Sam Manacsa
Directing
19 credits
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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 Amoeba (TIFF, 2025). She is also a film programmer for FREEPERIOD Cinema.
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Filmography
Directing
4 credits
Annisa
The Void Is Immense in Idle Hours
If People Such as We Cease to Exist
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
Other credits
13 credits
Amoeba
Open Endings
Spid
Sila-Sila
Whether the Weather Is Fine
A Catholic Schoolgirl
Baka Bukas
Never Tear Us Apart
Primetime Mother
Five Breakups and a Romance
Cold Cut
Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month
Nightbirds
Acting
2 credits
Water Sports
If People Such as We Cease to Exist
Writing
2 credits
The Void Is Immense in Idle Hours
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
Producing
1 credit
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