Sam Manacsa
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Biography
Sam Manacsa is a Filipino filmmaker working across multiple disciplines. Her short film Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (2023) had its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival, while If People Such as We Cease to Exist (2016) was selected for the International Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. She is an alumna of SEAFIC Seed Lab (2022) and TIFF Directors’ Lab (2025). As a production designer, she has worked on award-winning films, including Carlo Francisco Manatad’s Whether the Weather Is Fine (Locarno, 2021) and Siyou Tan’s Amoe…
And If Thuy Didn't Exist
2026 · Producer
Open Endings
2026 · Production Design
Annisa
2026 · Director
Amoeba
2026 · Production Design
Amoeba
2026 · Costume Design
Water Sports
2024 · Creative Consultant
Cold Cut
2024 · Production Design
Nightbirds
2024 · Production Design
A Catholic Schoolgirl
2023 · Production Design
Five Breakups and a Romance
2023 · Art Direction
Primetime Mother
2023 · Production Design
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
2023 · Director
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
2023 · Writer
Whether the Weather Is Fine
2021 · Art Direction
Sila-Sila
2019 · Art Direction
Spid
2019 · Assistant Director
Sakaling Maging Tayo
2019 · Art Direction
Never Tear Us Apart
2018 · Art Direction
Please • Care
2017 · Art Direction
Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month
2017 · Art Direction
Baka Bukas
2016 · Art Direction
If People Such as We Cease to Exist
2016 · Script
If People Such as We Cease to Exist
2016 · Director
The Void Is Immense in Idle Hours
Director
The Void Is Immense in Idle Hours
Writer
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