INDEPENDENCIA OFFICIAL TRAILER

In Competition, Cinemanila Film Festival 2009
watch on Oct 21, 5:30pm at Market!Market! The Fort

Winner, Grand Prize, Southeast Asian Competition
Winner, NETPAC Jury Prize
2009 Bangkok International Film Festival

Philippine screening!Please watch!
INDEPENDENCIA (UP Film Center) September 14 - 17, 7pm, Sept 18-19, 1pm back to back with A Short Film about the Indio Nacional (Raya's 1st first film of the trilogy) Sept 14-16, 5pm
August update: For those in Canada! Showing in September in Toronto Film Festival. Please watch!

Update: Special screening at Cinemalaya Film Festival
July 19, 2009, Sunday, 9pm at CCP Little theater. Please watch!

Un Certain Regard, Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival 2009

Independencia
A Film by Raya Martin

Presented by Arte Cinema France, Cinematografica, Atopic, Razor Film, Volya Films
Fonds Sud Cinema, World Cinema Fund, Prince Claus Fund Global Film Initiative, Hubert Bals Fund,
Roadrunner Network

Script: Ramon Sarmiento and Raya Martin
Delegate Producers: Antoine Segovia, Christophe Gougeon
Producer: Arleen Cuevas
Co-Producers: Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul, Denis Vaslin
Production Design: Digo Ricio
DOP: Jeanne Lapoirie
Assistant Director: Armi Cacanindin
Production manager: Rolly Palmes
Editor: Jay Halili
Sound: Arnel Labayo, Ronald de Asis
Music: Lutgardo Labad

Synopsis: Early 20th century Philippines. The sounds of war signal the
arrival of the Americans. A mother and son flee to the mountains,
hoping for a quiet life. One day, the son discovers a wounded woman in
the middle of the forest, and decides to bring her home.

Years pass. Man, woman and child live in isolation from the growing
chaos all over the country. But a coming storm soon threatens their
existence, and American troops draw nearer.

Treatment: Independencia will be a "studio film.The film takes on such concept of early Filipino cinema, one that is
inspired by photography studios that utilized sets made of painted backdrops combined with suggestive prop materials. look follows American era sound
films that are deliberately staged, shot dramatically with tracks, and marked by grand musical scoring. The intermission will be shot as newsreel, a documentary that will contrast with the whole narrative film.