TAWILIS
Screening Time
Friday, May 28 4:30pm
TAWILIS: PALAOT SA MAILAP NA HULI (Sailing Towards an Elusive Harvest)
Documentary/ Philippines / 2009 / 28 minutes
Director/Scriptwriter/Cinematographer： Reymer Salvador
Language: Tagalog w/ English subtitles
Policarpio Ronaldo “Jopring” Cuevas is a Tawilis fisherman from Barangay Don Juan, town of Cuenca in the province of Batangas, Philippines. Honed by his father’s experiences as a fisherman, Jopring followed his old man’s trails. The elusive harvest of Tawilis has fractured his capacity to fulfill his dreams of raising his six children. The documentary explores the drama behind one fisherman’s plight and struggle to make life better, sailing towards a hope that is beginning to fade away.
Award
2nd Place, 21st Gawad Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) for Independent Film and Video (Documentary Category), Philippines (2009)
About Reymer Salvador
Reymer Salvador is a Mass Communication graduate of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (University of the City of Manila). Tawilis: Palaot as Mailap an Huli is his first documentary short.
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