Grace Simbulan graduated with honors with a degree in Film and Audio-Visual Communication from the University of the Philippines. After graduation, she was given a grant by the European Union to produce a documentary entitled Traces of Awakening. In the process of creating the documentary, she met a 40-year old Aeta who was then in 1st grade and he became her inspiration in writing her short film Bonifacio. Bonifacio was part of the QCinema short films last year.