Philippines, Indonesian Projects Receive Fall Grants From Thailand’s Purin Pictures
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Bangkok-based film fund Purin Pictures will disburse $140,000 to three Philippines and one Indonesian film as part of its fall grants.
The Purin committee has chosen three fiction and one documentary projects for production support and one documentary project for post-production support. “The Remotes” is John Torres’ first fiction film after two decades of making documentaries. “Filipinana” by Rafael Manuel is expanded from a short film and was recently awarded at the Asian Project Market in Busan. “Jaguar” by Dean Colin Marcial is an urban thriller that straddles the gap between independent and mainstream genre cinema.
Rounding out the selection are two documentaries, “Bariles” by Sheryl Rose Andes and “Planet of Love” by Ika Wulandari, that examine marginalized livelihoods in the Philippines and Indonesia respectively. Production Grants ($30,000 for fiction films, $15,000 for documentary films)“The Remotes.” Director: John Torres.
Producer: John Torres. Production Company: Los Otros (Philippines). Two sisters with superpowers race against time to track a voice that controls human avatars, haunted by the revelation it could be their dead mother. “Filipinana.” Director: Rafael Manuel.
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