Film Guide 2024

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This year’s Ngilngig Festival showcases seven full length films from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Philippines.

  • Kantil by Joshua Caesar Medroso PHILIPPINES 2024 (Opening Film)
    Medroso’s debut feature from Davao, returning home after its premiere at the recently concluded Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film FestivalÅ
  • Monisme by Riar Rizaldi INDONESIA 2023
    Co-writtsdsden by the people who live in the foothills of one of the most active stratovolcano in the world, Mount Merapi
  • NITRATE: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) by Khavn 2023 PHILIPPINES
    Khavn’s ode to the seemingly lost forever Philippines’ horror silent-film production.
  • This Land of Mine by Feisal Azizuddin MALAYSIA 2024 (World Premiere)
    Azizuddin worked with Filipino VFX artists in this film and now making its world premiere at the Ngilngig Festival
  • DogGod (คนกราบหมา) by Ing K THAILAND 1997/2024
    Banned by the Thai government censors that has lasted for 25 years, this film also echoes our political climate.
  • Salome by Guttierrez Mangansakan II PHILIPPINES 2024
    Mangansakan’s ode to identity, heritage and memory, and pessimism on the future of art.
  • Dreaming and Dying (Hao jiu bu jiang) by Nelson Yeo SINGAPORE/INDONESIA 2023 (Closing Film)
    Yeo’s debut feature which won the Golden Leopard and Swatch First Feature Award at the Locarno International Film Festival
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Twenty three short films coming from different Asian countries will compete for the 2024 Best Ngilngig Asian Award.

  • (根欲) Chomp It! by Mark Chua & Lam Li Shuen SINGAPORE
  • Ngủ Ngon Em Yêu (Goodnight Baby) by Le Quynh Anh VIETNAM/SINGAPORE
  • hard boil, soft centre by Sonia Kwek & Elsa Wong SINGAPORE
  • Pomi Pothoe by Chaweng Chaiyawan THAILAND
  • The Inescapable Desire of Roots by Mark Chua & Lam Li Shuen SINGAPORE
  • บัวบ้า (Crazy Lotus) by Naween Noppakun THAILAND
  • Bữa Cơm Cuối Cùng (The Last Dinner) by Đức Nhật VIETNAM
  • Heirlooms by Devina Sofiyanti INDONESIA
  • Hooves by Akash Sunethkumara SRI LANKA
  • Parasomnia by Rafki Hidayat INDONESIA
  • エメラルドの海へ (Into the Emerald Sea) by Asuka Lin JAPAN
  • Samu The Terrible and His Sin by Dhiwangkara Seta INDONESIA
  • Sawo Matang by Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto INDONESIA/US/CANADA
  • Heilige Dreifaltigkeit (Holy Trinity) by Joe Bacus AUSTRIA/PHILIPPINES
  • GND (Desecration) by Imam Syafi INDONESIA
  • Sound from the Kitchen by Lee Phongsavanh LAOS
  • Time of Absence by Kawaguchi Junya JAPAN
  • Luzonensis Osteoporosis by Glenn Barit PHILIPPINES
  • Sad Color by Takahashi Ei-ichi JAPAN
  • 98% by Chang Woo (Alex) Byun SOUTH KOREA
  • Bold Eagle by Whammy Alcazaren PHILIPPINES
  • Fish Balls by Anwar Johari Ho MALAYSIA
  • 像花儿一样 (Seeding, Blossoming, Fruiting) by Junsong Ling CHINA
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Thirty four short films coming from different regions in the Philippine will compete for the 2024 Best Ngilngig Philippine Award.

  • Karkarma by Melver Ritz L. Gomez PAOAY, ILOCOS NORTE
  • Algae by Jesed Francis Moreno WEST ABORLAN, PALAWAN
  • Da`im or: The Sound that the Mother Makes When Her Babies Break by Kuda Bux & Yahshiyya BANTAYAN ISLAND, CEBU / DAVAO CITY
  • Ang Aroma ng Darang (The Scent of Warmth) by Gio Gonzalves CAINTA, RIZAL
  • The Trunk by Genson Vincent Galupo (a.k.a. johnsilver) MINGLANILLA, CEBU
  • Pagtaghoy sa Hangin (Whistling up the Wind) by Kyle Erika Saycon DAPITAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE
  • Bisan Abo, Wala Bilin (Even Ashes, Nothing Remains) by Kyd Torato ROXAS CITY CAPIZ
  • Misteryo ng Hapis (Sorrowful Mystery) by Vincent Espeleta Aguilar LAS PINAS CITY
  • The Brief History of a Filipino Astronaut by Ashley Manugas CEBU CITY
  • Indigo by Ace Balbarez QUEZON CITY
  • Dal Segno by Hassmir Kiel Silos PASAY CITY
  • Sleep On It by Hix Murakami (director) & Frances Jacob (writer) METRO MANILA / QUEZON CITY
  • I Can’t Make You Love Me by Josh Van Ulric Campo QUEZON CITY
  • Bilog ang Bulan (When the Moon is Full) by Tin Velasco MAASIN, ILOILO CITY
  • HITO by Stephen Lopez QUEZON CITY / METRO MANILA
  • Kiang (Crutch) by Mariya Lim CEBU
  • Kita Mo ‘To? (See This?) by Adam Dominic G. Dumaguin SANJOSE DEL MONTE, BULACAN
  • Ritwal by Conrad Dela Cruz DAVAO CITY
  • Ang Kalayo sa Gintung-an (A Flame in Our Midst) by Elvert Bañares ILOILO / MANILA
  • Dekalaraat by Cis de Luna ANTIPOLO, RIZAL / BATANGAS
  • If I Could Give You the Moon by Francisco Tavas MAKATI CITY
  • Hinimo ka gikan sa Yuta, ug sa Yuta ka pauli (For we are made of Earth, and to Earth we will return) by Reyjie Gabriel Rosique KAPALONG, DAVAO DEL NORTE
  • Leng Leng by Mark Andrew A. Lim NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
  • Taga-Taga (Praying Mantis) by Trini Archie V. Garcia SAGAY CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
  • Samtang Naghulat Ko nga Maakoa Ka… (As I Await You to be Mine…) by Linus Masandag BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE
  • Ang Pamilya Maguol (A Mourning Family) by Jermaine Tulbo DAVAO CITY
  • Rumbles of the Earth by Carl Joseph Lara ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE
  • The Reverie by Rei Cordero IMUS, CAVITE
  • Sa Ikatulo Nga Adlaw Muulan Balik (On the Third Day It Will Rain Again) by Bjork Colao ILIGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE / LUGAIT, MISAMIS ORIENTAL
  • Hutik sa Lasang (Whispers in the Wood) Benjie Roderos KORONADAL CITY
  • Nibgis Business by Sharlene Mercado and Angelo Dabbay CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY
  • Hundreds of Year(ning)s by Raia Miranda PASIG CITY
  • Mga Tigre ng Infanta (Children of Tigers) by Rocky De Guzman Morilla INFANTA, QUEZON
  • Animal Lovers by Aedrian Araojo ZAMBOANGA CITY
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