Inside the Industry: Filipino animation and Netflix with 'Hayop Ka!'

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Avid Liongoren, director of 'Hayop Ka! The Nimfa Dimaano Story', has long wanted to make an animated film specifically for Filipinos by Filipinos. But the journey hasn't been easy. Hustle

in 2016, Avid Liongoren is back withSo how did a small group of freelancers working in a kitchen animate an entire movie? What drove this boutique studio to make a soap opera satire with cartoon animals?Avid Liongoren, director of Hayop Ka!

With the Filipino animation's long history in outsourced labor, Avid has long wanted to make an animated film specifically for Filipinos by Filipinos. But the journey hasn't been easy. Historically, local animated films don't perform well in the Philippines box office compared to live-action. Furthermore,Avid is optimistic that going straight to Netflix will shine a beacon for fellow filmmakers and local audiences. By premiering online,can instantly reach Filipino audiences and form that domestic community he has been longing to build.

 

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