Kasharelle Javier

In a nation scarred by a brutal drug war, a grieving couple is offered a controversial new procedure by the government to erase the memory of their deceased child. As they face the choice between forgetting and healing, they must confront the ethical cost of erasing their pain—and the lingering question of what it means to remember.

Fresh off their new-found online fame, a local band faces a life-altering dilemma hours before their first solo concert.

The story follows a young boy, Paelo, who spends his semestral break in his home in Laguna. During his stay, an event in his family unfolds and he’ll be forced to navigate his surroundings through a child’s imagination–with his favorite Auntie, Mae.

This is an official entry for FEU Film Society’s 18th General Assembly - GALA.

"Iiyak ang Langit" is an excruciating documentary that exposes the untold pain of the families struggling to survive after the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. Melinda is at the heart of this story—she lost her son to state violence and now makes a living by producing candles. Her story, together with the candlemakers—unified not only by wax and wick but by grief and survival—turned out to be a reflection of how labor-fueled both mourning and resistance. As they maneuver their hands to turn darkness into light, even the sky seemed to weep with them.

There are different ways to say “I love you”, but what if you can’t say it at all? While rummaging through old cameras in Quiapo, a girl discovers a camcorder that contains old clips and recordings. She then sought to find who the owner is while tracing back places from the videos.

In a nation scarred by a brutal drug war, a grieving couple is offered a controversial new procedure by the government to erase the memory of their deceased child. As they face the choice between forgetting and healing, they must confront the ethical cost of erasing their pain—and the lingering question of what it means to remember.

The story follows a young boy, Paelo, who spends his semestral break in his home in Laguna. During his stay, an event in his family unfolds and he’ll be forced to navigate his surroundings through a child’s imagination–with his favorite Auntie, Mae.

This is an official entry for FEU Film Society’s 18th General Assembly - GALA.

This is an official entry for FEU Film Society’s 18th General Assembly - GALA.

"Iiyak ang Langit" is an excruciating documentary that exposes the untold pain of the families struggling to survive after the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. Melinda is at the heart of this story—she lost her son to state violence and now makes a living by producing candles. Her story, together with the candlemakers—unified not only by wax and wick but by grief and survival—turned out to be a reflection of how labor-fueled both mourning and resistance. As they maneuver their hands to turn darkness into light, even the sky seemed to weep with them.

"Iiyak ang Langit" is an excruciating documentary that exposes the untold pain of the families struggling to survive after the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. Melinda is at the heart of this story—she lost her son to state violence and now makes a living by producing candles. Her story, together with the candlemakers—unified not only by wax and wick but by grief and survival—turned out to be a reflection of how labor-fueled both mourning and resistance. As they maneuver their hands to turn darkness into light, even the sky seemed to weep with them.

There are different ways to say “I love you”, but what if you can’t say it at all? While rummaging through old cameras in Quiapo, a girl discovers a camcorder that contains old clips and recordings. She then sought to find who the owner is while tracing back places from the videos.