As the ultimate enfant terrible of Philippine cinema, avant-gardist Kidlat Tahimik refuses to settle on anything, whether it’s the telling of a colonial past, or any version of this film, which he’s been making and revising for nearly four decades. BalikBayan, which means “returnee” in Filipino, is partly about the homecoming of the historical figure Enrique of Malacca, a Malay...
Three portraits of different lives caught in between a crossfire of unwavering faith and ambiguous history. Book 1: A Man who claims Jabidah Massacre is a lie, Book 2: Moro rebel fighters who believe Jihad should be a way of life and Book 3: Women caught in the wrath of war. Interwoven stories to create a tapestry of Mindanao's forgotten people.
Eric lives a rather normal life working as an animator in the Philippines He has a nice but dirty apartment, a good paying job, and a guy he likes. One thing glaring about Eric though is he does not have a mouth, literally. One day, he receives a call from his mother Rosalinda, asking him to check up on his seemingly lost uncle. Only to find out that his uncle has been dead for...
