Synopsis

Mea Culpa(Laguna)Anton, a rookie cop was assigned an unusual task of guarding a tortured captive criminal. Upon accepting the assignment, he is immediately plunged into the center of a drug related crime of embezzling three million pesos worth of drug money, thus the instruction of holding on the captive until verification of the location of the loot is on his hands. In those fateful 72 hours of wait-and-see scenario both prisoner and guard discovers an unusual ephemeral sense of connection that both of them refuses to recognize. The negated odd feelings send them into oblivious past that either kills them both or suffer a discomfited feeling of guilt that will eventually destroys either of them any other way. Hindi Man Tayo Manalamin(Manila)This is a tale told in four parts. The story begins with an unreliable narrator’s take on an urban legend about a fetus flushed down the toilet of a fast food restaurant, followed by a guide on how to effectively clean up a literal bloody mess. The remaining parts deal with the uncertainty in identifying the remains of a departed friend and a conversation between two absentee mourners about the art of death that ties everything together. Sore (Misamis Oriental)Two schoolboys’ friendship is at test as they wait for an emergency appointment at a clinic. Saksi sa Binuwad na Asin(Cebu) A group of young people living in the slums of Cebu embark on a film workshop that requires they document their own village, Sitio Kanipaan, and its inhabitants. This place, once the untouched seaside where water buffalo roamed, grew as informal settlers occupied and developed the land. Due to reclamation and nearby real-estate development the value of the land is rising and the villagers homes are insecure as they may be evicted anytime. Urbanization spreads towards the rural, this film lets us hear the voices of the people who are witness to this transformation and who constantly adapt as each new wave of change approaches. All video footage and interviews are taken by the youth themselves who have chosen what they want to share with the outside world.

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