Busong | Palawan Fate
NATIVe 2019
PHL 2011
by: Kanakan-Balintagos
Alessandra de Rossi
Busong | Palawan Fate
NATIVe 2019
PHL 2011
by: Kanakan-Balintagos
Rodrigo Santikan
Busong | Palawan Fate
NATIVe 2019
PHL 2011
by: Kanakan-Balintagos
Alessandra de Rossi
Busong | Palawan Fate
NATIVe 2019
PHL 2011
by: Kanakan-Balintagos
Kanakan-Balintagos
Feb 14, 2019Kanakan-Balintagos, Clifford Banagale
The director and the actor at the Photo Call.
NATIVe – Busong | Palawan Fate
Feb 14, 2019Jong de Castro, Kanakan-Balintagos, Clifford Banagale
The co-producer, the director and the actor during Q&A.
NATIVe – Busong | Palawan Fate
A captivatingly beautiful beach on the Philippine island of Palawan is the location for an encounter between very different characters. Angkadang has to carry his sister Punay because she has suffered from mysterious wounds since birth and cannot put a foot on the ground. Ninita recalls the moment her husband suffered an accident. Lulong laments the loss of his boat, which was stolen from him by a white landowner who asserts his fishing rights by force of arms. And Aris returns from Manila to his Palawan homeland to follow his calling as a healer.
Using his Palawan name Kanakan-Balintagos, award-winning director Auraeus Solito traces the legends of his homeland, connecting myths with the contemporary stories of people who are all suffering the consequences of colonisation, pollution and disease. The director unfolds his tale in a series of long takes that include stunning, almost painterly images of landscapes; the protagonists who enter his narrative are all guided by ‘busong’. This Palawan word refers to fate – something that no individual can control. Multi-layered episodes are interwoven to create a universal story about what it means to be human.
by
Kanakan-Balintagos
Philippines 2011
Palawanon, Cuyunon, Tagalog, English
93’ · Colour
Alessandra de Rossi (Punay)Rodrigo Santikan (Angkadang)Clifford Banagale (Aris)
Also known as Auraeus Solito, he is an acclaimed Palawan-Filipino filmmaker whose work screens regularly at international festivals. His debut feature film, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (The Blossoming Of Maximo Oliveros), screened in the 2006 Generation where it won the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk jury's Grand Prix as well as the Teddy Award. He features in the Phaidon Press' publication 'Take 100' as one of 100 new directors who are tipped to influence the future of film. He is also a playwright, actor and theatre director who founded the UP Tropa Experimental Theater Company.
Filmography2002 Basal Banar (The Sacred Ritual of Truth) 2005 Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros); Generation 2009 Boy 2011 Busong (Palawan Fate)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
Solito Arts Productions
Voyage Studios