Sabado, Abril 20, 2013

Mga Enkantong Laog sa Mahabang Dapit-Hapon - Official Selection for 2013 Cannes Festival Short Film Corner


The Nomadic Creatures of a long twilight is a story about Minda (Anita Linda)  and her family, about the complex impact of her daughter selling her own kidney, her continued employment as a middleman of organ selling and the strained balancing of her responsibilities as a mother and grandmother.

In the record of World Health Organization (WHO), this 2013 the Philippines leads when it comes to organ selling around the world.

Director Derick Cabrido is an award-winning Filipino documentary producer who ventured in film directing. He grabbed the Bronze World Medal at New York Television Festival for “Pinays for Export” (2009), Silver Screen Award at New York International
Independent Film & Video Festival for “Tasaday” (2010) and Silver World Medal Award at New York Festivals for “Yaman sa Basura” (2012) which is also a UNICEF Asia-Pacific Child Rights Awards Finalist in 2011. He is currently working at GMA News and Public Affairs and the Executive Producer of “Front Row” that airs every Saturday at GMA News TV.

“Mga Enkantong Laog sa Mahabang Dapit-Hapon” is an Official Selection for 2013 Cannes Festival Short Film Corner.

Noteworthy to mention is actress Isadora who has a cameo role in this short film.

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