Hai cercato: Kalayaan
Kalayaan / 2012
Julian is a soldier stationed on a remote island in the Philippines. He has finished his three months of service on the island and is ready to leave, but news of a coup d’état in Manilla forces Julian to stay on the island longer. All Julian has is a walkie-talkie, radio and TV. Meanwhile, Julian senses someone watching him. When Julian loses contact with the main base, soldiers Lucio and Eric are sent to the island. The soldiers then talk about a soldier previously stationed on the island and his encounters with a mermaid.
Conosciuto per: Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage (2022)
Hindi Hinihintay Ang Kalayaan / 2023
At a mass mobilization and an impending protest, a mysterious woman stands in front of the crowd as a concluding speaker. She retells a popular creative article written by an anonymous journalist under the pen name “Maya Malaya”, a metaphoric story featuring a group of warriors longing for emancipation. As the article unfolds, we follow the story of three siblings bound by their tragic past but separated in different paths.
On my way to Freedom Avenue, I was Crushed in EDSA / 2019
Security camera footage shows a bus colliding with a van. In slow-motion, the traffic accident turns into an almost elegantly choreographed dance, while the asynchronous soundtrack plays out a drama of human voices, screams, and punches that recalls the police shooting into a demonstrating crowd.
Uhaw sa Kalayaan / 1980
Iron-hand discipline imposed by parents on their privileged children is deemed unappreciated and wasted.
The Dawn of Freedom / 1944
This film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda film to show the Philippine people the "benefits" of the Japanese invasion and takeover of their country.