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Evolve Studios has unveiled the first looks for “Posthouse,” the feature directorial debut from Nikolas Red that recently wrapped production in Manila. The supernatural horror film, which explores the Philippines’ lost silent film history through a modern ghost story, is now entering post-production with sights set on this year’s festival circuit.

“We just wrapped production and are excited to finish post and find opportunities in the festival circuit. We are aiming to release this year,” revealed cult filmmaker Mikhail Red, who serves as creative producer on his brother’s debut feature.

The film follows a haunted film editor and his estranged daughter who accidentally unleash a mythic creature while restoring an unfinished silent horror film. The project stars Sid Lucero (Netflix’s “Outside”) as Cyril and Bea Binene (Prime Video’s “Nokturno”) as Rea.

“I really wanted to support Nikolas’ unique and creative vision and his take on cinema heritage and horror,...

“Lilim” is definitely a family business for the Reds. Apart from Mikhail handling the direction, Raymond, his Palme D’Or Winning father is handling the cinematography while his brother, Nikolas, is in charge of the screenplay and the editing. The story takes place in Northern Luzon in 1983, a period of enforced disappearances under the Ferdinand Marcos regime, adding a political subcontext to a film that moves into horror paths for the most part. Let us take things from the beginning though.

Lilim is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam

The film begins with Issa and her younger brother Tomas inside a car the former drives, running to escape from a crime she committed. The boy is evidently upset and at one point decides to run away, ending up inside the forest that was surrounding the road. Issa’s search for him leads the two of them into a secluded orphanage,...

Having killed her father, Issa flees with her little brother Tomas into the woods, where they find refuge in an isolated orphanage run by a group of nuns. Here, Issa tries to lay low while hoping to find a foster home for Tomas. The hospitality proves short-lived and Tomas is soon bullied by the other boys while the nuns engage in increasingly sinister, punitive rituals. The siblings attempt to escape and uncover the blood-curdling truth about the orphanage.

Set in Northern Luzon, Philippines, in 1983, a period of enforced disappearances under the Ferdinand Marcos, Mikhail Red‘s chilling supernatural horror Lilim centers on a closed community imploding under the weight of its own fanatic beliefs. Written by his brother Nikolas Red – and with cinematography by his father Raymond Red – the filmmaker takes a light-handed, unobtrusive approach to political commentary, letting the film’s horror reflect the oppressive mood of the times.

Filipino filmmaker Mikhail Red is taking another stab at the horror genre with his latest feature, “Lilim,” set for release in 2024. A teaser has been unveiled.

The film, which marks Red’s return to horror following his success with “Deleter,” which is one of the highest grossing Filipino horror films, and the upcoming “Nokturno,” has a narrative set against the turbulent backdrop of 1970s and 1980s Philippines. It follows the harrowing journey of a sister and brother who seek sanctuary in a secluded orphanage during a period of social unrest and enigmatic disappearances. What begins as a refuge quickly descends into a nightmare as the siblings uncover dark cult practices and confront an ancient evil lurking beneath the surface.

The project represents a significant milestone for Red, as it marks his first collaboration with his father, Raymond Red. The elder Red, renowned for his experimental super8 shorts in the 1980s...

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Rachel Perkins has been appointed as chair of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (Aftrs) council for a period of three years. She follows previous chairs Russell Howcroft and Debra Richards. Aftrs is Australia’s leading specialist education, training and research institution, supporting excellence in Australian screen and audio storytelling.

“Rachel is one of Australia’s leading storytellers, particularly when it comes to First Nations stories,” said Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke.

A graduate of Aftrs, writer, director and producer, Perkins founded Blackfella Films, which has gone onto become one of Australia’s leading production companies. Its recent documentary series “The Australian Wars” won most outstanding factual or documentary program at the 2023 TV Week Logie Awards, as well as best documentary or factual program and best direction in nonfiction television at the 2024 Aacta awards.

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After the success of horror film “Deleter,” actor Nadine Lustre and filmmaker Mikhail Red have teamed again on genre film “Nokturno.”

“Nokturno” revolves around a curse brought on by Filipino folklore characters known as Kumakatok, who are tall, thin and have long, pale fingers. They wear veils that obscure their faces and come knocking in the dead of the night. Those who answer the door are cursed to die or lose a loved one in three days.

Lustre plays Jamie, an overseas Filipina worker who returns to her isolated home province when rumors of mysterious killings brought about by a primal curse begin to circulate. She must reunite with her estranged mother Lilet, played by Eula Valdez (the lead in Red’s 2018 Rotterdam title “Neomanila”), and face her family’s troubled past in order to survive the curse of the Kumakatok.

The cast also includes Bea Binene, Wilbert Ross, J.J. Quilantang...

After sweeping Metro Manila Film Festival awards with 7 wins, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress, “Deleter”, Mikhail Red's first collaboration with Viva, went on to become one of the highest grossing films during the run of the festival.

Lyra works for an online content moderation company, where employees, known as deleters, deal with graphic content before it reaches online platforms, usually in an effort to prevent extreme sex and violence from getting to the screens of users. It seems, however, that the company is shady on a number of levels, as we watch employees staying in a bunkhouse, and Lyra receiving “calming pills” from her boss Simon, which justify how unfazed she is by the content she has to watch everyday. Things take a turn for the much worse when Eileen, a colleague of hers commits suicide, which gradually starts bringing up both Lyra's traumatic past and the actual nature of Simon,...

Top Filipino director Mikhail Red (“Deleter”) will commence esports based film “Friendly Fire” imminently.

Red is currently serving on the international jury at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema and will commence the film as soon as he returns to the Philippines from France.

“Friendly Fire” stars Loisa Andalio (“The Goodbye Girl”) and Coleen Garcia (“Kaluskos”). The film will follow Sonya (Garcia), a visionary female CEO who wants to put Philippine esports on the map. She scouts a young female player Hazel (Andalio) from a random internet cafe, sees the potential in her and trains her.

“It’s not your usual crime thriller that most of my films are, it’s something fresh for me and exciting. I like to think of it as my most wholesome project, because it’s more inspirational and it’s a genre I’ve always wanted to try – the sports movie and the underdog sports story,...

Deleter Trailer — Mikhail Red‘s Deleter (2022) movie trailer has been released by Viva Films. The Deleter trailer stars Nadine Lustre, Louise Delos Reyes, McCoy De Leon, and Jeffrey Hidalgo. Crew Nikolas Red and Mikhail Red wrote the screenplay for Deleter. Myka Magsaysay and Paul Sigua created the music for the film. Ian Alexander Guevara crafted [...]

Continue reading: Deleter (2022) Movie Trailer: Content Moderator Nadine Lustre deletes a Suicide Video but not a Vengeful Presence...

On the way from Philippines director Mikhail Red is a horror movie titled Deleter, and Variety has shared the official teaser trailer along with additional information this week.

Nadine Lustre and Mccoy Deleon star in Deleter, which sounds a little bit similar to Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor (2021), only with a social media twist to the proceedings.

“The film follows Lyra, who works shifts at a shadowy online content moderation office where employees, known as deleters, are tasked with the process of filtering graphic uploads from reaching social media platforms. The responsibility of censorship proves bearable for Lyra, whom her co-workers, as well as her boss Simon, observe as a cold person unfazed by the disturbing imagery she sees on a daily basis.

“What they do not know is that Lyra hides a deep trauma. Lyra’s attempt to erase and forget her past has forced her to don an apathetic...

Actor-singer-influencer Nadine Lustre, Louise delos Reyes and film and TV actor Mccoy Deleon are the leads in rising star Philippines director Mikhail Red’s “Deleter.”

A first teaser has been released for the film that straddles the techno-horror and psychological thriller genres.

Based on a script by Mikhail and Nikolas Red, the film follows Lyra, who works shifts at a shadowy online content moderation office where employees, known as deleters, are tasked with the process of filtering graphic uploads from reaching social media platforms. The responsibility of censorship proves bearable for Lyra, whom her co-workers, as well as her boss Simon, observe as a cold person unfazed by the disturbing imagery she sees on a daily basis. What they do not know is that Lyra hides a deep trauma. Lyra’s attempt to erase and forget her past has forced her to don an apathetic face to the horrors of the world.

Brazilian revenge thriller “Carrion” was Tuesday named as winner of the Bucheon Award, the top prize at the Naff Project Market, which is operated alongside the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) in South Korea.

The project (aka “Carnica”) which is currently in development, sees a woman attacked by a gang of outlaws who also steal her child. She makes a pact to have her revenge in this world or, if necessary, in the next. The project is to be directed by Renata Pinheiro and produced by Andre Pereira, who was in Bucheon to pitch to potential buyers, co-producers and financiers.

Entering Naff, the filmmakers had assembled 25,000 of an estimated 1.6 million production budget. The Bucheon prize gives them an additional KRW20 million. Additionally, winning the Blood Window prize, earns them flights, accommodation and accreditation to take the project to the Ventana Sur market in Argentina.

“ ‘Carrion’ represents all the good...

Further winners included ‘Posthouse’ from the Philippines.

Brazilian director Renata Pinheiro’s fantasy horror Carrion has claimed the top Bucheon Award at the 15th Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) project market, which runs parallel to the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) in South Korea.

The revenge thriller, based on a graphic novel by Brazilian writer and artist Shiko, follows a woman was kidnapped by a gang of outlaws and makes a pact with an otherworldly entity to seek vengeance.

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The project, produced by Andre Pereira for Rio-based Lupa Filmes, received a cash prize of KRW20 million.

Rising-star Philippines director Mikhail Red is poised to begin shooting of “Deleter,” a film that straddles the techno-horror and psychological thriller genres.

The story involves an online content moderator who deletes a suicide video made by her co-worker. But the otherwise desensitized woman cannot escape from either her own troubled past or from a mysterious vengeful presence.

The film is scripted by Red and younger brother Nikolas Red. It is set to star actor-singer-influencer Nadine Lustre, Louise delos Reyes and film and TV actor Mccoy Deleon.

Production is by Viva Films, an established production house which has credits including Erik Matti’s action thriller “Buy Bust.” Location shooting will run through August and September and a completed version is intended to be completed by the end of the year ahead of a launch at key festivals.

Red’s most recent completed film “Arisaka” launched at festivals late last year and...

Since the success of “Birdshot” back in 2016, Mikhail Red has been turning up one movie every year, with his popularity growing with each one. This success is cemented with his latest work, which is Netflix’s first Filipino original film.

The story, which is based on true events, revolves around a group of high school students. Mark Sta. Maria is the archetype of the “wallflower”: he is quiet, very smart, poor to the point that he has to do other students’ homework to earn some money to pay the rent, and in love with the school beauty, Janina, who happens to be the protagonist of the play he also participates in, as an understudy. Chuck Santos on the other hand, is the exact opposite. He is an extrovert influencer with more than 50,000 Instagram followers, very rich, and a kind of a bully that also has his eyes on Janina.