Bullet-Laced Dreams

Kristoffer Brugada, Charena Escala

Philippines

Topics

Human Rights, Lumad, Martial Law, Stop The Killings

Director/Producer/Writer

Kristoffer Brugada

Charena Escala

Videographers

Luis Liwanag

Kristoffer Brugada

Charena Escala

Christian Carreon

Jayson Bernard Santos

Mike Martinez

Pau Villanueva

Mark Lizan

Editors

Charena Escala

Kristoffer Brugada

Francis Raphael Solajes

Matt Baguinon

Sound Design

JR Doroteo

Production Company

If/Then Shorts

Brigade Productions

Total Running Time

30 minutes

Language

Bisaya, Tagalog

Subtitles

English

Bullet-Laced Dreams follows the Lumad children in Mindanao as they escape from military rule due to the incessant armed conflicts between the government & communist rebels. Rising tensions pushed these kids to transfer from place to place just to continue their schooling. The conflicts separated 14-year old Chricelyn Empong from her family, but she vows to fight for her right. At the evacuation site, Chricelyn & her classmates continue studying and protest for the end of martial law so they can go back to their homeland. She says the only way to regain their way of life is to defend their right to education.

Festival and Awards

(2021) UNICEF Prize, Japan Prize International Contest for Educational Media
(2021) Lumad Festival, Minikino Screening
(2020) Global Vision Section, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
(2020) Best Short Film, Society of Filipino Film Reviewers
(2020) Best Documentary, Mindanao Film Festival

Reviews

“The film effectively maximized the potential of the short film through a perceptive documentation of the impacts of the militarization of indigenous schools on lumad children’s education.”
—Society of Filipino Film Reviewers

“(It’s) very important that more people get to watch this to fight the government’s relentless propaganda against the Lumads and their schools.”
—Sanriel Ajero

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