REPUBLIKA NG PIPOLIPINAS

by Renei Dimla

Mockumentary | 2025 | 105 min

Screening Schedule

About the Film

SYNOPSIS

A disillusioned farmer named Corazon Vitug protests against the government’s plan to take her land and home by renouncing her Filipino citizenship and building her own micronation. Her solitary act of defiance divides people. She inspires some while gaining the unfair judgement of many who question her motives and her sanity. When a new government project hastens her displacement, Cora and the people who believe in her cause set out to reveal the webbed corruption that extends far beyond the confines of their small town. As they work against the clock and with looming threats against their freedom, Cora and the citizens of Republika ng Pipolipinas prove that what truly makes a great nation is not its land nor its history, but the courage of its people.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

  • NETPAC Jury Award, Full Length Film Category, Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival
  • Asian Competition Section, 24th Dhaka International Film Festival (Bangladesh)
  • Special Jury Mention, Asian Cinema Section, 17th Bengaluru International Film Festival (India)
  • New Visions Section, Cinemasia Film Festival (Netherlands)

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Renei Dimla is a multi-awarded screenwriter in film and television in the Philippines. Republika ng Pipolipinas is her full length film directorial debut. It has won the NETPAC Jury Award at the 2025 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival and the Special Jury Mention at the 2026 Bengaluru International Film Festival in India.

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