Counterflow: Currents In New Filipina/o Music
- Shorts Programs
- 90 mins
Cinema Musica Presents
Filmmakers in attendance.
A visual mixtape experience featuring against the grain music from the Philippines from artists redefining and reworking the contemporary Filipina/o music landscape. A video companion to the Counterflow: Currents In New Filipina/o Music playlist. – Joel Quizon
Co-presented with Community Partners: GABRIELA USA, SIPA, This Filipino American Life
In this program
“bbgirl” by BP Valenzuela ft. No Rome and August Wahh
Directed by Rome Gomez
Music video for “bbgirl” by BP Valenzuela (ft. No Rome and August Wahh)
“Cards” by BP Valenzuela
Directed by Apa Agbayani
Music video for “Cards” by BP Valenzuela (feat. CRWN)
“Galatians 5.4” by similarobjects
Directed by Dominic Bekaert
Music video for “GALATIANS 5.4” by similarobjects
“Honey (Where U At?)” by NVTHVN x ok2222
Directed by Juliet Bryant
Music video for “Honey (Where U at?)” by NVTHVN x ok2222
“Huemans” by dot.jaime
Directed by Jaime San Juan
Music video for “Huemans” about artist Jecko Magallon featuring music by dot.jaime
“Limbo” by Calix (Feat. JamySyks)
Directed by Alrik Daniel Metrio
Music video for “Limbo” by Calix (Feat. JamySyks)
MANILA RISING
Directed by Barkada Worldwide
Profiles of Manila artists CRWN, RHXANDERS, and LUSTBASS created by indie music label Barkada Worldwide.
“Mkmehl” by similarobjects
Directed by Raymond Teraoka Dacones
Music video for “Mkmehl” by similarobjects
“No Fun” by Eyedress
Directed by Julius Valledor
Eyedress burns his face off and skates around Manila.
“Reflektions” by spaaawn
Directed by Jaime San Juan
A visual representation of the differences between two identical twins.
“See You In My Dreams” by Aira
Directed by Cobbie Karagdag
Music video for “See You In My Dreams” by Aira
TO LIVE AND DIE IN MANILA
Directed by Angela Stephenson
Manila’s underground music scene is unearthed to reveal what motivates local artists and how they navigate an oppressive government regime and its violent war on drugs.
“Tonight!” by Ruru
Directed by Robin Estargo
Ruru navigates the lonesome Filipino commute, as she dances and latches onto a transforming bedroom that manifests Philippine metropolitan transport and nightlife imagination.
“Upset” by Teenage Granny
Directed by Martika Ramirez Escobar
A boy and his younger brother search for an ocean in the city.