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09/08/2026

We are pleased to announce that our feature film project “Once Upon a Time in the Philippines” has been selected for the 2026 Asian Project Market (APM), the investment and co-production platform of the Busan International Film Festival. This year, APM set a new all-time submissions record, receiving 604 projects from 48 countries, with only 30 projects from 20 countries selected.

The film marks Screen Asia’s next collaboration with writer-director E del Mundo, following our work together on Cannes title “Yellowfin,” and continues the project’s international journey toward production.

The project has received support and selections from Festival de Cannes’ Cinéfondation L’Atelier; Aide aux cinémas du monde of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) and Institut français; La Biennale di Venezia’s Venice Production Bridge; Visions Sud Est; Sørfond; Locarno Open Doors; TorinoFilmLab; and Cannes Producers Network, among others.

See you in Busan!

21/06/2026

In a conversation with writer-director E del Mundo, Tatler traces how YELLOWFIN emerged from the solitude of the pandemic, the waters of the Celebes Sea, and the lives of tuna fishing communities in General Santos and Sarangani—before becoming the first Southeast Asian VR film to compete in the Cannes Film Festival’s Immersive Competition.

Read the full feature on Tatler Asia for more on the history of YELLOWFIN, its journey to Cannes, and what’s next for the team.

15/06/2026

YELLOWFIN featured in PICO XR’s spotlight on immersive storytelling at the Festival de Cannes.

Alongside THE BLACK MIRROR EXPERIENCE and THE PIRATE QUEEN: NO SAFE WATERS, YELLOWFIN joins a global lineup of works exploring how VR, projection mapping, and location-based experiences are reshaping the way audiences step into stories.

14/06/2026

Featured by France TV at the Festival de Cannes.

At its world premiere, YELLOWFIN brought audiences into the Celebes Sea through immersive cinema. In this segment, Murielle Rousselin shares her experience of the work and the Festival’s growing Immersive Competition.

06/06/2026

At the 79th Festival de Cannes, YELLOWFIN was presented through a large-scale VR setup using over 100 synchronized PICO headsets and external surround-sound speakers, bringing audiences directly into the coastal communities of the Celebes Sea while recreating the communal experience of cinema.

In this short feature by PICO XR, Hanna Forssell of The National Museum of Finland reflects on the experience: “Very, very emotional and very realistic… It was wonderful. Great story.”

30/05/2026

YELLOWFIN team at the 79th Festival de Cannes, sharing the red carpet with Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, and Rami Malek for Ira Sachs’ THE MAN I LOVE.

On the carpet: E del Mundo (writer-director), Aly Cabral (actor and music composer), Kaye Banaag (production designer), Jack Weinstein (executive producer), Jan Pineda (Tarzeer Pictures), Kyle Nieva (producer), and Gian Carlo Librojo (producer).

16/05/2026

YELLOWFIN
World Premiere
79th Festival de Cannes
Immersive Competition

SYNOPSIS
After years in an Indonesian prison, Popi returns to his coastal village only to find his wife has moved on and started a new family. Adrift in his own life, he takes to the waters of the Celebes Sea, seeking solace and purpose. His solitary journey takes a surreal turn when he rescues a stranded Indonesian coast guard, stumbles upon a hidden trove of gold, and comes face-to-face with a wounded mermaid.

Runtime: 12 min 35 sec
Country: Philippines
Language: Cebuano and Indonesian
Subtitles: English and French
Format: 360° Virtual Reality Film
Genre: Immersive Drama / Mythic Eco-Fantasy
Production Companies: Create Cinema, Screen Asia
Producers: Pamela Reyes, Gian Carlo Librojo, Kyle Nieva
Associate Producer: Mica Oliveros
Executive Producers: E del Mundo, Pamela Reyes, Kyle Nieva, Gil Chua, Jack Weinstein, Joanna Guinta, Jennielyn Abrot

LEAD ARTISTS
Writer & Director: E del Mundo
Director of Photography: Ber Cruz
Production Designer: Kaye Banaag
Music Composer: Aly Cabral
Sound Designers: Albert Michael M. Idioma, Jannina Mikaela Minglanilla
Editor: Kyle Nieva

CAST
Eduardo Kawasan Jr., Aly Cabral

SUPPORTED BY
CreatePHFilms Fund
Film Development Council of the Philippines
Tarzeer Pictures
JAR Entertainment

CONTACT
Kyle Nieva, Producer – [email protected]

14/05/2026

YELLOWFIN
World Premiere
79th Festival de Cannes
Immersive Competition

After years in an Indonesian prison, Popi returns to his coastal village only to find his wife has moved on and started a new family. Adrift in his own life, he takes to the waters of the Celebes Sea, seeking solace and purpose. His solitary journey takes a surreal turn when he rescues a stranded Indonesian coast guard, stumbles upon a hidden trove of gold, and comes face-to-face with a wounded mermaid.

14 May 2026 · Carlton Cannes · 4:20 PM

24/04/2026

We are honored to announce that YELLOWFIN, directed by E del Mundo, will have its World Premiere in the Immersive Competition of the 79th Festival de Cannes.

Produced by Screen Asia and Create Cinema, YELLOWFIN proudly represents the Philippines in Cannes’ Immersive Competition, where it joins eight other visionary works from around the world competing for Best Immersive Work. It also marks a historic first for Southeast Asian immersive cinema at Cannes.

We are deeply grateful to our cast, crew, collaborators, partners, and supporters who helped bring this Filipino virtual reality film to the world stage.

See you in Cannes!

23/04/2026

IN RESIDENCE: Kyle Nieva at the International Film Business Academy in South Korea, as one of two international fellows selected for the Business Track at the Busan Asian Film School.

Set in Busan, Asia’s first UNESCO-designated City of Film, AFiS is one of Asia’s leading training grounds for emerging film producers and film business professionals. Its Business Track prepares future executive producers, policymakers, and industry practitioners through a curriculum spanning financing, marketing, distribution, film law, film policy, talent management, and global production, shaped by both the Korean and global film industries.

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