Motel Acacia

Bradley Liew’s sophomore feature is a 5 country co-production between the Philippines, Singapore, Slovenia, Taiwan and Thailand.

In the cold west, Motel Acacia is tasked with exterminating immigrants by the government through a BED, haunted with the spirit of a Filipino tree demon, that eats men and impregnates women. A young Filipino man, JC, is groomed by his tyrannical caucasian Father to take over the business.

World Sales Agent: Picture Tree International

North American Representative: XYZ Films

Film labs

2017 Sam Spiegel International Film Lab (Jerusalem Film Lab) • 2017 Talents Tokyo • 2016 EAVE Ties That Bind

Development awards

2018 Talents Tokyo Next Masters Support Program - Fellowship Grant Winner (Under Producer Bianca Balbuena) • 2018 Talents Tokyo Next Masters Support Program - Fellowship Grant Winner (Under Director Bradley Liew) • 2017 Talents Tokyo Next Masters Support Program - Development Grant Winner

Development markets

2018 Berlinale Co-Production Market • 2015 NAFF IT Project Market (Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival)

Film Festivals

Tokyo International Film Festival 2019 (Asian Future Competition) • 2019 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (Netpac Competition) • 2019 Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (Closing Film)