PH-Taiwan short film in Cannes, too

A short film by a Filipino-Taiwanese filmmaker made it to Cannes this year, too. Rina Tsou’s “Arnie” will compete in the short film section of Cannes’ La Semaine de la Critique (or Critics’ Week), in France from May 11 to 22. “Arnie” tells the story of a Filipino seaman who buys a ring in Kaohsiung, to propose to his girlfriend back home. Unfortunately, his girlfriend is pregnant and he is not the father. Tsou is also working on a film with Filipino producer Joseph Israel Laban, titled “Raining Roses”—a coming-of-age tale about a young Taiwanese woman who volunteers in a Philippine town devastated by Supertyphoon “Yolanda.” Bayani San Diego Jr.