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Sa Gabing Tanging Liwanag ay Paniniwala (Belief as the Light in Darkness)

This is a story about the disappearances of people and their identities. Dylan, the son of the town captain Soliman, had seen the missing people and knows where they are. But when Soliman and other townsmen began their search, Dylan knew that they might suffer the same fate. Soliman and his team searches for the missing people with the intention to figure out who’s taking them and where they are being brought to. But when the search failed and Soliman made his way home, Dylan was aware that something was left behind. As days pass by, Soliman’s team would come across bodies that seems to have no souls. But one recovered body is an exchange to another one lost. One dark evening, Dylan knew Soliman had made it home, but it wasn’t his father.

  • Dylan Ray Talon
    Key Cast
  • Soliman Cruz
    Key Cast
  • Stefanoni Nunah
    Key Cast
  • Sheryll Ceasico
    Key Cast
  • Patrizsia Reyes
    Producer
  • Dylan Ray Talon
    Producer
  • Francis Guillermo
    Director
  • Francis Guillermo
    Writer
  • Ariana Napay
    Production Manager
  • Rocket Ruiz
    Cinematographer
  • Felipe Maglalang
    Assistant Director
  • Karla Sabay
    Second Assistant Director
  • Ron Alos
    Production Designer
  • Zaire Andrade
    Editor
  • Francis Guillermo
    Editor
  • Krysver Gomez
    Sound Recordist
  • CJ Miranda
    Sound Recordist
  • Francis Guillermo
    Sound Design
  • Juan Arturo Banez
    Camera Department
  • Richmond Cadsawan
    Camera Department
  • Richard Canlas
    Camera Department
  • Edward Bon
    Camera Department
  • Benedict Marasigan
    Camera Department
  • Celine Arriola
    Art Department
  • Anna Puente
    Art Department
  • JC Inoc
    Logistics
  • Diane Cruz
    Wardrobe
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Fantasy Horror
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 17, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Philippines
  • Country of Filming:
    Philippines
  • Language:
    Tagalog
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:7
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Far Eastern University
  • Ika-30 Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video
    Manila
    Philippines
    August 4, 2018
    Honorable Mention
  • Sinepiyu 2018
    Manila
    Philippines
    April 25, 2018
    2nd Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design
  • Cine Mapua 2019
    Manila
    Philippines
    January 26, 2019
    Cardinal Bronze Award, Best Sound, and Best Actor
  • Indie Un Film 2018
    Manila
    Philippines
    Best Film Pamana Category, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design
  • Cinema Rehiyon 2019
    Dumaguete
    Philippines
    Official Selection
  • Salamindanaw 2018
    General Santos
    Philippines
    Official Selection
  • Davao Ngilngig 2018
    Davao
    Philippines
    Official Selection
  • Maginhawa Film Festival 2018
    Manila
    Philippines
    Official Selection
  • Diwa Filipino Film Festival of Seattle 2019
    Seattle
    United States
    North America Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Pelikultura 2019
    Laguna
    Philippines
    Best Cinematography
  • MOV - International Student Film Festival of Pernambuco 2019
    Recife, Pernambuco
    Brazil
    June 9, 2019
    South America Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Active Vista Human Rights Film Festival 2018
    Quezon City
    Philippines
  • Cinemalaya Short Feature 2019
    Manila
    Philippines
    August 2, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Nabifilmex 7 2019
    Nabunturan
    Philippines
    September 26, 2019
    Best Production Design, Best Sound Design
  • Sinelamdag Film Festival 2019
    Koronadal
    Philippines
    Official Selection
  • CineKasimanwa: Western Visayas Film Festival 2019
    Iloilo
    Philippines
    Best Film
  • Festival de Cine Paz Mindanao 2019
    Zamboanga
    Philippines
    Pluma de Paz, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound Design
Director Biography - Francis Guillermo

On the 21st of September of 1996, a peculiar child was born with primary complex and an urge to never remain at one point. Despite growing up as if the world ran out of air to give, this child never remained still and never saw the world stop. Until one day, he met the Cinemas. Inside where the temperature was different and the surrounding was meant to drown you in darkness, the whole world stopped for three hours as he slowly swims into a new, unidentified, and unfamiliar world. Today he lives in Quezon City, Philippines and has learned to create worlds, bend time, and create fictions to share (and even to keep to his own), within the countless corners of Cinema. Within arm’s reach of the current generation and the next generation of Filipino film makers, Francis Guillermo aims to become a prominent film maker of his own generation.

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Director Statement

In a world where truth can be overshadowed by darkness, who do you believe in? What would you believe in? Inspired by the Philippine Mythological Folklore of Tambal, a creature who copies an individual while it leads its victim deep into the woods, this film shows how the identity of Filipinos were lost through a series of fake information as they continuously revolve around the regime of the Marcoses. The continuous disappearance of people and the surrounding mystery to why and how they disappear has created this monster, this fear, who continuously takes victims during the darkest days of this country. If we burn the tree of the Marcoses down, are we sure that no other tree would stand the same? Or perhaps we haven’t burned down the tree to its roots.