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Ghosts of Future Past

Southeast Asian Short Films Exhibition and
Discussion On Martial Law

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  • Date:
  • Time:
  • Location:
  • September 19, 2025
  • 4 PM
  • Street Kohi, Quezon City
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  • Date:
  • Time:
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  • September 20, 2025
  • 1 PM – 3 PM
  • Sine Pop, Quezon City
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Short Films

Silent Spaces

By Jazrene Gonzales Maculada

Documentary | 2024 | 15 mins | Philippines

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At 76, Danilo Dela Fuente, a Martial Law torture survivor, looks back on the places that once held his silence and suffering as he continues his lifelong fight for justice and accountability.

Recipe for Change

By Alfredo Ruzol

Documentary | 2024 | 11 mins | Philippines

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Through the memories of former political prisoner Christopher “Perry” Sorio, this documentary relives a time where food became both a weapon and an act of resistance.

Alingawngaw

By Jade Oraa

Documentary | 2025 | 23 mins | Philippines

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Five activists from Quezon province articulate their narratives of persistence which reverberate local struggles and generational sociopolitical issues amid Duterte and Marcos Jr.’s administrations.

Brigada Nueve

By Maricon Montajes

Documentary | 2021 | 13 mins | Philippines

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‘Brigada Nueve’ (Cell No. 9) is a film on the collective experiences of former female political prisoners in the Philippines. Here, they share their struggles, the truth of living inside prison walls, and how they fought for their freedom.

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Other films we are screening

11,103

by Jeannette Ifurung and Mike Alcazaren

A documentary featuring survivor stories of state-sponsored violence during the Martial Law years of dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
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Delikado

by Karl Malakunas

DELIKADO follows environmental defenders Bobby and Tata of the Palawan NGO Network Inc and former El Nido mayor Nieves. They risk their lives in David versus Goliath-style struggles, stopping politicians and businessmen from destroying the Philippines’ “last ecological frontier”.
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Ain’t I A Woman? | On Women’s Empowerment

Women’s bodies and voices have long been sites of struggle, contested, and controlled, yet continually resisting. This forum listens to stories that challenge patriarchy and affirm women’s place at the center of shaping just and equal futures.
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Tipping the Scales

Southeast Asian Short Films Exhibition and Discussion

You are invited to Tipping the Scales and discover Southeast Asia through its cinema and find in its stories echoes of our own.
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