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Between nuclear reactors and military curfews, 14-year-old Jani lives in a dystopian world oppressively devoid of empathy. Together, she and her slippery new friend Kiefer the talking catfish gear up to strike a surreal blow for freedom.

  • Philippines
  • 2023, 22 min
  • Director: Stephen Lopez
  • Director of photography: Akie Yano
  • Screenplay: Stephen Lopez
  • Music: Myles Hilado
  • Sound: John Daryl A. Libongco, John Michael Perez
  • Cast: Kyrie Allison Samodio, JunJun Quintana, Maricel A. Sombrio, Bor Ocampo, Ina Azarcon-Bolivar, Edwin Barrios Serrano
  • Art Director: Iks Icay, Erwin Villareal
  • Producer: Sheka Ong
  • Production: Sound Goat Films

PROJECTIONS
29.2. 20:30 Praha | Bio Oko

Stephen Lopez

Stephen Lopez graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing but decided to become a filmmaker instead. He is an alumnus of the NAFF Fantastic Film School and has survived in the dystopian cyberpunk city of Manila as a freelance production sound recordist, sound designer, and occasinoal writer for various films and commercials.