#Y

#Y
DIRECTED BY GINO SANTOS
WRITTEN BY JEFF STELTON
NEW BREED FULL LENGTH FEATURE CATEGORY

GENRE:
Coming of Age / Teen Drama

SYNOPSIS:
 #Y chronicles the adventures of the members of a generation made universal by the realms of social media, the Internet, sex, drugs, and alcohol, and the nights they won’t remember but will never forget.






FILMMAKER PROFILE:
Gino M. Santos is one of the youngest commercial, TV, and film directors in the Philippines. He has directed numerous short films that have garnered attention not just locally, but also internationally, in film festivals held in Berlin and Los Angeles. He is a two-time recipient of the Honorable Mention award from Gawad CCP for his short films “Ang Tangke” (The Water Tank) and an experimental film “Bangungot” (Sleep Paralysis). His college thesis, “Labing Dalawa” (Twelve) received a Best Short Film nomination at the 35th Gawad Urian Awards – the most prestigious local award-giving body. “Every Other Time” was his short film entry to the 7th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. He directed his first full-length feature – “The Animals”– a year later, which premiered at the same festival. “The Animals” received the Best in Editing award at Cinemalaya, and wide recognition for Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Musical Score at the 36th Gawad Urian Awards, as well as international premieres in Stockholm, Malaysia, and New York City. He co-directed his second full-length feature, entitled “Island Dreams”, with veteran director and screenwriter Aloy Adlawan. The film was an entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival – New Wave Category, and received the Most Gender Sensitive award. “#Y” will be his third full-length feature to be premiered at the 10th Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival in August 2014. Gino currently directs “The Tim Yap Show” on GMA7, and is the second unit director for “Jasmine” on TV5. He is also an in-house director at Straight Shooters Media Inc. where he directs commercials.

MAJOR CREDITS:

CAST: 
Elmo Magalona, Coleen Garcia, Sophie Albert, Kit Thompson, Slater Young PRODUCTION: Director-Gino M. Santos, Writer-Jeff Stelton, Producer-Jane Torres and Armi Cacanindin, Executive Producer-Stained Glass Productions and Timeframe Media Production, Director of Photography-Carlo Mendoza, Assistant Director-Alex Uy, Editor-Benjamin Tolentino, Production Designer-Digo Ricio, Art Director-Mao Fadul, Musical Scorer-Jorge Bautista Wieneke (Similar Objects), Sound-Addiss Tabong, Production Manager-Nailen Garalde

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