We Do Not Exist Here (Wala Mi Diri)
Kara witnesses the unfolding of an undisclosed period of Philippine history where people take to the streets to support a mysterious procedure known only to "liberate the people"
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Origane FilmsProducer
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A + AProducer
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Anna Miguel CervantesStory, Director, Editor, Production Design
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Queenie Lyne DemoralKey Cast
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Earl AutidaKey Cast
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Bagane FiolaDirectors of Photography
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Princess TarozaDirectors of Photography
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Kit JanbrenSound Design & Score
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Roel RosarosoProduction Sound
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Project Title (Original Language):Wala Mi Diri
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Sci-fi, Drama
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Runtime:12 minutes 44 seconds
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Completion Date:October 1, 2020
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Country of Origin:Philippines
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Country of Filming:Philippines
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Language:Cebuano, English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Before Anna Miguel Cervantes became a full-time freelance text and moving images-maker, she worked in children's rights and has immersive knowledge on peacebuilding in conflict areas in Mindanao, Philippines.
We Do Not Exist Here (Wala Mi Diri) is her debut short film.
It was once said that everything we do will be done over and over again, for the rest of eternity.
The film is a surface-level exploration of flawed systems: the flawed state, a flawed revolution, flawed technology, and the flawed self.
The worldwide health emergency affected the film's post-production, and the whirlwind of uncertainty magnified the systems around us as they collapsed, seemingly collapsed, or is collapsing as we speak. I found that, as a whole, the film I wrote before the pandemic is still the film I carried on until the end. And I felt reassured—though I ought not to be—of how fragile all these systems are, and yet the panic is all-too-familiar. As if we've been here before, as if our collective unconscious knows this all too well, only that we've learned so little in the end.
As I began, and until the end: it is an attempt to portray the placid dawn of a personal revolution. It is a personal note on the struggle—the eternal struggle.