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What an honor to have I Will Be Fine selected for DIWA Film Festival, alongside so many incredibly talented Filipino filmmakers! 🇵🇭❤️

We’re beyond grateful for this experience, the wonderful people we met, and the meaningful connections we made along the way. There’s something truly special about being surrounded by fellow Filipino creatives who share the same passion for filmmaking and telling stories that celebrate our culture, our experiences, and the heart of being Pinoy.

A special shoutout to our amazing cast and crew! We’re so proud to represent everyone who poured their hearts into this film and to share this moment with all of you. ❤️ And a huge thank you to @disabilityfilmchallenge for continuing to champion filmmakers and stories like ours!

Maraming salamat, @diwafilmfest and Adrian, for bringing us together and creating a space for our stories to be seen and celebrated. Kitakits next time! 🫶🏼

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Memories to last a lifetime 🫶🏻🥳

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Another season of Big Brother Unlocked in the books. Made some good tv with some great people.

Shout out to the big dog @teevee_person for getting in the mix.

So many good folks on that crew it really is a ton of fun

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Our Shorts Program 2, Kwentong Migrante (Stories in Motion), is proudly co-presented by @tanggolmigrantewa ! Some filmmakers will be in attendance, so stick around for a fun Q&A! Please join us on Saturday, October 3, at 1pm at @winglukemuseum . Link for tickets and more info in bio!

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BBU CRU #BigBrother #BigBrotherUnlocked #unlocked #CBS #shotoniphone

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Diminishing Returns
by Colin Whitman

$80 due today. Out of time and out of options, Ernesto keeps a positive outlook while he hunts the streets and dumpsters of LA in the hope of finding enough recyclables to pay for his daughter’s chemo treatment back home in the Philippines.

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Diwa 2026 Shorts Program II:
Migrant Stories (with Filmmaker Q&A)
Saturday, October 3 • 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Tateuchi Story Theatre, Wing Luke Museum

Co-presented by Tanggol Migrante Movement
(Defend Migrants Alliance).

Come for the films, stay for the Q&A!

* Shorts Program II Tickets:
- 6 films (90 mins.)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwa-2026-shorts-program-2-migrant-stories-with-filmmaker-qa-tickets-1999718162856

*Festival Pass (Save 20%!)
- from opening reception to all 8 programs
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-diwa-filipino-film-festival-full-festival-pass-tickets-1999734150676

* Full festival details and trailers:
https://diwafilmfest.wordpress.com/2026-festival/

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Diwa 2026 Shorts Program II:
Migrant Stories (with Filmmaker Q&A)
Saturday, October 3 • 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Tateuchi Story Theatre, Wing Luke Museum

This program is co-presented by Tanggol Migrante Movement (Defend Migrants Alliance).

Come for the films, stay for the Q&A!

* Shorts Program II Tickets:
- 6 films (90 mins.)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diwa-2026-shorts-program-2-migrant-stories-with-filmmaker-qa-tickets-1999718162856

*Festival Pass (Save 20%!)
- from opening reception to all 8 programs
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-diwa-filipino-film-festival-full-festival-pass-tickets-1999734150676

* Full festival details and trailers:
https://diwafilmfest.wordpress.com/2026-festival/

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Happy 1000th Episode @bigbrothercbs
This show taught me how to be an unscripted producer and I’m eternally grateful for the opportunity to continue growing with the best reality show there is.
Here’s to 1000 more!

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And that’s a wrap on Indie Street Film Festival 2026! 🎬
What an incredible 11th year! A heartfelt thank you to our amazing attendees, filmmakers, staff, jury, volunteers, and sponsors for making this festival so special. We’re grateful for a week filled with powerful stories, meaningful connections, and the incredible community that continues to make ISFF what it is.

And now… the moment we’ve all been waiting for!
🏆 2026 FRANKLIN AWARD WINNERS 🏆

JURY AWARDS
🎬 Best Narrative Feature
If I Go Will They Miss Me
Directed by Walter Thompson-Hernández
🎬 Best Narrative Short
Pale Sun
Directed by Adrian Moyse Dullin & Jawahine Zentar
🏆 Special Jury Award – Narrative
Gnawer of Rocks
Directed by Louise Flaherty
🎨 Best Animated Short
Beast of the Seine
Directed by Jon Portman
⭐ Honorable Mention – Breakout Performance
Addie Weyrich in Downbeat
🎥 Best Documentary Feature
in love, in memory
Directed by Shalon Buskirk & Drew Swedberg
🎥 Best Documentary Short
Animal Eye
Directed by Carlo Nasisse
🏆 Special Jury Award – Documentary
Beautiful and Tortured
Directed by Georganne Marie Valera

Documentary Honorable Mentions:
A Derailment — Directed by Nathan Truesdell
One Another — Directed by Amber Love

AUDIENCE AWARDS
Feature and Short awards sponsored by Two River Pictures
🧡 Best Feature
Downbeat
Directed by Danny Madden
🧡 Best Short
Diminishing Returns
Directed by Colin Whitman
🧡 Best NJ Film
Heavens to Betsy
Directed by Dave Niziolek & Brendan Walsh

A huge thank you to our 2026 juries for their time, thoughtful deliberation, and dedication to celebrating this year’s incredible filmmakers.

NARRATIVE JURY
Garrett Bess
Tiana Harris
Maureen Towey

DOCUMENTARY JURY
Cayla Clements
Nicole London
Alex Megaro

And finally, thank you to our Platinum Sponsors, Basie Center Cinemas and Triumph Brewing Company, for helping make ISFF 2026 possible and for supporting independent film in our community.

From all of us at ISFF — thank you for an unforgettable 11th year! Stay connected, keep supporting independent films, and we’ll see you next year! Until ISFF 2027!

#ISFF2026 #IndieStreetFilmFestival #FranklinAwards #IndependentFilm #RedBankNJ

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🎬✨ SATURDAY AT ISFF 2026! ✨🎬

Our second to last festival day is packed with incredible films, happy hour, and celebrations! 🎥🍿

📅 Saturday, August 22
🎞️ 11:00 AM — Documentary Shorts: Character Study
📍 Basie Center Cinema House *Filmmakers in Attendance*
🎬 1:30 PM — Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong
📍 Basie Center Cinema House *Filmmakers in Attendance*
🎥 3:30 PM — NJ Shorts: Let’s Get Down to Business
📍 Basie Center Cinema House *Filmmakers in Attendance*
🥂 5:00 PM — Passholder Happy Hour
📍 Paris Baguette w/ White Horse Wine provided
🎞️ 6:30 PM — The Gymnast
📍 Basie Center Cinema House followed by a Q&A w/ Filmmaker Charlotte Glynn
🏆 8:30 PM — Closing Film: NJ Premiere of Union County
📍 Basie Center Cinema House
🎉 10:00 PM — CLOSING PARTY!
📍 @Five Dimes w/ Sally Boys

Come spend the day with us! Watch great films, meet fellow filmmakers and film lovers, raise a glass, and celebrate an unforgettable festival week. ❤️🎬

🎟️ Don’t miss your final chance to experience ISFF 2026!

#ISFF2026 #IndieStreetFilmFestival #Year11 #RedBankNJ #FilmFestival

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"FILM SPOTLIGHT: DIMINISHING RETURNS. We're proud to feature ""Diminishing Returns"" as part of ""THE CROSSING: Finding Our Way Home Through Stories"", the FilAm Creative & ABS-CBN Program.

When his daughter's chemotherapy treatment back home in the Philippines depends on money he doesn't have, Ernesto spends the day collecting recyclables across Los Angeles in a desperate race against time.

Directed and written by Colin Whitman and starring Ernesto Bagayas, Diminishing Returns is a moving portrait of sacrifice, resilience, and the lengths parents will go to for the people they love.

Congratulations to the entire Diminishing Returns team.

Watch Diminishing Returns as part of Episode 4: Pinoys Abroad, Episode 16: Reel Life, and Episode 24: Documentary Spotlight on THE CROSSING on TFC around the world.

@facfilmfestival @kapamilyatfc

#TheCrossing #FilAmCreative #DiminishingReturns #documentary

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been outside a little.

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