Jean Claire Dy

A House in Pieces

A war between government and ISIS-affiliated jihadists in Marawi, Philippines, forced hundreds of thousands to flee from their homes. After the war, residents struggle to rebuild their homes and lives in a deformed city. The film unfolds as an emotional journey weaving together the stories of its protagonists over a period of two years. Displaced couple Yusop and Farhanna and their children yearn for freedom, income, and comfort after returning to their city. But even to return to normalcy is already a struggle. Nancy, a once wealthy woman, has to cope with her loss of home in an evacuation shelter where she will have to remain for years. An anonymous driver with striking insights shuttles back and forth between places and stories around a city which will never be the same again.

Franklin

Four individuals in different parts of the world have one thing in common - a 100 US Dollar Bill

A Ritual of Affliction

The pandemic has clearly transformed life, culture, and art. Mobility restrictions create both alienation and entanglement. What opportunities and barriers does the virtual space produce? How is the creation redefined? This experimental essay film explores the notion of liminality as a phase artists on standby are caught in the betwixt and between during the pandemic.

Pagrara Sang Patipuron

Filmed in the mountains of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo, Pagrara Sang Patipuron revolves around a group of indigenous women who work as weavers. This documentary follows their creative process and how they maintain their place in an increasingly modern world.

Unravel

Ligaya unwittingly unravels a wartime secret when filming her Ilonggo uncle’s past life in Mindanao during the tumultuous 1970s. Could this be why her family resists her marrying a Mindanao Muslim?

There is Nothing Here

When a person is between thirty and forty, he or she experiences a crisis that leads to a rediscovery of one’s own identity, the director of Chinese-Filipino origin reflects in her autobiographical essay. The inner monologue, in which she searches for a definition of nation in a neo-colonial world, is underlined by impressionistically blurred fragments of memories and contemporary reality.