Aswang

by Alyx Arumpac

Creative Documentary | 85 min | 2019 | Philippines

Language: English, Filipino
Subtitles: English

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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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