He has demonstrated his diverse skills as an advertising director, overseeing projects for brands, corporate clients, and commercial ventures. He served as the director, writer, and cinematographer for the viral digital advertisement "Sanib" by Home Credit, which garnered over 20 million views on different platforms and posts.

 

His short film, An Sadit na Planeta, won NETPAC Jury Prize & Special Jury Prize at the 17th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. His short films Palabas (A Country in Moving Pictures) & My Father is an Astro-Not were nominated for the Best Short Film at the 42nd & 44th Gawad Urian (Filipino Film Critics), respectively. 

 

He made films in collaboration & co-production with different departments & companies. A Boxing Country was made through a Philippines-Thailand co-production with ANPUD (Bangkok). He was commissioned to film My Father is an Astro-Not by the Coalition Against Death Penalty & the Commission on Human Rights. Viral Kids was produced by ABS-CBN Corporation. Super-Able is a short documentary film produced by Film Development Council of the Philippines, Department of Interior & Local Government and by the Quezon City Film Development Commission. 

 

He also made an inter-active educational film-game entitled “The Principal” commissioned by SEAMEO INNOTECH, an organization which aims to promote cooperation among the Southeast Asian nations through education, science and culture.

 

He is a recipient of "Harvest of Honors" Award for Cinema by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Film Ambassador by Film Development Council of the Philippines, and Indie Bravo Award by Inquirer Philippines. 

 

Some of his other significant awards are Best Short Narrative Film at the 15th Belize International Film Festival (Belize), Best Director at the 7th Hak-İş International Short Film Festival (Turkey), Silver Award at the 25th ifva Award (Hong Kong), Signs Award at 17th Festival International Signs of the Night (Germany), Best Film at Nespresso Talents (Philippines), Best Short Film at Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino 5 Sine Isla (Philippines), Special Mention Award at 21st Ismailia International Film Festival For Documentaries and Shorts (Egypt) Best Film at 15th Mini Film Festival (Malaysia), Grand Jury Prize at the 5th Festival Internacional de Cineminutos de Córdoba (Argentina), Best Experimental Short Film at Dolgoji Experimental Shorts (South Korea) and Best Documentary Film at 3rd Asia Peace Film Festival (Pakistan).

 

Arjanmar loves to share his knowledge and accepts invitations to be a speaker at different local schools and institutions like the Film Development Council of the Philippines, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the Philippine Navy, the University of the Philippines, the University of Santo Tomas, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, etc. He was also invited to be a filmmaking expert speaker at the 2019 Lampa International Film Festival in Perm, Russia. In February 2020, he was the only Asian filmmaker to be invited as a speaker at the United Nations Headquarters for the Breakout session with the theme: "Social impact films as a means of expanding and popularizing inclusion" within the framework of the 58th Session of the Commission for Social Development. 

 

He served as a jury, mentor & selection committee member in different film festivals like Gawad Alternatibo (Cultural Center of the Philippines), SineKabataan (Manila), Sorok Short Film Festival (Manila), Montañosa Film Festival (Baguio), Peñafrancia Short Film Festival (Camarines Sur), Abrenian Heritage Film Festival (Abra). 

 

As a photographer, IPA, International Photography Awards – Philippines, awarded him as the "Event Photographer of the Year" (2017 & 2018), "Sports Photographer of the Year" (2017 & 2018), "Moving Image Photographer of the Year" (2018) and "Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year" (2018). He was also a finalist for the 16th Annual Lucie Awards in New York (2018). He was awarded Gold & 2 Silver Awards at the 2018 Tokyo International Foto Awards. His photograph "Flying Bull" was featured on Smithsonian.com & National Geographic websites. His photograph "In the Wave of Faith" was included in the 30 Great Photos by Filipino Photographers 2017 by IPA (International Photography Awards) - Philippines. He was featured as Photographer of the Week in Picture Perfect section of the Manila Bulletin national newspaper.