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Diwata

A woman with a divine glow stands in a luxuriant tropical green forest. She gives us her back.

Synopsis

DIWATA is a performance for camera, exploring precolonial Philippine mythology from a contemporary, ecotransfeminist lens. Engaging with notions of gender and ecology through a spiritually anitist lens (anito being the locally specific nature spirits), DIWATA introduces three manifestations of the divine: Dalikmata, Magindara and Tara, who appear in three different ecologies of Mindanao.

Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 min 59 sec
Format
cinemascope 2.35:1
Director
Giulia Casalini, Ram Botero
Producer
Giulia Casalini, Ram Botero
Editor
Wowa Medroso
Screenwriter
Giulia Casalini
Director of Photography
Wowa Medroso, Niya B
Sound
Joee Mejias
Principal cast
Ram Botero

Genre

Asian Climate / Environment Experimental Fantasy LGBTQIA+ Woman Director

Categories

Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Giulia Casalini

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