Three Ates and a Wedding

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Delicate White Tulle Background. Blurred Wedding Veil with Beads Closeup

Story

Three vastly different Filipino-Canadian sisters accidentally ruin their younger brother’s wedding.

Their attempts to discreetly fix the situation is complicated by one big obstacle: their own family.

This 20-minute short film follows the antics of the three sisters - Mariah, Marissa, and Maribel - who have always had a complicated love-hate relationship due to their wildly different personalities.

Despite their differences, the sisters do have one thing in common: their mother loves their youngest brother and groom, Jonathan, more than any of them.

Worst of all, their mother had gifted a valuable diamond necklace heirloom to their new sister-in-law.

During a sisters-only rant in the women’s bathroom, Mariah reveals she had stolen the necklace and amidst a sibling fight, they accidentally break it.

What follows is a comedy-of-errors as the sisters desperately try to make things right.

Amidst a torrent of colourful Filipino family members, crazy wedding shenanigans and a lot of alcohol, things fall apart when the three sisters, completely drunk, throw an embarrassing roast of Jonathan during the wedding toast.

Everyone is horrified. Humiliated, the sisters retreat in their shared shame.

The wedding goes on and the dance floor is opened.

Nursing their hangovers, the sisters are surprised when their youngest brother shows up and, instead of asking for an apology, starts pushing his three ates (older sisters) to dance.

Hesitant at first, the sisters find it hard to resist Jonathan’s clumsy dance moves and

slowly they join him.

Like most Asian families, the apology is unspoken- covered instead by a joyous celebration of life on the dance floor, surrounded by family and serenaded by the corniest of Filipino Karaoke.

White smooth silky texture for wedding background.

Creative Team

Kevin Ang

Director & Writer

Get in touch:

kevs188@gmail.com

@skyloreang

Kevin Ang is a Filipino-Chinese-Canadian 3D visual effects artist, animator and filmmaker with over a decade of experience in film, TV and video games. His VFX credits include Amazing Spiderman, Terminator Dark Fate, Deadpool 2, New Mutants, Morbius and more. His award-winning films screened at festivals such as Palm Springs, Cinemalaya, Cleveland International Film Festival and Chicago International Film Festival. His latest films, One More Game and Niyebe, won Best Film at Shits N’ Giggles 2022 and Best Director at Vancouver Badass Film

Festival, respectively.

phil planta

Executive Producer

Get in touch:

philplanta@gmail.com

@philplanta

Phil Planta is a Vancouver-based filmmaker, educated at VFS and Focal Point Photography School. His VFX credits include: ‘Once Upon a Time’, ‘Twilight - Breaking Dawn’, ’Big Eyes’ and ‘Red 2’. He is producer of the indie feature film ‘Beyond Redemption’ which sold to over twenty countries. Mr. Planta has produced award-winning short films such as TELUS Storyhive’s ‘Akashi’, the Leo award winning ‘Gong Ju’, associate producer and VFX on Leo awarded short and Tribeca selection ‘The Shipment'. He produced the Crazy8s films ‘Gemini’ and ‘Parabola’. Mr. Planta is a winner of MAMM 9, 11, & 12. Most recently he worked as a producer on the Harold Greenberg Fund BC Shorts ‘In Loving Memory’ starring Andrea Bang, and the horror film ‘Duérmete Niño’

Lumen beltran

Executive Producer

Get in touch:

info@lumenbeltran.com

@lumenbeltran

Lumen Beltran is a first-generation immigrant, actress, and founder of Enlighten Media originally from Pasay City, Manila. Her educational and professional background lies in digital marketing and international business. Lumen has had the privilege of working on production shoots with notable lifestyle brands including Lamborghini, Facebook HQ, Vogue, and Sotheby’s in Canada, India, and beyond. Lumen is excited to apply her commercial advertising skills to narrative work highlighting the Filipino experience. She believes films are the most impactful way to cultivate empathy and kindness within our Canadian community. Lumen’s film and TV credits include “The Monkey” with Theo James and “Guilty Party” starring Kate Beckinsale.

CARLO FORTIN

Producer

Get in touch:

carlofortin@gmail.com

@ceefour

Carlo is an emerging Filipino-Canadian filmmaker currently in Vancouver, BC. Starting his acting career in 2017, he has since then been credited with appearances on a few local TV productions such as Riverdale, The Flash and The Good Doctor, to name a few. He would soon pick up a camera and discover his love for cinematography and directing, as well as editing. Being a self-taught filmmaker, his goal is to continue making a splash in the independent world both in front and behind the lens, telling fun but also impactful stories that might also highlight his Filipino and Asian heritage. His recent success includes writing, directing and producing “Almost,” a SNG Film Festival finalist, earning a top 18 spot out of 100+ films. As well, the film has since become a DisOrient Film Festival select, and has earned him a Best Director Award in the AltFF Film Festival out of Ontario.

mik narciso

Producer

Get in touch:

mik.narciso220@gmail.com

@justmikn

Mik Narciso is a Filipino-Canadian producer based in Vancouver, BC. With a background in project management and marketing in the tech industry he now uses his organization and leadership skills to produce films of various budgets. His vision as a producer is to channel creativity to uplift marginalized communities and educate independent talent in learning respectful filmmaking practices.

After developing deep friendships in the film industry he launched Halo Halo Productions (formerly Geek Happy Network) in 2019. Originally focused in producing podcasts, Halo Halo Productions has now produced a number of award-winning short films.

Mik has partnered with Canadian choreographer, Joe Tuliao, to launch an NPO that aims to celebrate, develop, and educate emerging Filipino talent in the performing arts. They launch the organization in late 2023/early 2024.

Mik also works as a propsmaster in Vancouver, BC working in over 15 feature films. Primarily working for Warner, Hallmark and Lifetime films, Mik has also worked in CW's Two Sentence Horror Stories as well as indie films such as Riceboy Sleeps and With Love and a Major Organ. He also works as a production designer for various award-winning short films such as Reverse, Grandma's 80th Birthday, and many more.

When he’s not working on passion projects you can usually find him playing video games, watching horror films, or cooking meals for his friends.

Hannah Yang

Producer

Get in touch:

hannahyang.film@gmail.com

@hannahyangfilm

Hannah Yang is an independent Korean-Canadian Director from Vancouver, BC specializing in narrative films, commercials, and music videos. As a second generation immigrant, Hannah has a deep passion for interlacing culture with identity. Her first short film, 'Mama's Song' featured an all-Asian cast, and was selected for Lift-Off Film Festival and Canada Shorts Film Festival. Hannah's directorial debut in the music video realm was for Chinese-Canadian pop artist, Serena Sun. They were the recipients of the 2021 Creative BC Music Video grantto create "Homecoming”. In 2024, Hannah will be releasing the ‘Pretty Girls Cry’ music video for Misha Eyre, as well as her next short film, ‘The Principles of Greenology’, co-directed with Kevin Ang. She is currently developing a short film about people of colour living with keloid scars and producing a Telus Storyhive documentary about AI’s effect on Vancouver.

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