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Focus Programme|Necessary Fictions: Negotiating Realities in Post-national Philippine Documentaries
Given the complexity of the history of the Philippines, when Philippines documentaries rooted in realism are bridged with the idea of 'necessary fiction', nuanced meanings can be observed in such aesthetic choices which manifest an urgent necessity in the face of cruel reality.
This program includes 11 themes, and 46 films from the 1980 onwards, juxtaposing classics and more recent films, emphasising filmmakers' distinctive personal touches in a wide range of forms, and presenting multiple aspects of a nation that rejects over-simplification. Through exploration in history, geography, culture, folklore, religion, and race spanning time and space, a bursting uproar named 'Philippines' arises among these collective oeuvres.
Co-curator: Merv ESPINA
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Films
A child dies, a child plays, a woman is born, a woman dies, a bird arrives, a bird flies off
A child dies, a child plays, a woman is born, a woman dies, a bird arrives, a bird flies off
Basal Banar (Sacred Ritual of Truth)
Basal Banar (Sacred Ritual of Truth)
Boxing in the Philippine Islands
Boxing in the Philippine Islands
Juan Gapang (Johnny Crawl)
Juan Gapang (Johnny Crawl)
Kano: An American and His Harem
Kano: An American and His Harem
Missing Cassettes, or Things Lost When Moving
Missing Cassettes, or Things Lost When Moving
Naglipana ang mga Mata (A Swarm of Eyes)
Naglipana ang mga Mata (A Swarm of Eyes)
Sa Maynila
Sa Maynila
SPIT/OPTIK
SPIT/OPTIK
Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange
Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange
The Island at the End of the World
The Island at the End of the World
The Retrochronological Transfer of Information
The Retrochronological Transfer of Information
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
