Death of Nintendo
Logline
Set in 90's suburban Manila, the story takes us into the colorful pop-culture world of these four 13-year old friends, back in the days when videogames were still a novelty. Mimaw and her friends Paolo, Kachi and Gilligan go on a journey of self-discovery together as they play games and wrestle with new dilemmas - puppy love, circumcision and other horror stories.
Raya Martin
DIRECTOR
Named one of the 50 most important filmmakers under 50 by Cinema Scope, Raya Martin’s films have screened in Cannes, Toronto, Locarno, and New York. His breakthrough feature INDEPENCIA, hailed as a singular mix of Filipino history and Hollywood fantasy, screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009. MANILA also screened at Cannes the same year as a Special Screening, marking the first time a Filipino director had two films in the festival. A programme of his works was featured in dOCUMENTA (13), and Centre Pompidou, Museum of Modern Art and Museum of the Moving Image.
Valerie Castillo Martinez
SCREENWRITER, PRODUCER
Valerie is a Filipina-American writer and producer. With her recent work playing in top festivals such as Venice, Toronto, Busan and winning multiple awards around the globe, she is an original and innovative emerging talent in the creative and producing space. She has an MBA from Wilmington University, an MFA in Film from Columbia University in New York and is a US Air Force veteran. She started IndieFlip to make films on underrepresented communities and subjects with cross cultural themes.