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28 years of making stories happen

Producer, director, actor, casting director and writer — Kuya Manzano and iChill Productions bring film, theatre and marketing to life from Manila.

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Kuya Manzano, founder of iChill Productions, on stage with a microphone in a black suit

Founder / Creative Director

Kuya Manzano

Spanish-Filipino producer, director, actor, singer, casting director and writer, working since 1998 in Spain and, since 2011, in the Philippines.

  • Wrote, directed and produced the feature film Changing Direction
  • Directed and produced Disney and Broadway concerts in Spain
  • Cast for Dojo TV and for opera and zarzuela
  • Script collaboration on Heneral Luna and Pedro Calungsod
  • Acted in GomBurZa, Heneral Luna and Sisa
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What we make

Four ways to tell your story

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Film Production

Development, writing, directing and producing for features, shorts and story-led brand films.

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Theatre Production

Plays, concerts and live events, built on 28 years on stages in Spain and the Philippines.

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Marketing & AI Content

SEO articles, product listings, email sequences, research and translation in English and Spanish, finished by a human.

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Digital Publishing

Websites we build, write and look after, like the sites in our own publishing network.

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Services & rates

Clear packages, clear prices

Writing and SEO, YouTube scripts and thumbnails, social posts, pitch decks, store graphics, research, email, short videos, AI dramas, translation and WordPress fixes, delivered asynchronously by email. See every package and its price.

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Featured work

Still from Changing Direction: three performers in black and red costumes on a bright red set
Still from Changing Direction

Changing Direction (Cambio de Sentido)

Feature film written, directed and produced by iChill Productions. Official selections at Festival del Sol (Spain) and El Lugar Sin Límites (Ecuador).

Still from the short film Marriage War (En el amor y en la guerra): two characters talking in a shop
Still from Marriage War (2004)

Marriage War (En el amor y en la guerra), 2004

A Spanish short film with several international festival selections.

AI-generated poster for the theatre play El Mal de Sirenita by Irene Castro and Kuya Manzano
El Mal de Sirenita poster, AI-generated by iChill

El Mal de Sirenita

Theatre play produced and directed by iChill Productions in Spain, from a script by Kuya Manzano.

Kuya Manzano singing This Is the Moment on stage at the Rizal Park Broadway concert, Manila
Kuya Manzano on Broadway, Rizal Park, 2014

Kuya Manzano on Broadway

A free Broadway concert at the Rizal Park Open Auditorium, Manila, on 22 August 2014.

iChill Manila International Film Fest official selection laurel
iChill Manila International Film Fest laurel

iChill Manila International Film Fest, 2016–2020

Our international film festival. The January 2018 edition: more than 60 films, around 300 audience members, 2 weeks of screenings on 2 screens and 25 awards.

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