INTERFILM 38 International Short Film Festival Berlin
15 - 20 November 2022

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A program focussing equally on experimental artmaking during the Covid-19 pandemic as an individual survival strategy and the collective, decades-long political and military struggle against continuing social oppression. These treatments can be approached from comedic and surreal angles, as other films within this program that deal with exploitation and corruption demonstrate – independent filmmakers as political activists.

Triggerwarning: explicit depiction or mention of physical or emotional violence

18.11.22, 20:30h, ACUD Kino

20.11.22, 20:30h, Pfefferberg Haus 13

Focus Philippines 01
6 films
#Deepexpression

#Deepexpression

Lusito Ignacio // Philippines // 2021 // 13:00 min

Experimental

An artist expresses his personal experience of three months of lockdown. Incapable of getting any distance from the stressful events, his relationship to art changes.

The Criminals

The Criminals

Jon Olarte // Philippines // 2017 // 03:00 min

Non-Narrative

This experimental documentary brings us Philippine street artists accompanied by the words of Mulong Sandoval’s poem "Ang Mga Kriminal".

Babylon

Babylon

Keith Deligero // Philippines // 2020 // 20:00 min

Live Action

Hipsters from the future travel back in time to assassinate a dictator. Welcome to Babylon. Thank you, come again.

Clairvoyant

Clairvoyant

John Luke Miraflor // Philippines // 2021 // 15:33 min

Live Action

Angela is haunted by the uncanny image of a young girl. While she attempts to cope with the eerie occurrences, her family tries to find its way through a pandemic and poverty.

Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss

Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss

Sonny Calvento // Philippines // 2020 // 15:47 min

Live Action

Vangie is about to lose her job. But in her desperate attempt to convince her boss not to sack her, she uncovers the ultimate jaw-dropping secret to achieving balance in life.

From The Dark Depths

From The Dark Depths

Kiri Dalena // Philippines // 2017 // 23:00 min

Documentary, Experimental

Descriptions of the decades-long struggle of the Maoist New People's Army, the military arm of the Philippine Marxist-Leninist front which was forced into the underground.