Pakistan's First Digital Film Festival
A Cirque Films Initiative
Gandhara Independent Film Festival
Stories in Filipinos life's in 5 short films
GIFF has curated and screened arresting short films from South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. We recognize and embrace the fertile visual creativity from Asia and are advocating it in our thematic event “Stories of Filipino's life in 5 short films” on Dec 3 - 5, 2021
Filmmaker's Discussion Moderated by Mina Cruz
Selected Films
1.
Helium
A Film by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Drama | 27 mins
Logline: Set in a rural coastal village in the Philippines, Mona trains under her mother to start work as a professional mourner-for-hire. After a botched performance, Mona retreats from her mother’s fury, and seeks out a shaman to cure her inability to cry.
2.
Muli
A Film by Hanz Shayne
Drama | 20 mins
Logline: Mark (31) had a wonderful relationship with his wife, Anna (29). Unfortunately, as unplanned life is, Anna passed away and one year was enough for Mark to reach his breaking point.
3.
A Film by Celina Mae Medina
Drama | 15 mins
Logline: A depressed college student seeks psychiatric help from her parents but they have other plans in mind.
4.
Pagkatapos
A Film by Jose Gabriel Jacinto
Drama | 19 mins
Logline: A docile young student is pondering his future outside of high school when he meets a boy and makes a friendship in an unlikely time in his life.
5.
Defimitely
A Film by Angelique Chua
Drama | 18 mins
Logline
Mia, a Deaf film student, tries to survive in her lifelong dream of becoming the first Deaf filmmaker in her own world.
The vision of the festival is to create a dynamic community for all young independent filmmakers in Pakistan and around the world to showcase the best of their stories.
