Synopsis
When Rodrigo Duterte is voted president of the Philippines, he sets in motion a machinery of death to execute suspected drug peddlers, users, and small-time criminals. Aswang follows people whose fates entwine with the growing violence during two years of killings in Manila.
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Director Biography
Alyx Ayn Arumpac is a Filipina documentary filmmaker. She received a Master in Documentary Filmmaking from the Docnomads Erasmus Mundus Master Course (Portugal, Hungary, Belgium) and a Bachelor in film at the University of the Philippines. She directs and produces short documentaries for one of the top TV networks in Manila. Aswang is her first feature film.
Director
Alyx Ayn G. Arumpac
Producer
Armi Rae Cacanindin
Cinematographer
Alyx Ayn G. Arumpac
Editor
Anne Fabini
Sound
Rj Cantos
Screenings & Awards
IDFA , Netherlands, 2019
FIPRESCI Award
Thessaloniki DFF, Greece, 2020
Amnesty International Award
Cinéma du Réel, France, 2020
True/False FF, United States, 2020
Sheffield Doc/Fest, United Kingdom, 2020
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