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Sam Manacsa
Sam Manacsa is a Filipino filmmaker working across multiple disciplines. Her short film Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (2023) had its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of t…
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Sam Manacsa is a Filipino filmmaker working across multiple disciplines. Her short film Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (2023) had its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival, while If People Such as We Cease to Exist (2016) was selected for the International Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. She is an alumna of SEAFIC Seed Lab (2022) and TIFF Directors’ Lab (2025). As a production designer, she has worked on award-winning films, including Carlo Francisco Manatad’s Whether the Weather Is Fine (Locarno, 2021) and Siyou Tan’s Amoeba (TIFF, 2025). She is also a film programmer for FREEPERIOD Cinema.
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2026
And If Thuy Didn't Exist
Movie Producer
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2026
Open Endings
Movie Production Design
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2026
Annisa
Movie Director
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2026
Amoeba
Movie Production Design
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2024
Water Sports
Movie Creative Consultant
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2024
Cold Cut
Movie Production Design
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2024
Nightbirds
Movie Production Design
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2023
A Catholic Schoolgirl
Movie Production Design
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2023
Five Breakups and a Romance
Movie Art Direction
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2023
Primetime Mother
Movie Production Design
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2023
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
Movie Director
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2021
Whether the Weather Is Fine
Movie Art Direction
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2019
Sila-Sila
Movie Art Direction
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2019
Spid
Movie Assistant Director
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2019
Sakaling Maging Tayo
Movie Art Direction
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2018
Never Tear Us Apart
Movie Art Direction
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2017
Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month
Movie Art Direction
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2016
Baka Bukas
Movie Art Direction
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2016
If People Such as We Cease to Exist
Movie Director
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The Void Is Immense in Idle Hours
Movie Director
