8 thought-provoking local films about politics that would make you go 'hmm'
by Gabriel Cadiz
Locally-made films here in the Philippines are on a resurgence. Many filmmakers nowadays, especially the ones working outside the major film studios, are creating movies that are vastly different from the ones we are used to seeing. These filmmakers craft their story to present an idea and a message to their audience that prompts them to think about the current condition of the world we live in.
A movie about two prisoners who act as guns-for-hire and two police officers tasked with investigating a drug-related murder case which is linked with a gun-for-hire operation.
The story revolves around a 14 year-old-girl in the countryside, who unwittingly killed an endangered Philippine Eagle, and a police officer, who is assigned to solve a case that involves missing farmers en route to Manila.
A story of a group of teenagers who plotted on kidnapping the class bully, and how their plans go awry due to their lack of experience as they proceed to their plan.
Two priests perform forensic work to find out the killer of young boys from the Payatas area as they delve into criminal profiling, crime scene investigation, and forensic analysis while dealing with a corrupted government, politics, the Church, and the Elite.
You can stream Smaller and Smaller Circles on Youtube.
"Neomanila" (2017)
Set in modern Manila during the war on drugs, a hitwoman trains a young orphan to become a professional assassin.
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