra Alvarade was awarded the Outstanding Thesis Award for her short film Art Fines, which she wrote and directed. She went on to work as an Associate Producer under Sine De Oro Productions and Reality Entertainment, aiding in the production of films and TV episodes such as On the Job: The Missing 8, Kuwaresma (The Entity), and HBO’s Food Lore: Island of Dreams, before branching out to pursue full-time screenwriting, and later, directing.

In 2022, Tyra was selected as one of the participants of Full Circle Lab for her directorial debut Ang Kwento ni Maria, Maria, at Lucia (Between One Lucia and Two Marias), where she was mentored by Ayman El Amir and Meiske Taurisia. The film became among few of the chosen projects pitched in the 28th Busan International Film Festival’s Platform BUSAN, where Tyra was chosen as one of the delegates representing the Philippines. The film was also a recipient of the FDCP CreatePHFilms Script Development Fund, and was part of the roster of projects presented during the International Film Industry Conference Pitching Sessions, as well as shortlisted for Sundance Script Development Lab and the IFFR Hubert Bals Script & Project Development Fund last 2022.

Tyra is interested in the exploration of familial trauma, nationality, and female identity, and how they all coincide and overlap within an individual’s life. Her greatest inspiration is her mother.

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