Episode 01: Gate 11 Collective
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Welcome to cultivate., with Jessica Taghap – a new podcast exploring different art forms and their creative processes through interviews with some of the most exciting artists working today. For our inaugural episode, I chatted with director (or direk, for all my fellow Filipinos out there) Johmar Damiles and his colleagues, producer Anna Velario and co-writer, editor, and creative producer Julius Renomeron — all of whom comprise the Metro Manila-based Gate 11 Collective. Their short film, Hot Seat, recently made its international premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival back in July, where I briefly met Direk Damiles, who was kind enough to let me interview him and Gate 11. The group spoke with me about their early days meeting individually as students before forming the collective, the struggles and importance of collaboration in the Philippine indie film scene, and how to sustain creativity. — You can follow all of Johmar, Anna, and Julius’ work with Gate 11 Collective on Facebook and Instagram. cultivate. is produced, presented, and conceived by Jessica Taghap and is a Resident Artist production. Our intro music is by Bohdan Kuzmin, and our outro is by Taffy Rhythm. New episodes are available weekly on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Substack, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram, and YouTube, and get updates on residentartist.substack.com. Get full access to cultivate. at residentartist.substack.com/subscribe
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