By PRIME SARMIENTO in Hong Kong

Filipina film editor Manet Dayrit has seen how collaboration with filmmakers outside of the Philippines can enrich both the local and Asian movie industries.

Dayrit recalled that during the COVID-19 pandemic, production houses in France, Norway, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam joined hands to produce Cu Li Never Cries — a debut feature from Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Ngoc Lan.

The movie, about a Vietnamese widow who inherits her husband's pet pygmy slow loris, won a best first feature award at the 74th Berlin Film Festival last month in Germany.

Co-productions in the film industry offer numerous benefits, Dayrit said in an interview with China Daily ahead of the Asia Content Business Summit (ACBS).