Cross My Heart and Hope To Die

Sam Manac­sa | Phil­ip­pi­nen 2023 | 17′ | Spiel­film | Ta mit eng­li­schen UT | Köln-Premiere
Best of Fes­ti­vals II

Auf der Arbeit kämpft Mila um ihren Lohn, wäh­rend ein Ver­eh­rer sie mit sei­nen stän­di­gen Anru­fen trös­tet. Doch die ersehn­te Hoff­nung könn­te auch tra­gisch enden, mit trau­ri­gen Liebesliedern.

Crew

Screenings/Preise

​​​​Vene­zia 80 — Mos­tra Inter­na­zio­na­le d’Ar­te Cine­ma­to­gra­fi­ca, Oriz­zon­ti Short Films Com­pe­ti­ti­on 2023, Ita­ly — World Premiere
Orvie­to Cine­ma Fest 2023, Ita­ly — SNCCI Award
Kaoh­si­ung Film Fes­ti­val 2023, Tai­wan — Jury Award
​Stret­to Film Fes­ti­val 2023, Ita­ly — Best Short Film Award

Fil­mo­gra­phie

Bio­gra­phie

Sam Manac­sa work­ed as Art Direc­tor on award-win­ning films such as Car­lo Fran­cis­co Manatad’s Whe­ther the Wea­ther Is Fine. Her short film, If Peo­p­le Such as We Cea­se to Exist (2016), was sel­ec­ted at Cler­mont-Fer­rand Short Film Com­pe­ti­ti­on. Cross My Heart and Hope To Die (2023) was sel­ec­ted to pre­mie­re at the 80th La Bien­na­le Venice Inter­na­tio­nal Film Fes­ti­val in the offi­ci­al Oriz­zon­ti Short Films Com­pe­ti­ti­on. Her first fea­ture, The Void Is Immense on Idle Hours, is curr­ent­ly in development.

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Kon­takt & Links

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On Hos­pi­ta­li­ty

Cross My Heart and Hope To Die 

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