
Download our discussion guide at https://bit.ly/AswangDiscussionGuide to dive deeper into the film and learn more about the war on drugs by visiting https://stopthekillings.ph
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Synopsis:
When Rodrigo Duterte is voted president of the Philippines, he sets in motion a machinery of death to execute suspected drug peddlers, users, and small-time criminals. Aswang follows people whose fates entwine with the growing violence during two years of killings in Manila.
Festivals & Awards:
- FIPRESCI Award, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- Best Film, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea
- Best Film, DocAviv Film Festival
- Amnesty International Award, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece
- Best Film, Montreal International Documentary Festival, Canada
- Best Picture, Best Documentary Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, FAMAS, Philippines
- Doc Fortnight 2020, MoMa, NYC, USA
- True/False, Missouri, USA
- One World 2020, Prague, Czech Republic
- FIFDH Geneve, Switzerland
- Daang Dokyu, Manila, Philippines
- Cinema du Reel, Paris, International Competition
- One World IFRDFF, Romania
- ACT Human Rights Film Festival, Colorado, USA
About the Filmmaker:
Alyx Ayn Arumpac is a Filipina documentary filmmaker. She received a Master in Documentary Filmmaking from the Docnomads Erasmus Mundus Master Course (Portugal, Hungary, Belgium) and a Bachelor in Film at the University of the Philippines. She directs and produces short documentaries for the top TV network in Manila. She is in post-production of her feature film Aswang.
- Year2019
- Runtime85 minutes
- LanguageFilipino
- CountryPhilippines
- DirectorAlyx Arumpac
Download our discussion guide at https://bit.ly/AswangDiscussionGuide to dive deeper into the film and learn more about the war on drugs by visiting https://stopthekillings.ph
Organize your own screening and forum with us! Send us an email at screenings@activevista.ph
Synopsis:
When Rodrigo Duterte is voted president of the Philippines, he sets in motion a machinery of death to execute suspected drug peddlers, users, and small-time criminals. Aswang follows people whose fates entwine with the growing violence during two years of killings in Manila.
Festivals & Awards:
- FIPRESCI Award, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- Best Film, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea
- Best Film, DocAviv Film Festival
- Amnesty International Award, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece
- Best Film, Montreal International Documentary Festival, Canada
- Best Picture, Best Documentary Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, FAMAS, Philippines
- Doc Fortnight 2020, MoMa, NYC, USA
- True/False, Missouri, USA
- One World 2020, Prague, Czech Republic
- FIFDH Geneve, Switzerland
- Daang Dokyu, Manila, Philippines
- Cinema du Reel, Paris, International Competition
- One World IFRDFF, Romania
- ACT Human Rights Film Festival, Colorado, USA
About the Filmmaker:
Alyx Ayn Arumpac is a Filipina documentary filmmaker. She received a Master in Documentary Filmmaking from the Docnomads Erasmus Mundus Master Course (Portugal, Hungary, Belgium) and a Bachelor in Film at the University of the Philippines. She directs and produces short documentaries for the top TV network in Manila. She is in post-production of her feature film Aswang.
- Year2019
- Runtime85 minutes
- LanguageFilipino
- CountryPhilippines
- DirectorAlyx Arumpac