Phyllis Grae Grande
name
Phyllis Grae Grande
profession
writer & director
country
Philippines
biography
Born in the Philippines, Phyllis Grande is a filmmaker who had her roots in producing local independent and mainstream films. She ventured into writing and directing with her first short film, Kun’ Di Man (English title: If Not), which garnered her an Audience Choice Award at the QCinema International Film Festival. That same year, she also made her first documentary feature, Haunted: A Last Visit to the Red House, for the Cinema One Originals Film Festival. Both films were well-received locally and abroad. She’s currently preparing to debut her first narrative feature, Everybody Leaves, and her next short film, Before Christmas, which was developed in Interfilm Berlin 2019.
prizes / labs
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Before Christmas
working title
Before Christmas
project status
In Advanced Development | Looking for Producer
logline
It’s Christmas Eve in present time Japan. While looking for her estranged father, a Filipina college student stumbles upon a secondhand shop where she meets a young japanese man who’s waiting for the night movers to help him evacuate.