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'About Us But Not About Us' to premiere in Tallinn film fest

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Romnick Sarmenta and Elijah Canlas in ‘About Us But Not About Us.’ The IdeaFirst Company" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/10/28/romnick-sarmenta-and-elijah-canlas.jpg"/><figcaption>Romnick Sarmenta and Elijah Canlas in ‘About Us But Not About Us.’ <em>The IdeaFirst Company</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Jun Robles Lana’s “About Us But Not About Us,” a film starring Romnick Sarmenta and Elijah Canlas, will make its world premiere as an entry in the upcoming Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia.</p><p>“About Us But Not About Us” is a selection in the Critics’ Pick Competition of the 26th edition of the festival in Northern Europe, scheduled to run from November 11 to 27.</p><p>Tallinn organizers have <a href="https://poff.ee/en/film/about-us-but-not-about-us/">described </a>the film as “masterfully orchestrated” and “truly an intellectual and a cinematographic pleasure.”</p><p>The two-character film is described as only “consisting of a table, two chairs, two persons talking, one mysterious manuscript and some little food in-between.”</p><p>Lana, the acclaimed filmmaker behind “About Us But Not About Us,” has said it is a deeply personal title that came about from a period of depression.</p><p>“In the past, I always try to think of my audience every time I make a film. Not with this one. My only goal was simply to save myself. I was going through a lot and was severely depressed to the brink of suicide. Ashamed to ask for help from anyone, I turned to the one thing that has always given me comfort: writing,” he said, as shared by The IdeaFirst Company.</p><p>“For three straight days, I wrote without a break, remembering and acknowledging many traumas that stifled me much of my life, including being molested repeatedly as a child.</p><p>“Part fiction, and part confessional, the film allowed me to expunge my demons, come to terms with my dark past, and take full control of my narrative,” he said.</p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2295554" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Jun Robles Lana’s 'About Us But Not About Us,' starring Romnick Sarmenta and Elijah Canlas, will make its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia.