{"id":113882,"date":"2025-11-03T23:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/113882\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:15:09","slug":"filipino-indonesian-drama-showcased-at-tccf-explores-grief-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/113882\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino-Indonesian Drama Showcased at TCCF Explores Grief, Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) is spotlighting \u201cThe Void is Immense in Idle Hours<\/a>,\u201d a Filipino-Indonesian co-production examining grief and survival, at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest<\/a> (TCCF<\/a>) running Nov. 4-7 in Taipei.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirected by Sam Manacsa and produced by Chad Cabigon and Carlo Francisco Manatad of Philippines-based NextLives, with Yulia Evina Bhara<\/a> of Indonesian production company KawanKawan Media serving as co-producer, the project centers on 19-year-old Rosemary, who becomes the last person to see a young boy before his disappearance. Finding herself alongside the child\u2019s grieving mother Agnes in the search, Rosemary confronts unspoken grief and forgotten dreams in the stillness of their shared days.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film emerged from Manacsa\u2019s personal exploration of living with daily grief in communities where people continue surviving even after profound loss. \u201cIt began with me processing the thought of living with grief every day, in spaces where people keep moving and surviving, even when something inside them has already been lost,\u201d Manacsa says.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe narrative draws from the reality of mothers who have lost sons to violence without answers or justice. \u201cIn them, I saw how pain can exist alongside care, how strength and exhaustion can live in the same breath,\u201d Manacsa explains. \u201cThat intimacy is what made me want to tell this story: the invisible weight of holding things together, of searching for meaning in repetition, of living on even when life feels paused.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tManacsa describes the film\u2019s core as exploring \u201cquiet persistence\u201d \u2014 the small, unspoken ways people keep moving when grief never ends. \u201cIn a society where violence has become ordinary, the film asks what kind of life is left to live, and what it still means to live at all,\u201d the director says.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe production is currently in the financing stage, with plans to begin prep work in late 2026. Principal photography is targeted for the second quarter of 2027, with a 2028 release anticipated, according to producer Cabigon.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt TCCF, the team seeks production partners who share their vision for intimate, socially conscious storytelling. \u201cWe hope to find strong partnerships with producers, financiers, and co-production partners who share our commitment to telling intimate, socially rooted stories with care,\u201d Cabigon says. \u201cWe hope to find people who will shape this film together with us, guiding its artistic and narrative journey in a safe space while keeping its emotional truths.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) is spotlighting \u201cThe Void is Immense in Idle Hours,\u201d a Filipino-Indonesian co-production…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46,73565,73566,73567,73568],"class_list":["post-113882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-taiwan-creative-content-fest","tag-tccf","tag-the-void-is-immense-in-idle-hours","tag-yulia-evina-bhara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}