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Behind the Mask
Smile for the festival.
- 2026
- 10 min
- Hiligaynon
- Subtitles: English, Filipino
A MassKara dancer hides her grief behind a painted smile.
The story
In the week of Bacolod's MassKara Festival, a lead dancer rehearses a smile she does not feel, while her mother's sugarcane farm is auctioned off two towns away.
Credits
- Director
- Carla Mendoza
- Writer
- Carla Mendoza
- Cinematography
- Enzo Lacson
- Editor
- Cielo Lim
- Music
- Vince Javier
- Cast
- Bianca Pascual, Sam Bautista, Ina Sison
Details
- Runtime
- 10 minutes
- Rating
- 13+
- Language
- Hiligaynon
- Subtitles
- English, Filipino
- Made in
- Western Visayas
- Premieres
- October 11, 2026
The filmmaker
Carla MendozaDirector, Production designer · Bacolod, Western Visayas · making films since 2018Carla designs her films like festivals: bright, crowded, and loud on the surface, with something quieter underneath.
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