Under a Piaya Moon 2024
In 1980s Bacolod City, a young man aspires to continue the family legacy by winning an inter-city pastry competition with the help of his feuding grandfather and grandmother.
In 1980s Bacolod City, a young man aspires to continue the family legacy by winning an inter-city pastry competition with the help of his feuding grandfather and grandmother.
Several cases of killings and human rights violations were not reported because of the stinging climate of fear among victims, families of victims, community members, and even journalists. Still, two young journalists persist in taking on a journey to truth-finding and documentation of how sugarcane farmers in Negros Island assert their land rights and stand up against violence and killings.
The film is about a woman who dives into the abyss not knowing what will happen next, and goes through so many struggles and changes along the way. She has two options: to give up and drift away or to gather all her strength to fight and survive.
A young man goes to the mountain to escape his reality and while there, he is confronted by events that draw a very thin line between mystery and self-discovery.