Carlo Francisco Manatad

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| birth_place = Tacloban, Philippines

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| nationality = Filipino

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| occupation = Filmmaker, editor

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| known_for = Whether the Weather is Fine

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Carlo Francisco Manatad (born October 4, 1987) is a Filipino filmmaker and editor.{{cite web |url=https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/directors/carlo--francisco-manatad |title=Carlo Francisco Manatad - La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes |author= |date= |website=La Semaine de la Critique |publisher= |access-date=August 27, 2021|quote=}} He is one of the most prolific editors in the Philippines{{cite web |url=http://www.torinofilmlab.it/people/5756-carlo-francisco-manatad |title=Carlo Francisco Manatad - TorinoFilmLab |author= |date= |website=TorinoFilmLab |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021 |quote=}} and has edited the films Ruined Heart (2014), A Gentle Night (2017), Balangiga (2017) and Women of the Weeping River (2018) to name a few. As a director, his films have screened in a number of international film festivals, such as in Locarno, Toronto, Busan, and Cannes.

His most recent work is his feature film directorial debut, Whether the Weather is Fine (2021), which premiered at Locarno and won the Cinema e Gioventù Prize.{{cite news |author= |title='Kun Maupay Man It Panahon' bags special award at Locarno Film Festival |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/movies/kun-maupay-man-it-panahon-cinema-e-gioventu-prize-locarno-film-festival-2021 |work=Rappler |location= |date=August 15, 2021 |access-date=August 28, 2021}}

Early life and education

Manatad was born in Tacloban City, Philippines. He studied in business school initially, then pursued engineering during his first few years of university before eventually shifting to film. He graduated from the University of the Philippines Film Institute.{{cite web |url=https://filmacademy.sgiff.com/featured/interview-with-carlo-francisco-manatad-director-of-junilyn-has/ |title=Interview with Carlo Francisco Manatad, Director of Junilyn Has |author= |date= |website= SGIFF Film Academy|publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021 |quote=}} Manatad is also an alumnus of the Asian Film Academy, Berlinale Talent Campus, and Locarno Filmmakers Academy.{{cite web |url=https://pro.festivalscope.com/director/carlo-francisco-manatad |title=Festival Scope Pro - Carlo Francisco Manatad |author= |date= |website=Festival Scope Pro |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021 |quote=}}

Career

Manatad has worked on over 60 feature films as an editor and had been working as an editor for nine years before he started directing.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/locarno-critics-academy-2018-filmmakers-1201995652/ |title=Locarno Filmmakers Academy 2018: Meet Some of the World's Most Exciting New Filmmakers |last=Slater-Williams |first=John |date=August 18, 2018 |website=IndieWire |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021 |quote=}} In 2015, after encouragement from Khavn de la Cruz, Manatad directed his first short film Junilyn Has.{{cite web |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/movies/08/16/21/meet-carlo-manatad-director-of-the-award-winning-waray-movie-people-are-talking-about |title=Meet Carlo Manatad, director of the award-winning Waray movie people are talking about |last=Grana |first=Rhia|date=August 16, 2021 |website=ABS-CBN News |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021 |quote=}} The film was screened at the Locarno Film Festival and Singapore International Film Festival.{{cite news |last=Jaucian |first=Don |date=May 12, 2017 |title=FEATURE: Meet the young filmmaker who's representing the Philippines at the Cannes Film Festival |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/supreme/2017/05/12/1699458/feature-meet-young-filmmaker-whos-representing-philippines-cannes-film-festival |work=The Philippine Star |location= |access-date=August 28, 2021}}{{cite news |author= |title=Filipino classic, indie films to be screened at Singapore Int'l Film Festival |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/541730/filipino-classic-indie-films-to-be-screened-at-singapore-int-l-film-festival/story/ |work=GMA News Online |location= |date=October 23, 2015 |access-date=August 28, 2021}}

The film A Gentle Night (2017), for which Manatad served as editor, won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Meanwhile, Manatad's short film Jodilerks Dela Cruz (2017), which originally was created as a treatment to show to producers and practice for a feature, was submitted and unexpectedly accepted to La Semaine de la Critique, a parallel sidebar section of Cannes which aims to discover new talented filmmakers.{{cite web |url=https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/articles/video-interview-with-the-director-carlo-francisco-manatad |title=Video interview with the director Carlo Francisco Manatad |author= |date= |website=La Semaine de la Critique |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/la-semaine-de-la-critique-and-its-missions |title=La Semaine de la Critique - La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes |author= |date= |website=La Semaine de la Critique |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021 |quote=}} It also won the Best Southeast Asian Short Film award at the 2017 Singapore International Film Festival.{{cite news |last=Pulumbarit |first=Oliver |date=December 9, 2018 |title=Carlo Francisco Manatad |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer-1109/20181209/283558041667527 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |location= |access-date=August 28, 2021}}

In 2018, Manatad returned to the Singapore International Film Festival with another short film The Imminent Immanent (2018), a companion piece to his feature film.{{cite web |url=https://filmacademy.sgiff.com/featured/imminent-immanent-a-chat-with-carlo-francisco-manatad/|title=The Imminent Immanent: A Chat with Carlo Francisco Manatad |author= |date= |website= SGIFF Film Academy|publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021 |quote=}}

In 2021, Manatad wrote and directed his first feature film, Whether the Weather is Fine. The film had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, competing in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente (Filmmakers of the Present Competition) program, where it won the Cinema E Gioventù Prize.{{cite news |last=Liwag |first=Jason |date=August 2, 2021 |title=Balancing comedy and tragedy with Carlo Francisco Manatad |url=https://cnnphilippines.com/life/entertainment/Film/2021/8/2/carlo-francisco-manatad-interview-locarno.html |work=CNN Philippines |location= |access-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609142022/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/life/entertainment/Film/2021/8/2/carlo-francisco-manatad-interview-locarno.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last=Cruz |first=Marinel |date=August 18, 2021 |title=PH film 'Whether the Weather is Fine' wins in Locarno Film Festival |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/418788/ph-film-whether-the-weather-is-fine-wins-in-locarno-film-festival |newspaper= Philippine Daily Inquirer|location= |access-date=August 28, 2021}} The film also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Contemporary World Cinema section.{{cite news |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=July 8, 2021 |title=Toronto Film Festival Unveils Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery Lineup |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/toronto-film-festival-contemporary-world-cinema-discovery-lineup-1235029304/ |work=Variety |location= |access-date=August 26, 2021}}

Selected filmography

=Feature films=

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2015

!scope=row|Ari: My Life with a King

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2021

!scope=row|Whether the Weather is Fine

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=https://tiff.net/events/whether-the-weather-is-fine |title=Whether the Weather is Fine - Toronto International Film Festival |author= |date= |website=Toronto International Film Festival |publisher= |access-date= August 28, 2021|quote=}}

= Documentary films =

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2019

! scope="row" |ICYMI: I See Me

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| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |title="ICYMI: I See Me - An MNL48 First Generation Documentary": The truth untold about MNL48's idol journey |url=https://app.mnl48.ph/news-and-updates/icymi-i-see-me-an-mnl48-first-generation-documentary-the-truth-untold-about-mnl48s-idol-journey/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=app.mnl48.ph}}

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2010

!scope=row|Hungkag

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2011

!scope=row|Oasis Redux

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2015

!scope=row|Junilyn Has

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=https://kinopavasaris.lt/en/filmai/5702-junilyn-has |title=Junilyn Has |author= |date= |website=Vilnius International Film Festival |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021 |quote=}}

2016

!scope=row|Sandra

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|style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |url=http://www.kustendorf-filmandmusicfestival.org/2017/movie/sandra/ |title=Sandra - Kustendorf Film and Music Festival |author= |date= |website=Küstendorf Film and Music Festival|publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021 |quote=}}

2016

!scope=row|Fatima Marie Torres and the Invasion of Space Shuttle Pinas 25

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|style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/project/profile/188780 |title=Berlinale Talents Project - Fatima Marie Torres and the Invasion of Space Shuttle Pinas 25 |author= |date= |website=Berlinale Talents |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021|quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://aspenfilm.org/portfolio_page/fatima_marie_torres/ |title=Fatima Marie Torres and the Invasion of Space Shuttle Pinas 25 - Aspen Film |author= |date= |website=Aspen Film |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021|quote=}}

2017

!scope=row|Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/edition/2017/movie/jodilerks-dela-cruz-employee-of-the-month_57 |title=Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month - La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes|author= |date= |website=La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021|quote=}}

2017

!scope=row|A Gentle Night

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/44458/a-gentle-night |title=A Gentle Night de Qiu Yang (2017) |author= |date= |website=UniFrance |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021|quote=}}

2018

!scope=row| The Imminent Immanent

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/LFF/locarno-74/program-74/person.html?pid=824163&l=en |title=Carlo Francisco - Locarno Film Festival |author= |date= |website=Locarno Film Festival |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021|quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.kinoproduzioni.com/the-imminent-immanent |title=The Imminent Immanent - — Kino produzioni |date= |website=Kino Produzioni |publisher= |access-date=August 28, 2021|quote=}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:Filipino film directors

Category:University of the Philippines alumni

Category:1987 births

Category:People from Tacloban