Hito

Short
Philippines, 2023, 22 min

Directed by:

Stephen Lopez

Screenplay:

Stephen Lopez
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Plots(1)

Jani lives in a dystopian world of nuclear reactors and military curfews. After getting beaten up in a fight, she is telepathically contacted by a hovering lapdog whose people entrust her with a talking catfish rescued from a research laboratory. A turbulent fever dream of surreal phantasms which sees the 14-year-old getting ready to fight back and break free of her oppressively indifferent surroundings. (Berlinale)

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