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International Premiere Bwaya

A Window on Asian Cinema

True Story · Remake · Family

  • CountryPhilippines
  • Production Year2014
  • Running Time83min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
Based on true events, Divina lives in a floating house, poor but happy with her husband and 12-yearold daughter Rowena. One day, a crocodile attacks and kills Rowena. Rowena’s father searches the wetlands to try to find her body. Devastated, Divina has difficulty dealing with her loss. She is a believer of God and has been living a good life for her whole life, yet anger and helplessness are etched clearly on her face after the tragedy. What makes her life even harder is the media that devours every aspect of her existence and turns it into a spectacle. The film puts Rowena’s parents in front of a camera and gives them a chance to speak, gives them a voice. Director Francis Pasion listens to their story and reenacts the true event with actors and finally allows Rowena’s parents a chance to act themselves, to heal their wounded hearts. And the film has become a drama that is not unfamiliar to us Koreans in 2014. (Minah JEONG)
Director
Director
Francis Xavier PASION
Francis Xavier E. Pasion was born in Manila in 1978. He studied at Ateneo de Manila University where he founded the university’s first film organization. His first feature, Jay(2008) premiered at Venice International Film Festival. His second film Sampaguita, National Flower(2010), competed in BIFF 2010’s New Currents Section. Bwaya is his third feature.
Credit
  • Director
    Francis Xavier PASION
  • ProducerRAYMOND FRANCISCO
    SAMUEL VERZOSA JR.
    NICO ANTONIO
  • CastANGELI BAYANI
    KARL MEDINA
    R.S. FRANCISCO
    JOLINA ESPANA
  • CinematographyNEIL DAZA
  • Production DesignMAOLEN FADUL
  • EditorCARLO FRANCISCO MANATAD
  • MusicERWIN FAJARDO
  • Production CompanyFRONTROW INTERNATIONAL
    EIGHT FILMS
    SOURCE OF LIGHT FILMS
    fxepasion@yahoo.com
  • World SalesIGNATIUS FILMS
    ignatiusfilm@yahoo.ca
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