Grandma Loleng
- Short
- 2016
- 8 Minutes
- Philippines
- Language: Tagalog and Japanese
A young woman goes back to her province in the countryside where she once again meet Grandma Loleng, a senile relative and Christmas lantern artisan. together, they'll explore Grandma Loleng's landscape of memories, only to unearth her deepest wartime experiences. It is about memory and forgetting, both in the context of the personal and of the national consciousness.
Director: Che Tagyamon
Screenwriter: Che Tagyamon
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Awards
2016: Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Film Festival: Breakthrough Film of the YearCultural center of the Philippines Film and Video: Best Animated Short
Cast and Crew
Screenwriter: Che Tagyamon
DOP / Camera: Steven Evangelio, Glenn Barit
Music: Glenn Barit, Ian Bondoc
Sound: Yves Patron
Editor: Che Tagyamon
Producer: Jane Tagyamon
Cast: Lui Manansala, Mariel Urbiztondo, Hiroshi Ega, Isabel Quesada, Renaissance Tuason
Director
Che Tagyamon
Che Tagyamon is a 21-year old filmmaker and animator from the Philippines. Her short film Mumu (Ghost) was awarded Best Picture in the Metro Manila Film Festival in 2015. Her animated thesis film Lola Loleng (Grandma Loleng) has been screened at the 27th Singapore International Film Festival and at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film festival to name a few.