© 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
