Assistant Director: Karla Pambid

As assistant director, Karla Pambid rendered her services for the Cinemalaya films “Jay” and “Batad: Sa Paang Palay.” She worked as assistant for “Aawitan Kita” and floor director for “Chowtime na!” She also worked as writer for QTV’s talk show “Moms” and was the supervising producer/director for a segment of Philippines’ Next Top Model. She also does assistant directing work for TV commercials. Her works include spots for Argentina, Huggies, among others.


As a character actress, she did a number of TV stints in shows like “Krystala,” “Kirara,” “Tabing Ilog,” “Bakekang,” “Darna,” “Star Drama,” “Kakabakaba,” “Magpakailanman,” “Del Tierro,” “Marimar,” among others. She also acted for mainstream film productions “Maging Aking Muli” and “Bagong Buwan,” and independent films “Nars” and “Saan Nagtatago si Happiness?” She worked as acting coach for Rio del Mar and rendered her voice as Sailor Jupiter in the anime “Sailormoon.” She also played the mother role on Rianne's second film "Aninag" alongside Joel Torre as her husband.


A well-known face in TV, film, and advertising, she has been a familiar face on the pioneer TV commercials of Circulan 4-in-1. She has also been seen in TV spots of Benadryl, Celeen, among others. Her theater stints include “Oyayi,” “Agnoia,” “Be Not Afraid-Pope John Paul II,” “Mga Kwentong Asyano,” “Dasal Kay San Antonio,” “Rizal Y Crisostomo,” among others. In 1996, she took part on the Young Actors’ Scholarship Program of the Actors’ Workshop Foundation. She’s one of the founding members of the Silly Peoples’ Improv Theater (SPIT). She, along with Rianne, was part of Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (PETA) Summer Academy 2001.

Executive Producer: Rianne Hill Soriano

EP mode during shoot
EP Rianne and AP Ayeen at church location

Production Manager: Gavin Herrera

Production Manager Gavin Herrera, a film graduate of the University of the Philippines Film Institute, worked for the independent film “Baliw” and Cinemalaya’s “Huling Araw ng Linggo” and "Sinungaling na Buwan."

She works as a freelance production manager for music videos and corporate productions. Her music video works include “Panalo” by Color It Red, “Alive” by Frio, “Patuloy Pa Rin” by Yasmien Kurdi, “Kaya Mo Bang Ibalik” and “Nalilimutan Mo Na Ba?” by Jennelyn Mercado, “One Wish” by Charmaine Piamonte, “Heaven Knows” by Michael Anthony Garcia, “Half Hearted” by Wink, and “In A Rush” by Dannieboi.



She also worked for the music channel MYX as segment producer and ABS-CBN’s TV Creative Development Group as brainstormer/creative staff.

Associate Producer: Ayeen Pineda

Ayeen Pineda is a core group member of Tuldok Animation Studios which produced the animated short films “Libingan” and “Pasintabi.” She also produced animation instructional videos for the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT).

She is a voice talent for a number of corporate works and is a member of Creativoices. She also worked as writer for AVP projects of Creation Station. “Pera-perahang Lata” is her first independent, live action film production.


Rianne met Ayeen while working on the AVP for Tuldok Animation Studios and the animated film “Libingan.”

Art Directors: Armi Rae Cacanindin and Kiko Tolentino; Art Department

A film graduate of the University of the Philippines Film Institute, Armi Rae Cacanindin was nominated for the Gawad Urian Awards Best Production Design in her work for the Cinemalaya film “Tribu.” As a freelance production designer, art director, and assistant director, she also worked for a number of critically-acclaimed independent films including “Autohystoria,” “Now Showing,” “Next Attraction,” and “Huling Araw ng Linggo.”

In 2008, she attended the Asian Film Academy in Busan, Korea as production designer.




Set Production Assistant for Day 1 shoot - Rowena Sanchez, a film student from the UP Film Institute.


Setmen for Day 1 shoot
First-time art director in a film production, Kiko Tolentino is primarily exposed in TV primarilyduction work, first as a staff member of the art department, and later on as art director. He worked for QTV’s talk show “Moms” and the cooking show “Ka-toque.”



The Art Dept during Day 2 shoot




Setmen/Propsmen - Rommel Dimaano, Exequiel Mantilla, Fernando Sanchez, Ace Doca, Elmer Villareyes, and Ronnie Dizon

Musical Scorer and Sound Engineer: Philip Arvin Jarilla

Philip composed the musical score for the film including the Christmas song (“Sa Pagdating”). During Day 1 shoot, around an hour before the grind, Philip taught the caroling kids the song using an audio CD and a guitar. The said caroling song is also part of the Simbang Gabi sequence shot during Day 2.

A graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Music, Philip Arvin Jarilla was a delegate for the first Rondalla International Music Festival in 2004. He scored the Gawad Urian Best Short Film nominated films “Luna” and Rianne’s second film “Aninag.”

Aside from being a musician playing guitar, drums, saxophone, and clarinet, he is a sound engineer at Hit Productions and primarily works on TV and radio commercials and corporate videos. Sharing the awards with his colleagues at Hit, he won the Cannes Lions 2007 for the Shell radio commercial “Are We There Yet?” and Clio Awards 2008 for the “Lotus Spa” Radio Campaign.

He scored for a Sky Cable commercial, an AVP for the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), a Nike Video Competition 2004 video entry, a jingle for Jollibee, and music for Nescafe. He also collaborated with Rianne for Hallmark Philippines’ All About Scrapbooking Instructional Video sold at National Book Store and Powerbooks and other commercial production works. He was also the music arranger for the 28th Mr. and Ms. University International and the musical scorer for the TV shows “Pilipinas Online-Bantay OCW” and “Philippines’ Next Top Model.” During his college days, he also worked as an independent ringtone producer and musical arranger for MRM studios and a guitar instructor for Music Asia.