QCinema revealed its Southeast Asian Shorts Competition lineup on Tuesday, Oct. 10, with five in 10 films coming from Filipino directors.&nbsp;
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Cross My Heart And Hope To Die by Sam Manacsa, Philippines
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The film follows Mila who continues to work despite being unpaid, trying to find comfort in a love interest that stems from constant phone calls. But the sliver of hope for Mila may end in tragedy and somber love songs.
Watch the trailer below.
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Dominion by Bea Mariano, Philippines
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The film revolves around people and landscapes held captive by an &ldquo;evil eye&rdquo; a century ago and threatens to wreak havoc in the present time through ragged daydreams. It follows a persona narrating the story through captions and leafing through colonial photographs before digressing to eat a fruit and enter a cave on a tropical island.&nbsp;
Watch the trailer below.&nbsp;
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Hito by Stephen Lopez, Philippines
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The film centers on 14-year-old Jani who lives in a dystopian world bereft of empathy in a place filled with nuclear reactors and military curfews. She and her new friend Kiefer (a talking catfish) prepare to break through the walls toward freedom.&nbsp;
Watch the trailer below.&nbsp;
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Kung nga-a Conscious ang mga Alien sang ila Skincare (The Thing About Aliens And Their Skin Care) by Seth Andrew Blanca and Ni&ntilde;o Maldecir, Philippines
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The film perpetuates that aliens have been living among the citizens for a very long time.&nbsp;
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When You Left Me On That Boulevard by Kayla Abuda Galang, Philippines
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The film is a diaspora cinema that follows teenager Ly and her cousins getting high prior to a family thanksgiving at their aunt's home in Southeast, San Diego in 2006.&nbsp;
Watch the trailer below.&nbsp;
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The remaining films from the list include Basri And Salma In A Never-Ending Comedy by Khozy Rizal, Indonesia; Buoyant by Toan Thanh Doan &amp; Hoang-Phuc Nguyen-Le, Vietnam; I Look Into The Mirror And Repeat Myself&nbsp; by Giselle Lin, Singapore; MOP by Joon Goh, Malaysia; and The Altar by Moe Myat May Zarchi, Myanmar.
These films are slated to run from November 17 to 26, 2023.&nbsp;
Out of 380 entries all over Southeast Asia, 10 short films were chosen to vie in the annual QCSEA Competition of QCinema International Film Festival.&nbsp;
QCinema International Film Festival is a yearly film festival conducted in Quezon City. The festival awards funds filmmakers of short films, documentaries, and movies throughout the world.

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QCinema announces QCSEA competition lineup; 5 in 10 films from Pinoy directors