Aswang

Alyx Arumpac

Philippines

Topics

Dictatorship, Drug War, Rodrigo Duterte, Stop The Killings

Director

Alyx Arumpac

Writer

Alyx Arumpac

Cinematographer

Tanya Haurylchyk

Alyx Arumpac

Editors

Anne Fabini

Fatima Bianchi

Sound Design

John Michael Perez

Mikko Quizon

Music

Teresa Barrozo

Total Running Time

85 Minutes

Language

Tagalog

Subtitles

English

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.

About the Director

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.

Festival and 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

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