
Spotlight: Southeast Asian Short Films
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM | UPFI Videotheque
(With Initiatives for International Dialogue)
Documentary | 86 min | 2022 | Philippines
Language: English, Filipino
Subtitles: English
Growing up, Miguel had always been aware of his grandparents’ role in the Philippine leftist movement— but only peripherally. After his Grandpa suffered from a near-fatal illness, he decided to begin trying to understand who his grandparents really were. However, this was more difficult than he thought.
For Miguel, unearthing a family history that was intertwined with his country’s was intimidating. This film explores what happens to revolutionaries–and those closest to them–after the revolution moves on.

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM | UPFI Videotheque
(With Initiatives for International Dialogue)

The abduction of Jonas Burgos in 2007 was brazen – done at noontime in a crowded mall.

Based on real-life trials of the Atis, the indigenous people of Central Panay, and starred by the Atis themselves, ANG TUMANDOK features a 16-year-old chieftain’s daughter as she fights tooth and nail with her people for their ancestral land.