Carlo Francisco Manatad (born October 4, 1987) is a Filipino filmmaker and editor. He is one of the most prolific editors in the Philippines and has edited the film
''Ruined Heart''
(2014), '' A Gentle Night'' (2017), ''Balangiga'' (2017) and ''Women of the Weeping Rive''r (2018) to name
few
As a director, his films have screened in a number of international film festivals, such as in

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, and

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. His most recent work is his feature film directorial debut, ''

Whether the Weather is Fine ''Whether the Weather is Fine'' or ''Kun Maupay Man It Panahon'' is a 2021 drama film directed and co-written by Carlo Francisco Manatad in his feature directorial debut. The film is a disaster movie which combines satirical and surreal element ...

'' (2021), which premiered at Locarno and won the Cinema e Gioventù Prize.

Early life and education

Manatad was born in

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. He studied in business school initially, then pursued engineering during his first few years of university before eventually shifting to film. He graduated from the

University of the Philippines Film Institute The University of the Philippines Film Institute, also known as the UP Film Institute or UPFI, is a film school located in Quezon City, Philippines. It is attached to the UP College of Mass Communication and engages in theater and extension serv ...

. Manatad is also an alumnus of the Asian Film Academy,

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, and

Filmmakers Academy.

Career

Manatad has worked on over 60 feature films as an editor and had been working as an editor for nine years before he started directing. In 2015, after encouragement from Khavn de la Cruz, Manatad directed his first short film ''Junilyn Has''. The film was screened at the

Locarno Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...

and

Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore. Founded in 1987, the festival has a focus on showcasing international films and providing a global platform for ...

. The film '' A Gentle Night'' (2017), for which Manatad served as editor, won the

Short Film Palme d'Or The Short Film Palme d'Or (french: Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the creation of the Cinéfondation La ''Cinéfondation'' is a foundation under the aegis of the Cannes ...

at the

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. Meanwhile, Manatad's short film ''Jodilerks Dela Cruz'' (2017), which originally was created as a treatment to show to producers and practice for a feature, was submitted and unexpectedly accepted to

La Semaine de la Critique The International Critics' Week (french: Semaine de la Critique) was founded in 1962 and is organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created following the showing of '' The Connection'' directed by Shirley Clarke which had been ...

, a parallel sidebar section of Cannes which aims to discover new talented filmmakers. It also won the Best Southeast Asian Short Film award at the 2017 Singapore International Film Festival. In 2018, Manatad returned to the Singapore International Film Festival with another short film ''The Imminent Immanent'' (2018), a companion piece to his feature film. In 2021, Manatad wrote and directed his first feature film, ''Whether the Weather is Fine.'' The film had its world premiere at the

, competing in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente (Filmmakers of the Present Competition) program, where it won the Cinema E Gioventù Prize. The film also screened at the

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in the Contemporary World Cinema section.

Selected filmography

Feature films

Documentary films

Short films

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manatad, Carlo Francisco Living people Filipino film directors University of the Philippines alumni 1987 births People from Tacloban