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FILM CATALOGUE
ROAD TO HAPPY
90 minutes
​A self-proclaimed celebrity is on his way to his next gig when he finds a homeless girl hitching a ride in his van.​​
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CAST: VJ Mendoza, Darlyn Izabelle Salang, Smokey Manaloto
KEY CREATIVES
Writer: Mina Cruz DOP/Editor: Allan Balberona Music: Ian Joseph Tan
Director: Joel Ferrer Producers: Mina Cruz, VJ Mendoza​
TAMBAYO NA DAYAT (SEA LULLABIES)
15 minutes
​Distancing herself from controlling traditions, a Filipina mermaid has been living carefree in the city for years, until her daughter arrives to fetch her home.
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CAST: Burn Flores, Serena Magiliw
KEY CREATIVES
Writer/Director/Producer: Mina Cruz
DOP: Allan Balberona Additional Cinematography: Russ Llarena
Music: DistantPlay Studio​ Editors: Allan Balberona, Mina Cruz, Russ Llarena
LEAVING THE RAVEN'S NEST
15 minutes
A middle-aged son longs for a life outside his mother’s cluttered home as they both struggle with codependency.
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CAST: Robert Joshuan San Luis, Joy Ras
KEY CREATIVES
Writer/Director: Mina Cruz
DOP: Ar-jen Manlapig Editor: Van Esperanza Music: Kat Nobleza
Production Designers: Raven Mae Lilang, Michelle Alejandro
OUR REDIRECTED HOPES
13 minutes
A vague dream gives former lovers a final chance to re connect. The man has turned into a hybrid zombie, the woman gets a chance to speak her thoughts, and they both face the second to final stage of their lost relationship. ​
CAST: Vic Medina, Mina Cruz
KEY CREATIVES
Writer/Director/Producer: Mina Cruz
DOP/Editor: Allan Balberona Production Manager: Jen Balberona
Music: Mina Cruz
RECURRENCIA
9 minutes
A dark experimental war movie though the war has been long gone. A woman lives and re-lives the memories day after day. Again and again her memories bring her back to the Manila Massacre by Japanese soldiers at the end of World War II.
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CAST: Mina Cruz
KEY CREATIVES
Writer/Director/Producer: Mina Cruz
DOP/Editor: Allan Balberona Production Manager: Jen Balberona
OLD THOUGHTS IN TATTERED PAPER
5 minutes
A very personal and atmospheric film. The filmmaker plays a moody writer herself in images that are as moody. The writer is haunted and disturbed, but anyway writes a strong poem for a film that has dark images that are as strong.​
CAST: Mina Cruz
KEY CREATIVES
Writer/Director: Mina Cruz DOP/Editor: Russ Llarena