christian balictan (1998) is a filipino-swiss director and photographer based between la trinidad, philippines and lugano, switzerland.

festivals
2026    upcoming
2026    arquiteturas film festival
2025    forum film dokumenter
2025    laceno d’oro
2024    chiayi international art doc film festival
2023    cinetekton festival internacional de cine y arquitectura
2023    biennale internazionale del cortometraggio di vicenza
2023    solothurn film festival
2022    laceno d’oro

exhibitions / pubblications
2026    issue Immortality, labocine
2026    exhibition at echi di storia, switzerland
2025    collective exhibition I/Land at convenience coffeehouse, philippines
2025    collective exhibition I/Land at bencab museum, philippines
2025    collective exhibition I/Land at ayala museum, philippines
2025    collective magazine fraymemagazine, germany
2024    collective exhibition un trittico per ritrovarsi at galleria la loggia, switzerland
2023    collective exhibition mez&mez at atelier cornici e restauri, switzerland
2023    collective exhibition svela la tua città e i suoi segreti at trieste photo days and urban photo awards, italy
2023    collective book “71% – the state of water”, at trieste photo days, italy
2023    collective exhibition frammenti at galleria la loggia, switzerland
2023    collective exhibition lugano in un’immagine at istituto internazionale di architettura, switzerland
2023    magazine docu magazine – vol. 31
2023    collective book pasolini photo days: the unmasked face, Italy
2022    collective exhibition pasolini photo days: the unmasked face, Italy
2022    collective exhibition giovani artisti in mostra at galleria la loggia, switzerland

workshop / masterclass / education
2025    adrian paci by civica scuola di cinema luchino visconti and careof
2024    photography workshop by film festival di locarno
2024    armin linke – photography as a negotiation space by university of lugano
2023    nikos economopoulos by magnum photos and percorsi fotografici
2019 – 2023 degree program in philosophy and communication sciences at università della svizzera italiana

balictan.christian@gmail.com
instagram @christianbalictan