Nightbirds
Indonesian Premiere
13 minutes | 2024 | Philippines, France | Animation | 
Bisaya, Tagalog | English Sub. | 17+
Synopsis
Sinopsis
Mythology crosses Ivy’s path when the mystical Tigmamanukan bird helps her break free from her husband, who gambles the couple’s money in the husband, who gambles the couple’s money in cockfighting.
Schedule
Jadwal
XXI Studio 4 | Dec 3, 2024 | 20:30 WIB
Director's Biography
Biografi Sutradara
Maria Estela Paiso
Maria Estela Paiso (1997), born and raised in the Philippines, has been working in postproduction since 2016, editing several feature and short films. Under the alias Metromaria, she made hip-hop music videos for local political rap artists. In 2021, she directed her first short, ‘It’s Raining Frogs Outside’, which premiered at the Berlinale Shorts Competition, at Sundance FF, at Lincoln Center’s New Directors/New Films, and still travels today. Estela’s second short, ‘Objects Do Not Randomly Fall From The Sky,’ is in post-production. Her 1st feature ‘Karaoke Dreaming’ is in development. She spends her free time trying to get a 100 at karaoke.
Ashok Vish
Ashok Vish (1987) is a filmmaker and lens-based artist based in Bangalore, India. Ashok is interested in queer narratives from South Asia while examining Western bias in queer paradigms and models of global queerness. Ashok heavily draws from the personal and has a keen interest in queering well-known narratives from mythology. His works have been screened and exhibited at the Sharjah Film Platform through Sharjah Art Foundation; WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Canada; Migros Museum, Zurich; Chicago South Asian Film Festival; New Art Exchange, UK; Bangalore International Center, Bangalore. Ashok also works as a film programmer at the New York Indian Film Festival. His first feature film, titled, ‘To Kill The One You Love’, is in development and was selected for NFDC Film Bazaar’s Co-Production Market 2021 in Goa, India.
Cast & Crew
Kru & Pemain
Production Company Epicmedia, DW
Producer Dominique Welinski, Brad Liew, Bianca Balbuena
Scriptwriter Maria Estela Paiso, Ashok Vish
Cinematographer Pong Ignacio, LPS
Production Designer Sam Manacsa
Editor Lawrence S. Ang
Main Cast Pokwang, Bob Jbeili, Arsenio Dagwayan
Notable Achievement
Directors’ Fortnight (Factory) – QCinema International Film Festival, Philippines. 2024
Filmography
- Objects Do Not Fall Randomly From the Sky (2024-2025)
- It’s Raining Frogs Outside (2021)
Contact
[email protected] (Zahra Benasri)