A hungry, loving aspin rescue named Runo sets out to get her owner, Aimee, from school to fill her food bowl in the midst of the apocalyptic Philippines. She outmaneuvers near death encounters with zombies who gets a whiff of her fresh blood throughout her journey of walking through cities— all except one. A big, mutant zombie dog follows Runo who has been reunited with Aimee. Through a series of unfortunate events, Runo was bitten by the zombie dog and gets turned into one. Aimee, just like their loving dog, doesn’t give up on her.
Racquel 'Lysa' Catolico is BS Animation student based from the Philippines pursuing a career in animation, storyboard, background layout, and art direction. They have worked as an animator and artist in multiple films and school projects. They are also one of the six grantees of the QCinema QCShorts Program for their short animated film "Runo!" along with their co-director Jazmine Gin R. Pateña. They are currently a mentee in iAcademy's Vision Creative Unit under Keith Sicat. They are also a finalist at SIKAP’s Animation Pitch Lab (2024) and iNDIEGENIUS 2 (2025) for along with their co-director Jazmine Pateña. Their goal is to create local animated stories relating to their personal struggles and passions in the hopes that other fellow Filipinos can find inspiration in them. Jazmine Gin R. Pateña is currently studying at iACADEMY as an animation student, where she hones her craft and storytelling for her future projects. Her love for the magic of filmmaking started when she was commissioned for a thesis as an animator. Since then, she has worked on short animated thesis films and spearheaded some animation school events as the first animation head of MOMENTUM, the collegiate animation org of iACADEMY. ...
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