Sam Manacsa
萨姆·马纳克萨
Filmmaker, Art Director
导演，美术指导
Sam Manacsa has worked in production design for award-winning films including Carlo Francisco Manatad’s Whether the Weather Is Fine (Locarno, 2021) and Siyou Tan’s Amoeba (TIFF, 2025). Her short film Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (2023) had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section, while If People Such as We Cease to Exist (2016) was selected for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in the International Competition. She is an alumna of the SEAFIC Seed Lab (2022) and the TIFF Director’s Lab (2025).
Manacsa currently works as a production designer for various commercials and films.
萨姆·马纳克萨是一位导演和美术指导。她曾在多部获奖影片中担任美术指导，包括卡洛·弗朗西斯科·马纳塔德执导的《台风逃跑计划》(洛迦诺电影节，2021)和 陈思攸执导的《核》 （多伦多电影节，2025)。她导演的短片作品《对天发誓》(2023)在威尼斯地平线单元完成世界首映，而她的上一部短片作品 《仪式开始》(2016) 则入围了克莱蒙费朗短片电影节国际竞赛单元。她曾是东南亚电影制作人种子实验室和多伦多电影节导演实验室的成员。