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Sam Manacsa

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Sam Manacsa

Credits
21 titles

Biography

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.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Crew credits 21

YearTitleJob
TBA The Void Is Immense in Idle Hours Film Director, Writer
2026 And If Thuy Didn't Exist Film Producer
2026 Open Endings Film Production Design
2026 Annisa Film Director
2026 Amoeba Film Production Design, Costume Design
2024 Water Sports Film Creative Consultant
2024 Cold Cut Film Production Design
2024 Nightbirds Film Production Design
2023 A Catholic Schoolgirl Film Production Design
2023 Five Breakups and a Romance Film Art Direction
2023 Primetime Mother Film Production Design
2023 Cross My Heart and Hope to Die Film Director, Writer
2021 Whether the Weather Is Fine Film Art Direction
2019 Sila-Sila Film Art Direction
2019 Spid Film Assistant Director
2019 Sakaling Maging Tayo Film Art Direction
2018 Never Tear Us Apart Film Art Direction
2017 Please • Care Film Art Direction
2017 Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month Film Art Direction
2016 Baka Bukas Film Art Direction
2016 If People Such as We Cease to Exist Film Director, Script
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