14/1 | 21:30 | Manila Is Full Of Men Named Boy
Synopsis
Manila, July 7, 2009. As Michael Jackson’s televised funeral plays throughout The Philippines despite terrorist attacks in the south, an estranged son purchases a child who can drink and smoke to impress his father. However, when the patriarch and his friends embrace the new child as one of their own, the question must be asked: what determines who is more worthy of attention?
Director
Andrew Stephen Lee
Screenplay
Andrew Stephen Lee, Neda Jebelli and Emre Gulcan
Director of Photography
Adrew Crighton
Film Editing
Andrew Stephen Lee
Film School
Columbia University
Producer
Caleb Negassa
Production Companies
OOH YOOH, Indieflip, Studio Cuento
Cast
Rafael Roco Jr., Jon Norman Schneider, Reynald Raissel Santos
Duration
20’ 30”
Andrew Stephen Lee is a Filipino-American based in New York City. For three years he worked closely with Magnum photographer Jim Goldberg before becoming an MFA Candidate at Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program. His first film, Touch, premiered at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival and also played in the 2016 International Competition at Clermont-Ferrand. Stephen received a grant from The David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists for his film, The Sound of Coins Hitting Brass. His thesis from Columbia University, Manila is Full of Men Named Boy, premiered in competition at the 75th Venice Film Festival.
