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HAYOP KA!

Philippines

2020／73min.

Schedule / Tickets

Adult ¥1,500

Student ¥1,000

Under19 ¥500

02.23(Mon)

19:00

20:13

Niigata Citizen Plaza

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L-code: 38555

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Introduction

A soap opera satire about a proletariat pussycat torn between two canine lovers.

(Read this in a sleazy, overly dramatic voice:) Nimfa the pussycat is a sales lady at a mall. Her boyfriend, Roger the macho mongrel, is a janitor. Nimfa meets Inigo the bourgeoisie dog & chemistry ignites. Will Nimfa & Roger’s love keep them together or will Inigo’s high society charms tear them apart?!

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HAYOP KA! is the first film from the Philippines to be selected for competition at the prestigious Annecy Festival as well as the very first Filipino animated feature purchased by Netflix.

Director

Avid Liongoren

Avid Liongoren has made 2 feature films, several shorts, hundreds of commercials and thousands of artworks. He works in both live action and animated productions. He is the founder of Rocketsheep, a tiny indie animation studio made up of highly talented artists who specialize in animation and friendsheep. Their first feature, Saving Sally (2016), was made with the aid of the CNC French film grant. It went on to win the Jury Prize at Belgium's BIFFF, Portugal's Fantasporto and South Korea's SICAF as well as several other international awards. Their second film, Hayop Ka! (2020) competed at the prestigious Annecy Festival in France. In the several years that Avid has been pursuing film, he has yet to experience financial success so he is always willing to sell his internal organs to fund his projects.