Edward Escobal, Jason Asuncion, Sheree Ann Morgan, Chrysthelle Olivares, Jane White, Khia Arkysha Donguines
Canada
2022
In English and Tagalog with English subtitles
Coarse language
Featured in:
VIFF Short Forum: Program 3
The camera eye knows no bounds in these stories that push the limits of gravity and grace.
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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
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.



