Alunsina

Kiri Dalena

Philippines

Topics

Extrajudicial Killings, Kiri Dalena, Rodrigo Duterte, Stop The Killings, War on Drugs

Director

Kiri Dalena

Writer

Kiri Dalena

Cinematographer

Jippy Pascua

Editor

Majoy Siason-Bascos

Producer

Kiri Dalena

Sound Design

Mikko Quizon

John Michael Perez

Aeriel Ellyzon Mallari

Music

Datu Arellano

Production Company

Sine Tres Marias

Total Running Time

41 Minutes

Language

Tagalog

Subtitles

English

In Alunsina, Dalena explores the potentials and limits of engagement within a community facing trauma. Working closely with human rights organizations, she finds herself documenting the struggles of children and families in an urban settlement severely affected by the government’s war on drugs. She engages with another family whose child has resorted to drawing pictures to cope with such tragedy and again confront the complexities in communicating the violence they have witnessed.

About the Director

Kiri Dalena is a visual artist, filmmaker and human rights activist who lives and works in the Philippines. Her work deals with issues of political and social injustice, drawing from events in Philippine history. She is a co-founder of the filmmaking collective Southern Tagalog Exposure. She is known for her works such as known for The Guerilla Is a Poet (2013), Gikan sa ngitngit nga kinailadman (2017) and Ka Oryang (2011).

Festival and Awards

Berlinale Generation Section, Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 2021
HotDocs 2021
Visions du Réel 2021
DMZ International Documentary Festival 2021
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2021

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