The war on drugs has left thousands of families grieving and countless voices silenced. But every life taken is one too many. Through film and dialogue, this forum confronts the narratives that justified violence and asks how to resist forgetting, preserve truth, and seek justice.
Fiction | 2019 | 17 mins | Philippines
A Filipino fisherman, desperate for cash, turns to dumping killed bodies into the sea for the current Philippine “Drug War”.
Documentary | 2025 | 18 mins | Philippines
A grieving mother shapes light from wax and memory, holding together the fragile flicker of hope for those left in the shadows of the drug war that took her son’s life.
Documentary | 2020 | 41 mins | Philippines
In Alunsina, Dalena explores the potentials and limits of engagement within a community facing trauma. Working closely with human rights organizations, she finds herself documenting the struggles of children and families in an urban settlement severely affected by the government’s war on drugs. She engages with another family whose child has resorted to drawing pictures to cope with such tragedy and again confront the complexities in communicating the violence they have witnessed.