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2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

ANITO

Directed by Melanie Lim

Shorts Competition / USA / 2017 / Family, Magical Realism, Women / 15 mins / English, Tagalog with English subtitles / Los Angeles Premiere

Plays In:
Nightcap

Downtown Independent
Sunday | May 6, 2018 9:30 pm

Description

A young girl befriends the spirit living inside her family’s ancestral wooden cabinet and helps find it a new tree to call home.


Director's Bio

Melanie emigrated from Manila, Philippines to Los Angeles, CA to pursue a career in film and television. As a first generation immigrant, she hopes to bring the American audience a fresh take on Filipino culture. She was recently accepted at the University of Southern California for the Masters program in Film and Television Production.


Credits

Director: Melanie Lim
Writer: Melanie Lim
Producer: Melanie Lim, Kris Hattori
Director of Photography: Alex Davis-Lawrence
Editor: Melanie Lim
Composer: Joy Ngiaw
Cast: Emma Garcia, Angela Baesa, Reuben Uy, Kristan Cleto


Plays in

  1. Nightcap

    Shorts Programs / 95 mins
    Closing a weekend of galas and events, drink up this fizzy nightcap of something a little weird, sometimes scary, and wholly inappropriate with some old friends. - Sheryl Santacruz

    In This Program: ANITO, ASWANG NEXT DOOR, COSMIC DENTAL ASSOCIATES OF CLIFTON, NJ, GRIN, HOME, INN, THE MASSEUSE, RAKSHA, SPACE BUTTHOLE


Dates & Times

Plays In:
Nightcap

Downtown Independent
Sunday | May 6, 2018 9:30 pm