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Filipiñana

(Rafael Manuel, 2026)

 Epicmedia returns to Sundance AND Berlinale! This time with Rafael Manuel’s deliciously visual debut feature!  A golf club’s newly appointed ‘tee-girl’ feels strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, the president of the country club where she works. But as s

Epicmedia returns to Sundance AND Berlinale! This time with Rafael Manuel’s deliciously visual debut feature!

A golf club’s newly appointed ‘tee-girl’ feels strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, the president of the country club where she works. But as she starts to piece together a more violent picture of what lies behind the country club’s pristine facade, she comes to realize that what began as an innocent infatuation with Dr. Palanca is rooted in a more sinister, shared history.

Directed by Rafael Manuel

Produced by Film4 (POOR THINGS, THE ZONE OF INTEREST), Epicmedia (VIET AND NAM, DIRECTORS FACTORY PHILIPPINES, IN MY MOTHER’S SKIN), Pōtocol (INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL), Devios Films, Idle Eye

Festivals: Sundance Film Festival (World Dramatic Competition - Special Jury Award for Creative Vision), Berlinale (Perspectives Competition)

FILIPIÑANA - Teaser

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