A short film featuring actress Mai Fanglayan, as a young Cordilleran woman who goes on her first date at a Korean restaurant, is currently being shot in Baguio City and nearby locations in the municipality of Benguet, Inquirer Entertainment learned.
Fanglayan, also a Cordilleran, won best actress at the 2018 ToFarm Film Festival for playing the title role in the 2018 indie drama “Tanabata’s Wife.”
In “Salidumay,” Fanglayan plays Ayo, who is a Tingguian (originated in Abra) with Ibaloi (Benguet) blood, while her love interest is Franz (Kenneth Jhayve Bautista), a former seminarian from Abra who settled in Baguio City.
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