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© rafael manuel

© rafael manuel

© harry gruyaert

filipiñana (feature)

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Based on his short off the same title, Filipiñana is a continuation of Rafael Manuel's study on the Philippine golf and country club milieu as a self-contained microcosm that reflects societal structures present in the country. It is currently being developed in the Cannes Cinéfondation La Residence.

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patrimonio (short)

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An exploration of the family as the basic building block of Philippine society and how the country's macro-tragic state can be rooted in the micro of the nuances and peculiarities inherent in the family dynamics of the director's immediate familial unit.

english weather (short)

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A series of character-based tableaus set in Hyde Park - London, strung together by the threat of impending rain. English Weather is Rafael Manuel's initial study of the climate of post-Brexit UK as his new home.

treatments and scripts available upon request

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