Festival Note
A 101-year-old pious and pragmatic transwoman uses her 100,000-peso government reward for centenaries for one last chance at love.
Norvin De los Santos is a writer-director from Mandaluyong City. After graduating with a Business Administration degree from Jose Rizal University in 2013, he took up Basic Motion Picture production at the Asia Pacific Film Institute in 2016.
His first short film Papang (Father, 2016) won Best Film at the San Juan Film Camp, and was in competition at the Cinema One Originals short film program. His second short film Hele ng Maharlika (Lullaby of the Free, 2019) won a Special Mention award at the Cinemalaya Film Festival, and was screened in exhibition at the Active Vista Human Rights Film Festival. He participated in the Active Vista Film Lab, where he developed his upcoming short film Isang Daa’t Isang Mariposa (101 Butterflies, 2019).