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Filipino short ‘HITO’ competes at Berlin International Film Fest this February

ANIMA Short Film Lab entry “HITO” joins the youth-focused category of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) happening on February 16 to 26, 2023. Together with other international entries, “HITO” enters the Generation14 programme that caters to audiences under 18. “HITO,” directed by Stephen Lopez, is one of the products of the ANIMA Short Film …

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Haiyan Film Project ‘Whether the Weather is Fine’ Receives French Film Grant

Filipino film director and editor Carlo Francisco Manatad’s first feature film project Whether the Weather is Fine (Kun Maupay Man It Panahon) received financing from Aide aux cinémas du monde (France’s World Cinema Support) and Institut Français worth 130,000 euros. Director Manatad teamed up with producer Armi Rae Cacanindin and co-writers Giancarlo Abrahan and Jeremie Dubois to …

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