a film produced by Brillante Ma Mendoza and directed by Jim Libiran.
About the Director
Writer, poet, and broadcast journalist Jim Libiran made his debut as a filmmaker in Cinemalaya 2007 through his gritty ultra-realistic film, Tribu, casting real-life gang members from Tondo as actors. Tribu bagged several awards from Cinemalaya that year, including Best Film. This verismo-approach to filmmaking is reprised in Libiran’s second full length project, Happyland (2010) — the Philippines’ first football film — by using real soccer players from Tondo as actors and local residents as part of the crew.
This unconventional and divergent approach to filmmaking characterizes Libiran’s multi-faceted career – He is a multi-awarded writer, poet, essayist, print and broadcast journalist, sociologist, television producer, university lecturer, activist and, recently, film actor.
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