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CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE

CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE
by SAM MANACSA

17:00 minutes | Drama | PG

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FILM SCHEDULE

  • August 5, 2023 6:15 PM Philippine International Convention Center

  • August 6, 2023 6:15 PM Philippine International Convention Center

  • August 6, 2023 12:30 PM Ayala Malls

  • August 7, 2023 3:30 PM Philippine International Convention Center

  • August 7, 2023 8:00 PM Ayala Malls

  • August 8, 2023 3:30 PM Philippine International Convention Center

  • August 9, 2023 12:30 PM Ayala Malls

  • August 10, 2023 5:30 PM Ayala Malls

  • August 11, 2023 12:45 PM Philippine International Convention Center

  • August 11, 2023 5:30 PM Ayala Malls

  • August 12, 2023 12:45 PM Philippine International Convention Center

  • August 12, 2023 12:30 PM Ayala Malls

CAST
Jorrybell Agoto, Aje Candelaria, Vincent Pajara, Carla Zarcal,  and Rexon Anyayahan

PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR/SCREENPLAY – Sam Manacsa
CINEMATOGRAPHER – Martika Ramirez-Escobar
PRODUCTION DESIGN – Whammy Alcazaren
EDITOR – Carlo Francisco Manatad
SOUND – Sum-Sum Shen, Ilya Selikhov
LINE PRODUCER – Noni Abao
PRODUCTION – Chad Cabigon, Carlo Francisco Manatad

LOGLINE
An underpaid office assistant escapes her dreadful reality with a mysterious caller.

SYNOPSIS
Mila struggles as she remains unpaid at work and a love interest becomes a source of comfort through his constant phone calls. But a promise of hope may also lead to tragedy and sad love songs.

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FILMMAKER’S PROFILE        

SAM MANACSA is a filmmaker and production designer based in Manila. She has worked as art director in Carlo Francisco Manatad’s Whether the Weather Is Fine (2021). Her short film “If People Such as We Cease to Exist” was selected at Clermont- Ferrand Short Film Competition in 2016. “Cross My Heart and Hope To Die” premiered at the 80th La Biennale Venice International Film Festival as part of the official Orizzonti Short Films Competition in 2023 .

DIRECTOR’S NOTES

I was never acutely aware of my privilege more so than when the pandemic hit. While I was fortunate enough to be comfortable, countless others were struggling and literally fighting for their lives. That awakened feeling has turned into some sort of guilt of having privilege in this exaggerated class divide.

We all saw this out-of-touch apathy with a lot of the privileged, but it made me ask myself if I’m also guilty of that same ignorance. In this unequal world, how could you not feel guilt for having more and not doing anything about it? I realized that what really just separates all of us is luck.

Some are just lucky enough to have a life on the right side of the tracks, and it feels like there’s not much we can do in this reality of exploitative class systems. It may seem that we feel helpless and we have no choice in that sense, but I’d like to believe that we at least have a choice to treat each other with empathy, not apathy. To be compassionate and not ignorant. To use whatever privilege we have not for our own benefit, but to help uplift others.

FILM STILLS

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