A single, 40-year-old woman is forced to deal with thoughts of motherhood.
After ending her toxic relationship with her boyfriend Ben, 40-year-old Alice discovers she is pregnant. With her age and current relationship status, her first instinct is to have the pregnancy terminated. As her body undergoes dramatic changes, Alice struggles and needs to decide what to do. Will she slide back into the arms of Ben? What will this mean for the child growing inside her?
Written and Directed by
Anna Isabelle Matutina
Producers
Jules Katanyag and Danzen Santos Katanyag
Starring
Max Eigenmann
Bing Pimentel
Vance Larena
Claudia Enriquez
A Digital Dreams Production
In partnership with: Film Development Council of the Philippines, Reality Multimedia Studio, Lightshop and Mothership
Co-Produced by: Anna Buensuceso and Paolo Villaluna
Special thanks to:
Scales Coffee, Royal Enfield Bacoor, Pan de Teresita, Lexter Favor, Aloy Adlawan, Bea Almeda, Glenn Almeda, Dra. Belle Goco Raquiño, and Zeny Taruc Santos
12 Weeks is a full-length finalist for the Cinemalaya Film Festival 2022.
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Buttered Popcorn | CINEMALAYA SPECIAL: 12 Weeks
Join Anna Isabelle Matutina (Director/Writer), Danzen Katanyag (Producer) and Max Eigenmann (Alice) as they give us a behind-the-scenes bite of the upcoming Cinemalaya 2022 film ’12 Weeks’!
Director
Anna Isabelle Matutina is a multi-awarded filmmaker who has been producing, writing, directing, and editing her own short films since 2004. She currently works as a director and editor for the documentary program I-Witness, where she and her team have bagged multiple local and international awards including the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award in 2009 and a nomination for the International Emmy Awards in 2013.
Producer
Jules Katanyag is a producer, writer, and director for television and film. He has written over a hundred local soap opera episodes and directed the recently concluded series “Babawiin ko ang Lahat” on GMA Network, filmed during the pandemic. He co-founded the production house Digital Dreams Inc, a one-stop production house and film company that creates engaging and relevant cinema and content in this era of transitioning entertainment platforms.
Danzen Santos Katanyag is a writer, producer, media entrepreneur, and part-time faculty at De La Salle University. She is President and Executive Producer of Digital Dreams Inc., a rising boutique production company house that creates local and international meaningful content for the evolving media platforms. She wrote an award-winning short documentary on teens working as divers, several women empowerment stories, and documentary dramas on love and romance. She has also managed the creative content and production for international media giants such as Fox Sports, Fox International Channels, now Disney, Discovery Channel, the NBA, and True Digital Group. Currently, she creates children’s stories through Blankie Books, her self-published book series with a Youtube channel counterpart.
