Sam Manacsa
Directing
Sam Manacsa is a Filipino filmmaker working across multiple disciplines.
Her short film Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (2023) had its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival, while If People Such as We Cease to Exist (2016) was selected for the International Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. She is an alumna of SEAFIC Seed Lab (2022) and TIFF Directors’ Lab (2025). As a production designer, she has worked on award-winning films, including Carlo Francisco Manatad’s Whether the Weather Is Fine (Locarno, 2021) and Siyou Tan’s Amoeba (TIFF, 2025). She is also a film programmer for FREEPERIOD Cinema.
Known for
Baka Bukas
November 16, 2016
Spid
October 13, 2019
Whether the Weather Is Fine
August 9, 2021
Amoeba
March 21, 2026
Never Tear Us Apart
October 12, 2018
Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month
May 24, 2017
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
August 30, 2023
Water Sports
November 9, 2024
Sila-Sila
November 7, 2019
Sakaling Maging Tayo
January 16, 2019
Please • Care
November 13, 2017
Primetime Mother
September 7, 2023
Behind the camera21
- 2026And If Thuy Didn't Exist Producer
- 2026Open Endings Production Design
- 2026Annisa Director
- 2026Amoeba Production Design, Costume Design
- 2024Water Sports Creative Consultant
- 2024Cold Cut Production Design
- 2024Nightbirds Production Design
- 2023A Catholic Schoolgirl Production Design
- 2023Five Breakups and a Romance Art Direction
- 2023Primetime Mother