ROSARY (2019)
ROSARY
(2019)
General Information
Completed On: 23 Aug, 2019
Duration: 59 min 2 sec
Genres: Feature, Short
Language: pangasinan, tagalog
Country: Philippines
Submitted By: HCA production
Festival Rating
Balsakan is Pangasinan word for rosary. In Pangasinan, (Province in the Philippines) there is a belief that during the funeral, the dead should hold a rosary. To be his/her guidance to step up to heaven. But the moment that the dead will be buried, the rosary should break or cut otherwise, they will be another person in the family to die and the worst is it would be one after another. The story involves two generations that will suffer the curse of a demonic rosary.
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DirectorsHarvie C. Aquino
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ProducersHCA Production
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WritersHarvie C. Aquino
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Film TypeFeature, Short
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Genreshorror, suspense, drama
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Runtime59 minutes 2 seconds
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Completion Date23 Aug, 2019
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Production Budget3000 USD
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Country of OriginPhilippines
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Country of FilmingPhilippines
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Film Languagepangasinan, tagalog
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Shooting Formatmp4
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Aspect Ratio
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino
Philippines
Manila
11/30/2020
Philippine Premiere
official selection
Urduja Film Festival Regional Competition
Philippines
Lingayen
10/31/2019
North Luzon Premiere
Best Film, heritage award, Best director, Best screenplay/ official selection
Director's Biography
Harvie C. Aquino
33 years old, born on October 23, 1987 From Lingayen, Pangasinan
graduated at University of Luzon took up bachelor of Arts in English in 2009 and finished Masters in Public Administration in 2015 at Lyceum Northwestern University
former College instructor/teacher
Director's Statement
being a former teacher is an advantage for me to become a director, in classroom, I teach a good lesson and at the same time i made a film with a moral lesson.
