FILM SCREENING
Frames: Filipino Shorts
This year’s FRAMES short film competition is focused on discovering and supporting young filmmakers from the Philippines who are deeply committed to human rights.
Balota
by Kip Oebanda
Suspense, Comedy. Satire | 102 min | 2024 | Philippines
Language: Filipino
Subtitles: English
SCREENING SCHEDULES
ABOUT THE FILM
SYNOPSIS
During the 2007 elections, a former sexy star and a land-grabbing tycoon are in a tight race for mayor. Emmy, a strict yet popular teacher in a small town, is assigned to the Board of Election Inspectors for her local precinct. When violence erupts, she runs into the forest with a ballot box containing the last copy of the election results. Armed only with her resourcefulness, courage and wit, she tries to outmaneuver the goons who want the elections to fail. Her loved ones and community are caught in the crossfire as she pays an increasingly steep price for defending the democratic process.
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
- Best Film Winner, Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2024
- Best Original Music Score Winner, Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2024
- Best Screenplay Winner, Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2024
- NETPAC Award Winner, Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2024
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
KIP OEBANDA was born in a prison in Iloilo City and migrated to Manila after the EDSA People Power revolution. He is the co-writer and director of Liway, a Cinemalaya 2018 featured film. He also wrote and directed Bar Boys, which was part of Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino 2017 and was adapted into a musical in 2024. Since May 2022, after he and fellow Martial Law victims came together, he has all but disappeared from social media and the public eye. He opted instead to quietly work on grassroots and political efforts instead of filmmaking.
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