Siné 48-Hour Challenge Official Selection
Premiere: August 23, 2025
Director:
Edmund Manasan
Writers:
Jim Libiran • Althea Manasan • Dennis Logan
Cast:
Justine Hailee • Lesly Quiambao • Aeris Yap • Rudy Laxamana • Hochan Ryu • Dennis Logan
Some fractures can’t be fixed. Some wounds don’t heal the way we expect.
"At Out of the Blue Lifestyle Farm, now a remote rehab centre, a broken rock band’s final jam session spirals into a reckoning with the past — and each other."
Over the course of 48 hours, Hilom (meaning “healing” in Filipino) dives into the volatile reunion of Red Rose, a once-iconic Filipino rock band brought together at a secluded rehab centre after a scandal tore them apart.
What begins as a group therapy exercise quickly unravels into a raw confrontation of betrayal, grief, and the lingering question of whether forgiveness is even possible. Through simmering tensions, bitter accusations, and a haunting presence that blurs the line between life and afterlife, the band must decide if they can find harmony one last time…or if the music is truly gone forever.
Shot in just two days for the Siné 48-Hour Film Challenge, Hilom blends emotional intensity, musical resonance, and supernatural undertones into a compact yet powerful narrative.
Rosa
Queen
Jon Jon
Bong
Therapist
Ozzy
Extras: Paula Veloso, Jim Libiran, Agnes Manasan, Rex Manasan, Marian Hernandez, Ulap Veloso
Director – Edmund Manasan
Writers – Jim Libiran, Althea Manasan, Dennis Logan
Director of Photography – Pipardgorn Sombunnavanid
Editors – Jayrald Besoña, Dennis Logan
First AD – Dennis Logan
Second AD – Althea Manasan
Drone Operator – Villy Schwartz
Gaffer – Leo Nguyen
Grip – Villy Schwartz, Harjan Sivian
Production Designer – Dilys Chan
Graphic Designer – Eral Besoña
Music Director – Mikey Amistoso
Makeup Artist & Hair Stylist – Anastasiia Biliakova
Videographer / Production Stills – Steve Tran
Production Assistant – Xenia Cabrias
Location Hosts – Paula Veloso, Michael Jacobs
“There’s a Lonely Road to Sunday Night”
Written by Mikey Amistoso
Originally performed by Ciudad
Rearranged and remixed for Hilom by Mikey Amistoso
Produced under the relentless pressure of the Siné 48-Hour Challenge, Hilom was conceived, shot, and edited in a single weekend. The creative process fused collaborative chaos with deep emotional performances, and the finished film is as much about the making as it is about the story on screen.
Before a single frame was shot, Director Edmund Manasan sent this mission briefing to the Hilom cast and crew.
It was more than an update, it was a challenge. A reminder that what we were about to make was bigger than the clock, the rules, or the limitations.
“You’re not just making a film, you’re making the only version of this story that can ever exist. Let’s make it count.”
Listen to the full Mission Briefing:
Premieres August 23, 2025 – 8:00 PM ET
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