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Gender(ed) Lenses — IFVF 2026

Organized by Mowelfund Film Institute × Center for New Cinema

Filipino filmmakers found in alternative cinema a potent form of expressing identity, which the IFVF celebrated through women- and queer-focused programs. This 40th-commemoration program centers stories of people with diverse gender identities, and features Sari Dalena's latest feature CINEMARTYRS (2025). 🎬 2:30 PM — CINEMARTYRS (2025) by Sari Dalena, 104 mins. 🎬 5:00 PM — Short films + talkback moderated by Jason Liwag: OLIVER (1983) by Nick Deocampo (45 mins) · PALUGID (2001) by Paolo Villaluna (15 mins) · WHOMAN (2001) by Gladys Hernando (8 mins) · T (2001) by Tammie Tam (15 mins) · SI ASTRI MAKA SI TAMBULAH (2017) by Xeph Suarez (20 mins). 🎟️ FREE admission.

About the film

Cinemartyrs (2025)

104 min — Drama

Directed by Sari Dalena

Starring Nour Hooshmand, Cedrick Juan, Raquel Villavicencio, Angel Aquino, Lav Diaz

A young filmmaker is bent on recreating forgotten massacres from Philippine history, but when she begins shooting at a site where 1,000 men, women, and children were slaughtered, angry spirits are awakened and the lives of her team and the local villagers are put in peril.

Films in this program

Cinemartyrs (2025)

Dir. Sari Dalena · 104 min

Oliver (1983)

Dir. Nick Deocampo · 45 min

Margin (2001)

Dir. Paolo Villaluna · 17 min

Astri and Tambulah (2017)

Dir. Xeph Suarez · 18 min

When

Friday, June 26, 2026

2:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Where

Dengcar Theater, 6/F Mowelfund Center

66 Ilang-Ilang St., Brgy. Immaculate Conception, Cubao, Quezon City

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