SA WAKAS

SA WAKAS

BY NICA SANTIAGO
SHORT FEATURE CATEGORY

SYNOPSIS:  Sa Wakas is a story of a father who drives his daughter in his tricycle to find a health center that would admit her as she loses so much blood.  Will they make it or would the life of young Kat-Kat be put to waste?  It is a paramount reflection of a father-daughter bond tested by cultural, political and religious hypocrisy.

FILMMAKER PROFILE:  Nica Santiago is a twenty one year old film enthusiast. She started making films since 2008 on her first year of college. She has produced various films for school and personal purposes. In her college days, she won best film in various festivals such as Gawad CCP, Indie UN Film, Sinepiyu 2012 and I-Witness Docu-Fest 2009 while taking up her degree in Mass Communication at Far Eastern University. Recently her short film entitled SA WAKAS (the end of the beginning) was chosen to be part of Cinemalaya 2013. This same film also won the ACTIVE VISTA Film Festival 2012 2nd prize and was also selected to be part of short film competition in Golden Anteaters Poland and Auburn International Film Festival in Sydney Australia. Nica is also a film and theater actress. Her first lead role in a feature film was Pascalina, which won the Best Picture award in Cinema One Originals 2012. Despite of these winnings she is still aiming to learn more and continue her burning passion to cinema.

MAJOR CREDITS:  CAST:  Divine Aucina, Raul Morit, Meann Espinosa CREW: Executive Producer:  DAKILA / Jet Leyco  Director: Nica Santiago Writer: Nica Santiago  Director of Photography: Neil Bion Production Manager: Lhovely Queñano Location Manager: Michael Santiago Sound Operator: Harold Buaron Art Director : Paolo Domingo Editor: Nica Santiago / Jet Leyco Musical Composition: Nica Santiago Marketing Head: Lorenz Estanislao

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