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Director Arvin Belarmino reflects on Cannes 2025 in-competition short film ‘Agapito’

Published May 21, 2025 10:18 am


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Out of the 4,800 short films submitted to Cannes Film Festival, Agapito made the cut, which surprised Filipino directors Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Romero.

In this video, Direk Belarmino talked about how the short film on a duckpin alley came about and what pushed them to create it.

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