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Aswang

by Alyx Arumpac

Creative Documentary | 85 min | 2019 | Philippines

Language: English, Filipino
Subtitles: English

SCREENING SCHEDULES

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  • Location:
  • September 29, 2024
  • Taytay, Rizal (Community Screening)
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ABOUT THE FILM

SYNOPSIS & LOGLINE

When Rodrigo Duterte is voted president of the Philippines, he sets in motion a machinery of death to execute suspected drug peddlers, users, and small-time criminals. Aswang follows people whose fates entwine with the growing violence during two years of killings in Manila.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

  • FIPRESCI Award, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
  • Best Film, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea
  • Best Film, DocAviv Film Festival
  • Amnesty International Award, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece
  • Best Film, Montreal International Documentary Festival, Canada
  • Best Picture, Best Documentary Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, FAMAS, Philippines
  • Doc Fortnight 2020, MoMa, NYC, USA
  • True/False, Missouri, USA
  • One World 2020, Prague, Czech Republic
  • FIFDH Geneve, Switzerland
  • Daang Dokyu, Manila, Philippines
  • Cinema du Reel, Paris, International Competition
  • One World IFRDFF, Romania
  • ACT Human Rights Film Festival, Colorado, USA

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Alyx Ayn Arumpac is a Filipina documentary filmmaker. She received a Master in Documentary Filmmaking from the Docnomads Erasmus Mundus Master Course (Portugal, Hungary, Belgium) and a Bachelor in Film at the University of the Philippines. She directs and produces short documentaries for the top TV network in Manila.

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