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Animated comedy directed by Avid Liongoren, produced by Franck Priot and Avid Liongoren, written by Carlos Vergara and Avid Liongoren.

PITCH

20-something, Ada is a shy hairdresser living in a small town in the Philippines. After many failures in love, he resigns himself to a single life. But when a magical meteorite from space gives her the power to turn into a flamboyant superhero, Ada must fight the evil Amazonistas, hordes of zombies and a giant frog.

And even confronting an even more frightening ordeal: taking the risk of loving again….

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

I’ve spent the last couple of years attending international project markets and have come to realize that while LGBTQ culture has made great strides in the past decades, too many places in the world still censor it. There is much work to be done and I hope our film helps a bit. Zaturnnah was first released as a graphic novel in 2002. Back then I thought gay people were just men who wanted to be women. The book was very funny but it also made me realize just how narrow my worldview was. I immediately wanted to make a film but had zero resources to do so. It took me 2 decades to acquire this project and I can’t wait to share this endearing story with the world and showcase the animation talent of the Philippines.

My country is well known in the industry for outsourced service work but we are not known for creating our own original work. There have been less than a dozen animated features in the entire 100-year history of Philippine Cinema, 2 of which were made by my small team. My team and I hope to continue adding to our nation’s feature animation filmography and steadily establish us Filipino animators as not just serviceproviders, but creators, as well.

CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION

Zsazsa in Variety!

Partners: Rocketsheep - Ghosts City Films - Sales company: SC Films International

Equity partners: Nathan Studios (Philippines), EWS (Indonesia)

Public grants: FDCP (Philippines), Locarno Open Doors /Visions Sud Est (Switzerland), BIFAN (South Kora)