Dominic Bekaert
DirectorClémentine Comoy, Sarge Lacuesta
ProducersPhilippines
CountryLogline
During the turbulent times of martial law, in the decadence of Manila’s disco era, a career woman finds herself in a tangle of love and jealousy with her female boss and their shared gigolo.
Short Synopsis
Under the light and shadow of Manila’s disco era under Martial Law, three very different lives converge and collide in ambition, sex, and power.
Dee, a rank-and-file employee, lands a big position at an investment bank thanks to her boss Vicky—a self-made woman navigating a man’s world. Drawn to Vicky’s confidence and worldliness, Dee is seduced into an exciting new reality. But it is through Wally—a male escort and disco denizen—that Dee discovers herself. Their transactional arrangement takes a tender turn, with Dee balancing a crumbling marriage and her upward climb in the nascent infrastructure of crony capitalism. The discovery that Vicky also employs Wally’s services doesn’t make life or love easier.
And as Vicky struggles with her age, jealousy, and corporate control, Manila’s darkly decadent disco culture -and the lives it has swallowed- spiral into the middle class oblivion that is one of the great unwritten turning points in Philippine history.
Dominic Bekaert
Dominic Bekaert’s first feature film, AN ERRAND, 83 min, 2024, was selected at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025, and won best Editing and Sound design at the 20th Cinemalaya edition. It also received Best Director, Best First Film, Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Original Soundtrack by the Society of Filipino Film Reviewers. Through ZOOPRAXI STUDIO, founded in 20218 with his producer Clémentine Comoy, Dominic has conceptualized, directed, shot and edited numerous music videos, advertising and short films -including WILDEST DREAMS (33min) for Nadine Lustre, the Philippines’ first visual album, recipient of awards from MYX Philippines, and the International Music Video Awards (IMVA). From 2016 to 2018 he led the National Film Archives, under the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP). His time as head of the Archives - during which he supervised the digitization of Filipino masterpieces - deepened his knowledge of the Philippines’ cinema history, and his relationship with the local audiovisual landscape. Holder of a B.A. in film production at ESEC (Paris, France) and a M.A. in Film Preservation at INA (National Institute of Audiovisual, Paris France), Dominic recently attended Asghar Farhadi’s masterclass in Bologna (International Filmmaking Academy), directing a short film under his mentorship.
Clémentine Comoy
Clémentine Comoy is a French producer based in Manila, where she co-founded Zoopraxi Studio with director-editor Dominic Bekaert in 2018 - a production company committed to supporting bold, independent storytelling across Southeast Asia. Her debut feature, AN ERRAND (83 min, 2024) directed by Dominic Bekaert, was selected at the International Film Festival Rotterdam IFFR 2025 under the Bright Future section, and received best editing and best sound design at the 20th edition of Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. The film was also screened at the 2024 QCinema Independent Film Festival and was awarded Best Director, Best First Film, Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Original Soundtrack by the Society of Filipino Film Reviewers. Over the past decade, she has produced more than 50 short-form works from Dominic Bekaert, including WILDEST DREAMS (33 min, 2020), the first visual album made in the Philippines. A trained film and audiovisual archivist, she has worked across France, the Philippines, and Cambodia ( Bophana Center). Her archival eye complements her producerial drive: getting films over the finish line while holding onto their emotional and cultural core.
Sarge Lacuesta
Angelo “Sarge” R. Lacuesta is a fictionist, essayist, and filmmaker. He has written more than ten books and written and produced two films, and has won many awards for his writing. He is the current president of the Philippine Centre of PEN (Poets, Essayists, Novelists) International.
His novel JOY was published by Penguin Random House SEA in 2022. His novel IRÔ (2025) was selected as part of “Books at Berlinale” at the Berlin Film Festival in 2024. In the same year, he wrote and produced the film “An Errand” for the Cinemalaya Film Festival. It was selected as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).