Festival Note
This is the first time Kaya Fuentes (Ora Palencia) experienced falling in love. As one of the finest students of an all-girls Catholic school, she is ungodly to develop a crush on Sister Agnes (Sharon Idone)—a nun who will soon be destined to a province faraway. Now more than ever, Kaya feels the need to confess before Sister Agnes leaves.
Ito ang unang pagkakataon na naranasan ni Kaya Fuentes (Ora Palencia) ang umibig. Bilang isa sa pinakamahusay na estudyante ng isang all-girls Catholic school, nawawala siya sa Diyos sa pagkakaroon ng crush kay Sister Agnes (Sharon Idone)—isang madre na malapit nang madestino sa probinsyang malayo. Ngayon higit kailanman, nararamdaman ni Kaya ang pangangailangang magtapat bago umalis si Sister Agnes.
Myra is a 22-year-old student filmmaker who found her knack for storytelling after discovering Cinematheque Centre Iloilo in August 2018. In 2021, her first short documentary Panambi, co-created with her besties Jane and Katya, premiered internationally at the prestigious Ji.hlava International Film Festival. Now, she will debut as a fiction filmmaker in this year’s QCShorts with A Catholic Schoolgirl, which is also the recipient of Globe Prepaid’s GoWATCH Film Lab seed grant. But most importantly, she co-parents a cute cat named Charlie.