Raine Bongon is a Filipina-Canadian screenwriter, script analyst and poet. She is currently based in Vancouver, BC and is privileged to work on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.Beginning her career at the University of Victoria’s Creative Writing program, Raine graduated from the Vancouver Film School’s one-year intensive Writing for Film, Television and Games program in August 2021 with a specialization in writing for television.At her graduation ceremony, Raine's original TV pilot Ravenlock received the Silver Siddle Award for Best TV Pilot. Her feature-length coming-of-age musical drama Anne Zyadee was awarded Best Feature Script.Raine’s earlier poetry was published in the 24th volume of the University of Houston’s Glass Mountain Literary Magazine. Her poetry can also be found in local art journals and zines such as Bodies of Water.Born in the Philippines and raised in Dubai and Vancouver, Raine is fiercely dedicated to the representation of marginalized communities in film and television and tells undertold stories straight from the heart of a queer immigrant woman.Raine's long-term professional goal is to work her way up to staff writer on a television series that makes her and her friends laugh, cry and throw things at their screens.
PRODUCED CREDITS
(COMING SOON)
Pinecones and Seashells (2022)
Produced by Halfie Films
Boyz Direction (2020)
Written for Sketchademic! A VFS Online Sketch Comedy Show. Her sketch can be found at minute 32:42.
UNPRODUCED CREDITS
TV
RAVENLOCK is a one-hour serialized fantasy/comedy series about a college student intent on leaving her gift as a medium behind as she discovers that her dorm room is haunted by the ghost of a cursed pirate willing to do whatever it takes to break the curse.
Feature Film
ANNE ZYADEE is a feature-length coming-of-age musical drama about a teenager with social anxiety who starts a rock band when she meets a boy with similar issues at group therapy.
Short Film
THE MASTERPIECE is a short absurdist comedy following a couple in an art gallery as they seek to determine the true meaning of a painting.
BAD POETS is a short comedy mockumentary about an overambitious filmmaker who chronicles the war between two rivaling slam poetry troupes as they prepare for their university's big slam poetry competition.
