Katrin de Guia

Magellan, the famous navigator, met his untimely death in the Philippines before he could circumnavigate the globe. Ironically, it was his slave and translator Enrique who most likely was the first to achieve the historic feat.

Kadu, a boy from Pakil, Laguna, experiences the dissolution of tradition as it gives way to capitalism in the form of Madame, a foreigner who initially came to their village as a customer during the Festival of Turumba.

Stuck in the German lands of “Yodelburg,” our hero Kidlat dreams of space and muses on humanity’s endless capacity for creativity, whether on the moon or at home in the Philippines. A delightful, self-proclaimed “third-world space spectacle.”

Les aventures d’un conducteur de Jeepney philippin qui rêve d’émigrer aux Etats-Unis et de devenir astronaute. Il fantasme un occident idéalisé tout en dressant un portrait affectueux de la culture populaire de sa province. Avec l’aide d’un américain il parvient à partir à Paris avec son Jeepney à la découverte de l’Ouest.