Aswang
Feature-length Competition
Synopsis
In the Philippines, in two years, over 20,000 men, women and children were killed in Duterte’s war against small street drug dealers and users, while the drug moguls are left free to roam. The police forces have organized a “machinery of death” to execute the poorest people. In the dark outskirts of Manila, the filmmaker follows a little boy, a mortician, and some other characters concerned by this increasing violence and injustice. The shadow of the aswang, the legendary local monster is haunting the bloody nights of the city.
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Credits
Alyx Ayn Arumpac
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.
