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A Brief Encounter (2026)
Directed by Liryc Dela Cruz
· 20m
Kath, an Italian-Filipino woman, works remotely as a digital content moderator in Genoa. When she learns that a colleague in the Philippines has taken his own life—crushed by the very job that fills her own days (the endless cataloging of beheadings, torture, live-streamed suicides, and child abuse)—she initially takes two days off, then extends her break, no longer convinced she can bring herself to return to her terminal. A massage appointment introduces her to Jenny, a Filipino woman who tends to people's bodies as a side job. That scheduled hour evolves into something more—an encounter neither woman expected. Each carrying her own burdens and losses, they finally find a way, together, to stop being invisible. The screen, once capable only of wounding them, now reflects a new image: a redemptive possibility for healing.
Cast
Benjamin Vasquez Barcellano Jr.
Crew
- Director
- Liryc Dela Cruz
- Writer
- Liryc Dela Cruz
- Director of Photography
- Filippo Mariano
- Editor
- Liryc Dela Cruz
- Producer
- Liryc Dela Cruz, Moira Lang, Paolo Sideri, Matteo Giampetruzzi, Sara Cecconi, Giulia Delvecchio, Il mio filippino Collective
Details
- Original title
- Un breve incontro
- Release date
- 2026-09-11
- Runtime
- 20m
- Original language
- IT
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Pelircula, Cinema Fuoristrada, Ancora Films, Il Mio Filippino Collective