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Mother's Land

director: Myra Angeline Soriaso, Katya Marie Corazon Puertollano, Jane Mariane Biyo

original title: Panambi

country: Philippines

year: 2021

running time: 19 min.

synopsis

On the penultimate day of 2020, a police action took place on the Philippine island of Panay, during which nine members of the local indigenous Tumandok community were murdered. The reason was their protests against the construction of the dam. The documentary reconstructs the incident itself and its historical background with the help of wooden puppets and testimonies of women still living in fear and waiting in vain for justice.

"I am unable to shed a tear but my heart still whimpers every day. I keep thinking how I can reset my mind." (From the film.)

biography

Panambi is a joint project of three Filipino media science students. Jane Mariane Biyo, Katya Marie Corazon Puertollano and Myra Angeline Soriaso were nominated for the National Gawad Film Award for the film. In the documentary category they took first place.

more about film

director:	Myra Angeline Soriaso, Katya Marie Corazon Puertollano, Jane Mariane Biyo
cast:	Analyn Giganto, Melly Aguirre
producer:	Arden Rod Condez
editing:	Myra Angeline Soriaso
sound design:	Wapak Sound Studios Inc.

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