Salamindanaw International Film Festival

November 12 to 16, 2018

General Santos City
South Cotabato, Philippines

Organized by the Mindanao Cinematografica.

Vision and Objectives

The Festival is anchored on its mission to be a mirror (salamin) of peace (salam) in Mindanao, thus the name Salamindanaw. It aims to accomplish the following objectives:

To raise awareness and promote international cinema with emphasis on strengthening the cultural ties between Mindanao and its Southeast Asian neighbors which by tradition are linked by business and economic cooperation;
To support the nascent film movement in Mindanao and its neighboring regions;
To engage the public in both popular and critical discourse on art and cinema and their transformative power to shape ideas about society, thus encouraging cultural diversity and the plurality of creative expressions;
To create a development platform for emerging talents in Southeast Asia.

Festival Organization

Teng Mangansakan, festival director
Kikko Kalabud, Elreen Bendisula, Moises Charles Hollite, festival management team
Evelyn Vargas-Knaebel, Jay Rosas, selection team
Philip Cheah, Sherad Anthony Sanchez, advisors

2018

6th Edition

ASIAN COMPETITION

ANIMAL WORLD (Lam Can-zhao, China)
AQERAT (Edmund Yeo, Malaysia)
AURORA BORIALIS (Manas Banu, India)
CARVING THY FAITH (Hiyas Bagabaldo, Philippines)
A COLD SUMMER NIGHT (Yash Sawant, India)
DIFFERENCE (Ali Asadollahi, Iran)
IDENTITAS (I. Hendry Noerman, Indonesia)
KAMPUNG TAPIR (Aw See Wee, Malaysia)
KATRAN (Prem Singh, India)
RED PAPER (Kevin Palung, Indonesia)
SCARECROW (Liam Morgan & Top Tarasin, Thailand)
SEIZED PLEASURE (Rafat Jamil, Bangladesh)
TREMORE (Anh Tti Nguyen, Vietnam)
WAVES INTERRUPTED (Dimon John, Sri Lanka)
WHITE (Aneek Chaudhuri, India)

PH COMPETITION

HULI (Coco Oei)
WHEREABOUTS (Kyle Francisco)
KWENTONG LABI (Joey Singh)
SA AMONG AGWAT/IN BETWEEN SPACES (Don Senoc)
MARK & LENNY (Gio Potes)
OLD THOUGHTS IN TATTERED PAPER (Mina Cruz)
NANGUNGUPAHAN/WHO RENTS THERE NOW? (Glenn Barit)
ANG LALAKING MAY REGLA SA GITNA NG DAGAT (James Fajardo)
BREAKDOWN (Neil Gabriel Nanta)
DALIT/POISON (Belle Loyola)

FLOWER CODEC LOTUS (Gio Lingao)
KATONG GABII/THAT NIGHT (Jeremy Luke Bolatag)
KINALIMUTAN NATIN ANG MGA BATA (Gilb Baldoza)
NEXT (Noah del Rosario)
PALABAS/A COUNTRY IN MOVING PICTURES (Arjanmar Rebeta)
ANG MGA TURO NG GABI/LESSONS OF THE NIGHT (Christian Rae Villanueva)
PULANGUI (Bagane Fiola)
SA GABING TANGING LIWANAG AY PANINIWALA/ BELIEF AS THE LIGHT IN DARKNESS (Francis Guillermo)
TEMBONG (Shai Advincula)