Cheeky, infectious and very smoothly made. Very funny. You can imagine they had a great time behind the camera as well as in front of it. A film crew working without a budget. Someone has an idea for a very cheap effect. Made for the Cinemalaya Film Festival in Manila – that didn’t pay for it, by the way.
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Jerrycan
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Film details
- Country of production
- Philippines
- Year
- 2008
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 2'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
