Brillante Mendoza Casts Judy Ann Santos, Jeanne Balibar and Stacy Martin in ‘Aid’; Fire & Ice, Ghost City, Human Films Producing (EXCLUSIVE)

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According to Variety’s source item, Brillante Mendoza Casts Judy Ann Santos, Jeanne Balibar and Stacy Martin in ‘Aid’; Fire & Ice, Ghost City, Human Films Producing (EXCLUSIVE), Judy Ann Santos, Jeanne Balibar and Stacy Martin are set to star in “Aid,” Philippines auteur Brillante Ma Mendoza’s new political drama, which is being introduced to international partners at the Cannes Film Market with Fire & Ice Media attached as delegate producer alongside France’s Ghost City Films and the Netherlands’ Human Films. The project […]

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