AGNO. 2002. Produced in cooperation with Cordillera Peoples’
Alliance. 28 min. Color, Digital Video.
Synopsis: The documentary delves on the
importance of the Agno River to the people
of Itogon, Benguet, an Pangasinan and
how the San Roque Dam Project will take
away the right to land and livelihood
of the people. The people’s struggle
against the government flagship project
rages despite the impoundment of water
in the dam.
Honorable Mention. Documentary Category.
Ika-16 Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong
Pelikula.
ALINGAWNGAW NG MGA PUNGLO.
2003. Produced with KARAPATAN-Southern
Tagalog. 48 min. Color, Digital Video.
Synopsis: A year and 10 months in power,
the Macapagal-Arroyo regime has committed
967 cases of human rights violations in
the Southern tagalog Region. “Alingawngaw
ng mga Punglo” discusses the grim
human rights situation in the region.
It seeks to let the voices of the victims
be heard: their anguished cry for justice
and call for lasting peace.
2nd Place, Video documentary category,
16th Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula
2003Screened at the Pelikula at Lipunan
Film Festival 2002, .Mov Digital Film
festival 2002, Arkipelago’s New
York Sa Pinilakang Film Festival 2003
ON POTOK. 2002. Produced in cooperation
with MOWELFUND Film Institute. 3 min.Color,
Digital Video.
Synopsis: A song of the
Dumagats of Rizal in upbeat reggae form,
the song became an expression of love
for their land, and their struggle to
reclaim it.
2nd Prize. Experimental category. Ika-16
Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula.
OYAYI SA KANLUNGAN NG DIGMA. 2002. Produced
with KARAPATAN-Southern Tagalog. 12 min.
Color, Digital Video. 
Synopsis: Militarization has driven the
Mangyans, Dumagats, and peasants from
their homes. They are now internal refugees
(IRs), seeking sanctuary from the violence
perpetrated by the Macapagal-Arroyo regime.
“Oyayi sa Kanlungan ng Digma”
gives an account of the plight and struggle
of the IRs to regain the life deprived
from them.
RUKKUAS!. 2002. Produced in cooperation
with Northern Perspective. 29 min. Color,
Digital Video. 
Synopsis: Tackling the 150,000 hectare
cassava project in Cagayan Valley, “Rukkuas!”
documents the effects of Danding Cojuangco’s
pet project on the valley’s people,
their struggle against the largest land
grabbing scheme in the country.
ANG KAAWAY. 2003.. Produced
in cooperation with the Bagong Alyansang
Makabayan-Timog Katagalugan. 54 min. Color,Digital
Video. 
Synopsis: A compilation
video documentary that fearlessly exposes
US imperialism as the root of oppression
and poverty in Philippine society. The
documentary traverses the different periods
in the history of the Philippines wherein
direct and indirect US imperialist control
and intervention took place. The work
seeks to arouse audiences to understand
and be one with the struggle of the Filipino
people for a country and a world that
is ultimately free from the shackles of
imperialism.
There’s Blood in Your Coffee. 2003.
30 min. Color, Digital Video. 
An experimental documentary about the
on-going strike of about 600 workers in
the largest Nestle plant in Asia found
in Cabuyao, Laguna.
Red Saga. Produced by the MOWELFUND Film
Institute, Philippine Information Agency,
Southern Tagalog Exposure. 14 min. 16
mm Black and White, Color. 
Children of the Land faithfully
guards the last harvest from thieves.
This poetic film offers a glimpse into
the passion and pain of the people’s
protracted war in the coutrysides- the
red saga.
Exhibited at Pelikula at Lipunan 2004.
CineManila 2004. 1st Prize, Kodak Philippines
Film School Competion. Runner-up, Kodak
Asia-Pacific Film School Competition.
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