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Paco

Canadian Premiere

While keeping a secret from his family overseas, Paco struggles to uphold his responsibilities and aspirations.

 

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Director
Cast

Edward Escobal, Jason Asuncion, Sheree Ann Morgan, Chrysthelle Olivares, Jane White, Khia Arkysha Donguines

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

In English and Tagalog with English subtitles

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Content Warning

Coarse language

PG
15 min

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Credits

Executive Producer

Sebastien Galina, Geoff Manton, Shelby Manton, Kristoff Duxbury

Producer

Geoff Manton, Sebastien Galina, Kent Donguines

Screenwriter

Moira Tan, Kent Donguines

Cinematography

Jaryl Lim

Editor

Josh Aries

Production Design

Amber Nordstrand, Rowan Landaiche

Original Music

Katya Semyonova

Director

Kent Donguines headshot, Paco director

Kent Donguines

Kent Donguines is a Filipino-Canadian narrative and documentary filmmaker who runs Aimer Films Inc. based in Vancouver, BC. He produced the award-winning films Iridescence (2017), This Ink Runs Deep (2019), and Watershed (2020), which was featured at Los Angeles Comic Con. He also created the short documentary Kalinga (2020), which had its world premiere at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. Donguines is an alumnus of the 2021 Norman Jewison Film Program – CFC Producers’ Lab.