Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month

By Carlo Francisco Manatad

Philippines, Singapore | In Tagalog with English subtitles | 2017 | 13 min | PG13 (Some Coarse Language)

Jodilerks is a pump attendant at her last day of work in a gas station that is due to close down. Previously a top employee, Jodilerks spends her last night carrying out some questionable acts, reflecting the increasingly anarchic nature of the society around her.

Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month was in competition at Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Film Festival in 2017. It was screened at numerous film festivals around the world in the same year, including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival.

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Carlo Francisco Manatad (b. 1987, Philippines) is a filmmaker based in Manila. He is an alumnus of the Asian Film Academy, Berlinale Talents, Tokyo Talents and the Locarno Filmmakers Academy. His first short film, Junilyn Has, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival (2015). Another of his films, The Imminent Immanent, was in competition at the Toronto International Film Festival (2018). His first feature, Whether the Weather is Fine, won the Cinema E Gioventù Prize at the Locarno Film Festival (2021).