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Mortem

With no recollection of his identity, Michael is cast into the land to kill Lucifer.

Mortem is a loose retelling of the story of archangel Michael and Lucifer.

  • Carmesi Estrella
    Writer
    Shadow Play, Death by Shadows
  • Jasmine Afuang
    Writer
    Shadow Play
  • Gianco Ante
    Cinematographer
    Shadow Play, Death by Shadows
  • Patricia Singson
    Production Designers
    n/a
  • Bea Salcedo
    Production Designers
    n/a
  • Julia Alfonso
    Sound Designer
    n/a
  • Bernard Jay Mercado
    Editor
    Shadow Play, Death by Shadows
  • Jotham Rodriguez
    Musical Scoring
    Death by Shadows
  • Jesper Mercado
    Musical Scoring
    n/a
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 10, 2014
  • Production Budget:
    178 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Philippines
  • Country of Filming:
    Philippines
  • Language:
    Hebrew
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Black Beret Student Film Festival
    Quezon City, Philippines
    December 10, 2014
    Philippine Premiere
    Best Cinematography, Best Production Design
Director Biography

Bernard Jay Mercado is a Filipino independent director, screenwriter, and editor. His short films have been screened in various international and local film festivals. His most recent work, "Man in the Cinema House" (2015), a black-and-white silent film comedy and part-installation art, part-performance art hybrid is the recipient of the 2015 UP Film Institute Likha Adarna Best Thesis Film Award. He also served as apprentice to screenwriters Roy Iglesias and Ricky Lee.

With an individualistic, unique, avant-garde filmmaking voice, Mercado dreams to reinvent Philippine Cinema by going back to the classics. His current focus in filmmaking are period films and love letters to cinema, biographical films of unsung heroes, and gangster films. He also aims to adapt to film the komiks of modern-day Filipino artists. And to one day go back to the art of experimental filmmaking.

Currently, he is working on his third feature-length screenplay, which would be his debut feature film, Kundiman.

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