EXCLUSIVE: Philippines‘ Nathan Studio has struck a cope with Singapore’s Momo Movie Co to take a position strategically in Momo’s slate of upcoming initiatives.
The preliminary initiatives beneath this partnership embrace Locarno winner Nelson Yeo’s dystopian horror venture The Drought, Wregas Bhutenaja’s third characteristic Levitating, and the unannounced subsequent characteristic venture by Singapore’s Kirsten Tan, who made Sundance Particular Jury Prize-winner Pop Aye.
Nathan Studio is a manufacturing firm owned by the Atayde household within the Philippines.
“I’m honored and very excited with the partnership between Momo Movie Co and Nathan Studios,” actress-comedian Sylvia Sanchez-Atayde stated. “I’m wanting ahead to all of the wonderful content material that we’ll create and produce collectively. With the help of Momo, this partnership positively brings Nathan a step nearer in fulfilling our imaginative and prescient to showcase Pinoy expertise globally.”
Tan Si En, managing director of Momo Movie Co, added: “We stay up for a long-term partnership with Nathan Studio and their nice group as we produce Momo’s subsequent slate of initiatives. I’m thrilled to have companions who care about tales from our area and who’re at all times able to champion nice abilities.”
Yeo’s subsequent venture, titled The Drought, participated on the Qcinema venture market, and received the highest prize in November 2023. Set within the time of a extreme drought, the movie is a dark-comedy horror which follows Kai as he struggles together with his retracting genitals and his spouse, Ling, demeaning him for his impotency.
In the meantime, their widowed neighbour Daming grieves over the dying of the final of his three sons and his mom devises a secret plan for an additional grandson. The debut characteristic from the Singaporean filmmaker, Dreaming & Dying, received the Golden Leopard award within the “Cineasti del presente” part in addition to the Swatch First Characteristic Award on the Locarno Movie Competition in 2023.
Wregas Bhanutega’s Levitating is slated to start out manufacturing within the third quarter of this 12 months in Indonesia. The movie takes place in a small suburban space the place pleasure comes from being possessed by religious beings. It follows 20-year-old Bayu, who aspires to be the shaman for normal trance events and later emerges as a crucial determine to resolve the realm’s disaster within the face of an impending eviction.
In 2016, Wregas grew to become the primary Indonesian director to win an award at Cannes Movie Competition after clinching the Discovery Prize for his quick movie Prenjak. Bhanuteja’s characteristic debut, Photocopier (2021) premiered on the Busan Worldwide Movie Competition and later recorded three consecutive weeks in Netflix High 10’s world record of most watched non-English movies.
Momo Movie Co beforehand collaborated on Bhanuteja’s second characteristic, Andragogy (unique title: Budi Pekerti), which had its world premiere within the Discovery program on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition 2023 and likewise clinched Finest Actress for Sha Ine Febriyanti and Finest Supporting Actress for Prilly Latuconsina at Competition Movie Indonesia.
Kirsten Tan’s Pop Aye had its World Premiere in competitors because the opening evening movie on the Sundance Movie Competition in 2017 and later screened at over 50 movie festivals. She is at present engaged on her subsequent characteristic movie.
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