Kelsy Lua is a film editor based in LA who has made waves in both the local indie film scene and in film festivals in the Philippines, her country of birth. She has worked as the editor of multiple projects, which include award-winning short films Gawilan, Breach of Trust, On The Clock, and A Blossom in the Night, among others.
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Fil-Am Michael Manese’s Asian-themed short film awarded Inwood Filmmaker Fund
Filipino-American Michael Manese has been awarded the 2020 Inwood Film Festival Filmmaker Fund for his new short film, Asian PersuAsian, a comedy with an all-Asian cast.
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8-year-old animator Jade Dandan Evangelista screens frontliner tribute film in EU fest
8-year-old animator and filmmaker Jade Dandan Evangelista screened her tribute film to frontliners during the European Union online festival for Pinoy youths.
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Broadway’s Jhett Tolentino wins 9th award for bio-docu “Life Is What You Make It”
Broadway producer Jhett Tolentino’s foray into filmmaking has given him a 9th award for his self-produced biographical documentary, “Life Is What You Make It”, this time from the prestigious New Vision International Film Festival (NVIFF) in Amsterdam The Netherlands. “Life Is What You Make It” won Best Documentary Short at the 2019 edition of the […]
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Cavite filmmaker Arvin Belarmino makes Top 20 cut in Mobile Film Fest
Multi-awarded Cavite filmmaker Arvin “Kadiboy” Belarmino’s first foray into mobile phone filmmaking successfully made the Top 20 cut in the Mobile Filmmaker’s International Fest to be held in Moscow, Russia this April. The mobile film “The Gathering,” written and directed by Belarmino with photography, editing, and production by Tristan Cua, was chosen as finalist from […]
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Iloilo filmmaker Elvert Banares is Best Cinematography nominee in Alternative Film Festival Canada
Iloilo filmmaker Elvert Banares’ short film “No Flower in the Afternoon” bagged a Best Cinematography nomination from the Alternative Film Festival (AltFF) Canada. Banares, founder of CineKasimanwa film festival and Sandaan sa Visayas Festival Director, was shortlisted in the AltFF official nominees for the Spring Quarter Awards announced March 19. The Visayas film director posted […]
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