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Mikhail Red’s ‘Dead Kids’ is first Netflix Film from PH

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<p>MANILA — Mikhail Red’s “Dead Kids” will be released as the first Netflix Film from the Philippines, the streaming giant <a href="https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/globe-studios-and-netflix-partner-exclusively-to-bring-filipino-film-dead-kids-to-global-audiences">announced </a>on Friday.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mga kapwa Pinoy, we&#x27;re getting another masterpiece from Mikhail Red! Dead Kids is arriving soon. 🇵🇭❤️ <a href="https://t.co/duNi3RdcL0">pic.twitter.com/duNi3RdcL0</a></p>— Netflix Philippines (@Netflix_PH) <a href="https://twitter.com/Netflix_PH/status/1185012623756201986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The crime-thriller, which will debut exclusively on Netflix before the end of the year, follows a group of students who conspire to kidnap a classmate for ransom money.</p><p>Red, whose acclaimed film “Birdshot” was also the first Philippine film to stream on Netflix, said it “has always been my dream as a filmmaker to bring Filipino cinema to a global audience.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OFKnelgh12I?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>“I am so glad and honored for ‘Dead Kids’ to be a Netflix Film, which is a testament to the world-class talent here in the Philippines… I hope people around the world will appreciate ‘Dead Kids,’ and I hope this also helps open doors for more Filipino filmmakers,” he said.</p><p>The Globe Studios-produced “Dead Kids” is only one of many film projects Red has been juggling in the past year. Notably, Star Cinema’s “Eerie” was released in early 2019 to critical acclaim. </p><p>Red also recently wrapped production on another Star Cinema movie, “Block Z,” which is also poised to make history as the first large-scale zombie apocalypse movie from the Philippines.<br/> </p>

<p>Red, whose acclaimed film “Birdshot” was also the first Philippine film to stream on Netflix, said it “has always been my dream as a filmmaker to bring Filipino cinema to a global audience.”</p>

Red, whose acclaimed film “Birdshot” was also the first Philippine film to stream on Netflix, said it “has always been my dream as a filmmaker to bring Filipino cinema to a global audience.”