Engkwentro & Butterflies Have No Memories
Lav Diaz always calls his country ‘the sad Republic’. The sorrow of the Philippines. But this sadness turns out to be very cinematographic. Very gripping.
In this combined programme
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Butterflies Have No Memories
For anyone for whom thirteen hours is too long, here is a real Lav Diaz lasting less than an hour. Filled with nostalgia and hopelessness and a wor
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Engkwentro
Story of two brothers who fight in a Filipino slum against ubiquitous gangs and government supported death squads, which summarily execute dozens o
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