2021 Digital Storytelling Contest, Long, 2nd Prize

To Calm the Pig Inside (Ang Pagpakalma sa Unos)

Production

Old Fool Films

To Calm the Pig Inside is a contemplation on the effects a typhoon leaves on a seaside city. Myths are woven in to try to understand how people cope with the devastation and trauma. A girl divulges fragments of her own memory of her grandmother and mother to tie in the experiences she felt visiting this ravaged port city. A patient and poetic film, To Calm the Pig Inside gives insight into the aftermaths of extreme weather events.

Production team

Writer/Director/Producer: Joanna Vasquez Arong

Photographer: Veejay Villafranca

Photographer: Piyavit Thongsa-Ard

Associate Producer: Erica Brenner

Associate Producer: JM Rodriguez

Associate Producer: Christopher Clower

Camera: James Reynolds

Camera: Mark Thomas

Camera: Christian Linaban

Aerial Video/Photos: Christopher Darza

Editor: Lawrence S. Ang

Editor: Pao Sancho-Dalisay

Sound Designer/Mix: Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr

Composer: Evgueni Galperine

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To Calm the Pig Inside (Ang Pagpakalma sa Unos)

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