Sam Manacsa
- Known for
- 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.
Filmography
- The Void Is Immense in Idle Hours
The Void Is Immense in Idle Hours TBA
Director, Writer
And If Thuy Didn't Exist 2026
Producer
Open Endings 2026
Production Design
Annisa 2026
Director
Amoeba 2026
Production Design, Costume Design
Water Sports 2024
Creative Consultant
Nightbirds 2024
Production Design
Cold Cut 2024
Production Design
A Catholic Schoolgirl 2023
Production Design
Five Breakups and a Romance 2023
Art Direction
Primetime Mother 2023
Production Design
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die 2023
Director, Writer
Whether the Weather Is Fine 2021
Art Direction
Sila-Sila 2019
Art Direction
Spid 2019
Assistant Director
Sakaling Maging Tayo 2019
Art Direction
Never Tear Us Apart 2018
Art Direction
Please • Care 2017
Art Direction
Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month 2017
Art Direction
Baka Bukas 2016
Art Direction
If People Such as We Cease to Exist 2016
Director, Script
Credits from TMDB.