Francis Joseph "Oggs" Cruz is a Filipino lawyer and film critic best known for his reviews of Philippine New Wave films in prominent publications including the Philippine Star, the

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and

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. Cruz's reviews have led him to be invited to join the selection committees of several major Philippine festivals, including the

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, the

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and the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. Cruz was a member of the selection committee of the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, but resigned in 2012 in protest over the exclusion of one of the films nominated under the New breed category that year.

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