IISA / AS ONE
Philippines | 90 mins | 2015 | Drama
Director: Chuck Gutierrez
Synopsis and Director’s Comment:
IISA / AS ONE is a narrative feature about a never ending war, a town ravaged by a devastating storm and the woman caught in between.
Mindanao, Philippines. When a strong typhoon hits an armed-conflict mountain, the face of war suddenly changes. Ross, 28, belongs to a group of rebels tasked to rebuild the destroyed homes of people.
Their community is far from the reach of any government’s basic services, but has long been penetrated by corporate mining projects, which caused destruction to their environment.
Ross and her group must get supplies to rebuild their broken lives. She encourages her people to go back to farming. When the aid from the Philippine government fails to arrive in their town, Ross seeks for relief donations from international groups. This is the beginning of her life’s complication. She finds out that the town governor is hoarding the relief goods from the United Nations. As she goes down from the hidden mountain, she will be exposed to her enemy, the Philippine military.
La Isla Minima / Marshland
Spain | 2014 | 105 mins | Crime, thriller
Director: Alberto Rodríguez
Synopsis: Set in 1980, a serial killer is on the loose. Two homicide detectives from Madrid are sent to a forgotten town in the Guadalquivir Marshes to investigate the disappearance and murder of two teenage girls during the town’s festivities. Although they appear to have opposing ideas, they need to overcome their differences and face the heartless killer who has been murdering teenagers in the town for years.
Awards: Goya Awards* (2015) for Best Lead Actor, Best New Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay. Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Film – and many others
* the Spanish Oscars
