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This Land is Mined
Jay Rosas Nabunturan is a landlocked town in the province of Davao de Oro, in the southern part of the Philippines. But te…
Notes on Criticism in the Spaces of the Regions and Other Peripheries
Photo still from Kristian Cordero's Hinulid (Sorrows of Sita, 2016) Criticism of regional films demand the killing of…
School of Life: A review of A Is for Agustin and interview with the filmmaker
Skilty Labastilla A Is for Agustin , the debut feature of Grace Simbulan, is one of the notable releases of 2019. It premi…
The struggle for an indigenous cinema in the Philippines
A still from Arnel Barbarona's Tu Pug Imatuy (The Right To Kill, 2017) The most harrowing film I’ve seen in recent mem…
A House in Pieces: Documentary as piecing-together marginalized narratives of conflict
In 2015, a short documentary called Panicupan by Bagane Fiola and Keith Bacongco, about a small fishing compound in Pikit…
Age of Blight: Scenes from Asia under the pandemic
A filmmaker aims the camera at a mirror, we see him in a protective medical suit covered from head to toe. He adjusts the …
Representations of the Bangsa Moro in Philippine Cinema
– Gutierrez Mangansakan II First, allow me to locate myself. I am a film director and writer as well as a keen observer o…