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Synopsis: What I Would Have Told My Daughter If I Knew What To Say Back Then features the filmmaker talking to over 13 years of home videos in an imagined conversation with her daughter’s younger years. The filmmaker’s failed coming out when her child was only 3 years old inspired the initial concept for this experimental documentary.
Director's profile: Cha Roque (she/her) is a filmmaker and LGBT advocate. Her films have been showcased at prestigious local and international film festivals including the Queer Asia Film Festival UK, Taiwan International Queer Film Festival, Asterisco Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTIQ Argentina, Hanoi International Queer Film Festival, Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival Tunisia, and the Asian Women Film Festival India among others. Cha is a fellow of the Salzburg Global LGBT Forum, the International Queer and Migrant Film Academy Amsterdam, the Ricky Lee Scriptwriting workshop, and TBA Studios' Writers' Room. She was awarded the Art that Matters for Film Award by Amnesty International Philippines in 2018.
- Year2017
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageFilipino
- CountryPhilippines
- DirectorCha Roque
- ScreenwriterCha Roque
- ProducerCha Roque
- FilmmakerCha Roque
- CastKelsey Hajirul, Cha Roque (VO)
- CinematographerCha Roque
- EditorCha Roque, Monique Laurel, Ymi Castel
- MusicFrancis de Veyra
Synopsis: What I Would Have Told My Daughter If I Knew What To Say Back Then features the filmmaker talking to over 13 years of home videos in an imagined conversation with her daughter’s younger years. The filmmaker’s failed coming out when her child was only 3 years old inspired the initial concept for this experimental documentary.
Director's profile: Cha Roque (she/her) is a filmmaker and LGBT advocate. Her films have been showcased at prestigious local and international film festivals including the Queer Asia Film Festival UK, Taiwan International Queer Film Festival, Asterisco Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTIQ Argentina, Hanoi International Queer Film Festival, Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival Tunisia, and the Asian Women Film Festival India among others. Cha is a fellow of the Salzburg Global LGBT Forum, the International Queer and Migrant Film Academy Amsterdam, the Ricky Lee Scriptwriting workshop, and TBA Studios' Writers' Room. She was awarded the Art that Matters for Film Award by Amnesty International Philippines in 2018.
- Year2017
- Runtime13 minutes
- LanguageFilipino
- CountryPhilippines
- DirectorCha Roque
- ScreenwriterCha Roque
- ProducerCha Roque
- FilmmakerCha Roque
- CastKelsey Hajirul, Cha Roque (VO)
- CinematographerCha Roque
- EditorCha Roque, Monique Laurel, Ymi Castel
- MusicFrancis de Veyra