{"id":390,"date":"2026-05-21T06:05:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2026-05-21T06:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:05:51","slug":"grief-doc-the-last-note-acquired-by-hg-distribution-as-fusee-launches-three-doc-slate-at-cannes-film-market-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=390","title":{"rendered":"Grief Doc \u2018The Last Note\u2019 Acquired by HG Distribution as Fusee Launches Three-Doc Slate at Cannes Film Market (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nFusee Films entered documentary territory in a major way at the Cannes Film Market, unveiling co-production commitments to three non-fiction projects spanning Vietnam, the Philippines, Canada, Belgium, and France. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=388\">Bruce Springsteen Calls Out Trump, Larry and David Ellison in Colbert\u2019s Second-to-Last \u2018Late Show\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tLeading the slate is \u201cThe Last Note,\u201d which has already secured international sales representation through Quebec-based HG Distribution ahead of its release.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Canadian film is directed by Patrick de Belen and follows a Filipino-Canadian poet piecing together the life of his younger brother, who died, through journals, songs, and memory fragments. The film confronts grief, mental illness, and the silence that surrounds these subjects in Filipino diaspora communities. The film is produced by Still Here Productions and Fusee.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThe themes in this film are often difficult to talk about, and it is sad to think we must feel alone because of that discomfort. This story encourages us to witness the rawness of both beauty and devastation, while reminding us that the only way through it is together,\u201d de Belen said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201c\u2018The Last Note\u2019 is a powerful, intimate film that transforms personal grief into a lucid act of witness. Its blend of poetic reconstruction and unflinching honesty about BPD, migration, and precarity makes the story both heartfelt and urgently relevant. As a Filipino-Canadian documentary, it speaks to diasporic experiences and colonial legacies that will resonate strongly with multicultural audiences and festival programmers alike,\u201d added Henry Gagnon of HG Distribution.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe second project, \u201cLand of Evanescence,\u201d featured in the Cannes Docs-in-Progress Showcase, presented by Docs by The Sea. Directed by Vietnamese filmmaker Nguyen Thi Xuan Trang, the 60-minute film traces the multigenerational weight of the Vietnam War through archival material, poetic reconstructions, and encounters with a former propagandist and an American veteran. The Vietnam\u2013Philippines\u2013France co-production, produced by Wilfredo Manalang and Charlotte Lelong through Lagi Ltd., Fusee, and Trance Films, is targeting a 2027 release.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThis is a wonderful opportunity to introduce the film for the very first time. After three years of development, I truly need feedback to help me see my own story more clearly, and to connect with the right people to bring this film to completion,\u201d Nguyen said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=386\">\u2018The Late Show\u2019: Stephen Colbert Brings Out Robert De Niro, Martha Stewart and Tons of Others to Quiz Him in Second-to-Last Episode<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cCannes Docs is a great opportunity to introduce the first images of our project to the world stage and find the right partners to complete the film. Bridging Europe and Asia is part of Trance Films\u2019 identity. It is exciting to be working with Vietnam for the first time, a country which France has a long shared history with, and this project has been a wonderful opportunity to put into practice principles of creative equity and inclusive partnerships,\u201d added Charlotte Lelong, producer at Trance Films.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRounding out the slate, \u201cForgive Me Father for I Have Sinned\u201d is in development as a Belgium\u2013Philippines co-production between While We\u2019re Here and Fusee. The film is directed by Jeremy Luke Bolatag, a young Filipino filmmaker who recently emerged from the Belgian singing competition series \u201cVoice van Vlaanderen.\u201d It draws on Bolatag\u2019s personal experience navigating queer identity against a backdrop of faith, family, and diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cTelling personal stories with universal impact is, in my opinion, the cornerstone of documentary filmmaking, and Jeremy\u2019s story touched me deeply. His film is critically important to be told at a moment when public debate has become so profoundly polarized,\u201d said Frederik Nicolai, producer at While We\u2019re Here.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe three-doc push marks a significant departure for Fusee, which built its profile on prestige festival fiction including Cannes selection \u201cPlan 75,\u201d Venice Critics\u2019 Week Grand Prize winner \u201cDon\u2019t Cry, Butterfly,\u201d Locarno\u2019s \u201cTopakk,\u201d and Berlinale short \u201cThrough Your Eyes,\u201d alongside Netflix Asia hit \u201cBlue Room\u201d and Torino Screenplay winner \u201cElsewhere at Night.\u201d The company was founded by Wilfredo C. Manalang.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cDocumentary filmmaking is where Fusee\u2019s soul lives. These three projects are not just films. They are invitations to a global conversation that we believe the world is ready to have, and urgently needs,\u201d Manalang said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=384\">Jeethu Joseph on \u2018Drishyam 3,\u2019 the Fear Factor and the Thriller Label<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fusee Films unveiled three documentary co-productions at Cannes Film Market, including &#8216;The Last Note,&#8217; picked up by HG Distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,416],"class_list":["post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-cannes-film-market","tag-fusee"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grief Doc \u2018The Last Note\u2019 Acquired by HG Distribution as Fusee Launches Three-Doc Slate at Cannes Film Market (EXCLUSIVE) - 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