Murang Araw
A collage film that finds its meaning from interspersing Lenten rites footage with random images using an optical printer. #Film Communities at Different Times
Ars Colonia
A conquistador counts his blessings in this hand-colored elegy evoking silent film iconography. #Film Communities at Different Times
Boxing in the Philippine Islands
Boxing is a national pastime in the Philippines. During the course of a match, the crime rate is non-existent. The fight projected in movie theatres becomes an extension of the spectacle. #Film...
Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange
Village miracles caught on tape: images of a river that must be crossed to erase heartaches, imagined with a boy who has never experienced sorrow. #Film Communities at Different Times
A child dies, a child plays, a woman is born, a woman dies, a bird arrives, a bird flies off
Conducting a series of studies on bird migration inspired by the migration experience of filmmaker's father, the film aims to deal with a sense of mobility in various forms and times. #Film...
Class Picture
A lyrical, nostalgic piece evoking faded memories and the archetypal class picture, develops alongside the crashing of waves on a beach in the background. #Film Communities at Different Times
Anak Araw (Albino)
An albino boy muses on his supposed American father through a journey into language and identity, as he tries to learn English through reading translations and definitions from a Tagalog-English...
Basal Banar (Sacred Ritual of Truth)
SOLITO returns to his hometown on Palawan Island and documents the sacred rituals and daily lives of its people, as the intrusion of multinational corporations and other forces constantly threatens...
The Island at the End of the World
With an eye to both landscape and history, the film tracks MARTIN's inquiry into the rural community of Itbayat, one of the farthest-flung islands in the Philippine archipelago. Made during MARTIN's...
The Grass is Greener on the Other Side
Thousands of Hongkongers, still living in the shadow of the 2019 protests, are immigrating to the UK to forge a freer future. This film documents their struggle to break free from a homeland that is...