Manang Biring

Old Woman Biring) is a 2015 Philippine adult animated black tragicomedy film directed by Carl Joseph Papa.

[1] It is the first animated film in the Philippines to be developed through rotoscoping entirely, drew several themes of old age, financial crisis, cancer, friendship, and family reunion.

The story revolves around Manang Biring, an elderly woman who has stage 4 breast cancer, who receives a letter from an article about the reunion.

Even as she has accepted her fate, she wants to spend time with her family and is still looking forward to reuniting with her grandson and estranged daughter for the Christmas season until her death.

[3] Manang Biring is the sole animation entry at the 2015 Cinema One Originals, a film festival which started on November 9, 2015.