Little Brown Comedies

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Released: 2009

Country: Philippines

Director: Khavn De La Cruz

Language: Tagalog

Theme: Art & Music

Genre: Experimental

Summary

A collection of short films by the enfant terrible of Philippine cinema, including ‘Amen, a brown comedy’ — a satire on the traditional Filipino custom of having younger people raise the hands of their elders, to their own foreheads, as a greeting and also as a superficial mark of respect; ‘Ultimo: Different ways of killing a national hero’ — an adaptation of Jose Rizal’s poem, ‘Mi ultimo adios’ (My Last Goodbye). Jose Rizal was a Philippine national hero, who had been sentenced to death by firing squad, by the Spanish government in 1896; I’m Not Batman; John Cage; Memory of Dawn; Headless (Pugot); This Is Not a Found Footage Film; By The Suez Canal.

Awards/Festivals: International Digital Film Festival 1998