Multi-awarded Pinoy indie filmmaker wins at Dubai’s Dreamanila filmfest

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. FRANCIS GACER. The director wins at the DIFF for his film ‘Mona’ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A short horror movie with a surreal twist by a multi-awarded Filipino indie filmmaker about a mother-and-daughter team of shape shifters bagged the special jury award at the recently held 5th edition of Dreamanila International Film Festival (DIFF). Francis Gacer, who wrote and directed the winning short, Mona, takes the genre in an unusual direction as its highlights contemporary social issues such as tackling poverty, critics…