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Veteran actress Flora Gasser passes away — with a report from Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Until the 2020 onset of the pandemic, Gasser had remained active in showbiz, portraying supporting characters on television — and the final, title role in a short film that would become her swan song.
That year, Gasser played the lead character in the King Louie Palomo short film “Nene,” which participated in over a dozen international film festivals and clinched several trophies and nominations overseas.
As Nene, Gasser was a prolific and retired painter who “attempts to finish the final painting of her lifetime,” on a day that would become her last.
ABOUT THE FILM
Nene is in her eighties, an accomplished and retired painter. Her daughter travels from the city to see her with her grandson, and unknown to her family Nene attempts to finish the final painting of her lifetime.
Starring Flora Gasser and Mercedes Cabral
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
Outreach Virtual Asian Heritage Month Film Festival (Ontario, Canada) - July 2022
VSFF: Live in Theatre (Vancouver, BC Canada) - June 2022
Reelworld Film Festival (Toronto, Canada) - October 2021
Women Over 50 Film Festival (England, UK) - September 2021
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, Semi-Finalist (Rhode Island, USA) - August 2021
Woods Hole Film Festival (Falmouth, MA USA) - July/August 2021
Deep In The Heart Film Festival (Waco, TX USA) - July 2021
Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival - July 2021
Diwa Filipino Film Showcase of Seattle (Seattle, WA USA) - June 2021
FascinAsian Film Festival (Manitoba, Canada) - May 2021
Fastnet Film Festival (Schull, Ireland) - May 2021
Vancouver Short Film Festival (Vancouver, BC Canada) - January 2021
Chilliwack Independent Film Festival (Chilliwack, BC Canada) - November 2020
Vancouver Asian Film Festival (Vancouver, BC Canada) - November 2020
Cebu International Film Festival (Cebu, Philippines) - October 2020
Dreamanila International Film Festival 2020 (Manila, Philippines) - May 2020
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
WINNER - Standout Director for a Short Film, Reelworld Film Festival 2021
WINNER - Special Mention for Best Direction, Dreamanila International Film Festival 2020
WINNER - Special Mention for Best Performance, Dreamanila International Film Festival 2020
HONORABLE MENTION - Indie Shorts Mag Film Festival 2021
NOMINATED - Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2020, Nominated for Best Canadian Short, Best Director, Best Cinematography
NOMINATED - Reelworld Film Festival 2021, Nominated for Standout Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Actor for a Short
“King Louie Palomo’s Nene, a film on life and its all-encompassing stories. A touching and a believable depiction of what must be several people’s real-life experiences, Nene, however, comes across as a personal epitaph left for someone dearly loved…”
- Indie Shorts Mag
“…King Louie allows us to fall in love and invest enough emotional capital for the payoff...”
- Film Threat
“Nene is an emotional journey. Very well acted and written, it will most likely remain in the viewer's heart for a long time.”
- UK Film Review
PRESS & REVIEWS
Rappler Act One Films: ‘Nene’: How an artist departs
ABS-CBN News: Veteran actress Flora Gasser passes away
OMNI TV Filipino Edition: Get to know King Louie, the Filpino-Canadian director of the short film, "Nene"
Indie Shorts Mag: Nene, A Moving Tribute To Someone Dearly Loved
Film Threat: Nene Review by Alan Ng
UK Film Review: Nene Short Film Review
Manchester’s Finest: The Film Festival celebrating Women Over 50
CREDITS
executive producer/directed by KING LOUIE PALOMO
co-executive producer/cinematography BRIAN PATRICK LIM
co-executive producer DANI ALVARADO
associate producer AJAY CALEB
edited by JULIAN FIGUEROA
production design by MAYUMI CATABIJAN
music by MATTHEW CHUNG
sound mixer FRANCISCO CASTELLANOS
featuring: FLORA GASSER | MERCEDES CABRAL | AZMYTH JAKE TANABE HERNANDEZ
production manager: TONY BATTUNG | assistant director: EUGENE SEAN M. ALETA | pa: MJ ESTABILLO | utility: JUN GALLO | location manager: AYO ARCEGA | location assistant: DENNIS SITENTA | camera operator: STEVEN PAUL EVANGELIO | gaffer: PATRICK FERNANDEZ | key grip: BRIAN BALICAS | grips: JEROME GUARIN, TATA COMILLE | best boy: CARLO FERNANDEZ | genny op: RENMER SURABIA | sound recordist: JUN PASCACIO | hair and makeup: SYDNEY HELMSLEY | drivers: ENRICO DELA CRUZ JR., LEONARDO SANTOS JR. | assistant editor: EMIR GIDEL | colourist: AERLAN BARRETT | vfx compositor: JOSH CLELLAND
produced in association with CATCH THE MOON PRODUCTIONS and FOUR LEAF FILMS