KR Gonzales is a queer Filipina-Canadian filmmaker and multimedia artist based in Vancouver, BC. Her work transforms natural landscapes into surreal and supernatural spaces, weaving her queer lived experience into its narratives.

KR holds a degree in AB Multimedia Arts from Asia Pacific College and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production at the University of British Columbia.

Her film and media practice spreads across multiple disciplines: director of photography, camera assistant, production design, and gaffing.

Her directorial works have screened at CineFilipino Film Festival, Cinespectra Film Festival, Pelikultura: Calabarzon Film Festival, Cinema Rehiyon, Tokyo Deaf International Film Festival, and Thailand International Film Destination Festival.

She is a recipient of artistic and educational grants from the BC Arts Council, the Film Development Council of the Philippines, EON Foundation.

Awards and Grants

2024 - British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship Grant Recipient 
2024 - Arts Research Abroad (ARA) Full funding Recipient for GSP: FEST Film Festival 
2023 - British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship Grant Recipient 
2021 - Tokyo International Deaf Film Festival, Film exhibition (Quieter is Louder)
2019 - CineSpectra Short Film / Film Development Council of the Philippines (Quieter is Louder)
2019 - Pelikultura Calabarzon Film Festival (.raw)
2018 - Grand Prize Winner, Thailand International Film Destination Festival Short Film (5 Dog Years)
2018 - CineFilipino Film Festival, Finalist (.raw)
2018 - Cum Laude, Asia Pacific College, AB Multimedia Arts
2017 - Hall of Famer, Vision Petron Video Art Competition
2016 - Grand Prize Winner, Vision Petron Video Art Competition