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Director’s Profile

Antoinette Jadaone is a Filipina filmmaker and household name in both the art-house and mainstream film industry. Her debut feature, Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay (2011), has travelled to various festivals and screened at the Busan International Film Festival 2012. She directed one of the highest grossing independent films in Philippine box office history, That Thing Called Tadhana (2014), which also travelled to big genre festivals including Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2015. She has since become a famous director of romantic comedies supported by the biggest studios in the Philippines, Star Cinema and Viva Films.

Synopsis

College student Jane’s obsession with celebrity heartthrob Marcus Atendido – one half of the country’s most popular love team - leads her to hide in the back of his pick-up truck and follow him “home”. She ends up in an unfamiliar house, in an unfamiliar place, with an unfamiliar Marcus Atendido; the idol she thought she knew from head to foot, heart and soul. They say you should never meet your heroes, and Jane finds out exactly why.

Achievements

2020 Tyoko International Film Festival - In Competition
2020 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festiva l- In Competition
2020 Metro Manila Film Festival - Best Cinematography, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Sound
2021 Jeonju International Film Festival
2021 International Film Festival Rotterdam
Released in Philippines

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