Three Filipino films participating in Sundance 2023

Two films from the Philippines and one film by a Filipino American are participating in the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in Utah on January19 to 29, the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco announced.

Considered the largest independent film festival in the United States, the 2023 Sundance Film Festival marks the return of in-person screenings at the Sundance Resort, and in Park City and Salt Lake City in Utah after two years.

This year’s festival will feature two entries from the Philippines, “In My Mother’s Skin” and “It’s Raining Frogs Outside,” as well as the Filipino American short film “When You Left Me on That Boulevard.”

Filipino feature film “In My Mother’s Skin” will be shown during the Midnight Section, and will be screened only in person. Set in World War II, the film follows the tale of a daughter risking everything, even placing her fate in the hands of a flesh-eating fairy, just to save her mother.

Single film tickets for in-person screenings will go on sale beginning 12 January 2023 at https://festival.sundance.org/tickets/. For information on the screening dates of “In My Mother’s Skin,” visit the Sundance website: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/638a1721d406b217c7f2c996

Filipino short film “It’s Raining Frogs Outside” (“Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol”) will precede the in-person screenings of the American feature film “Last Things.” This Sambal short film marks the very first participation of a Filipino woman director, and of a film from Zambales, in the film festival’s short films program.

More information on “It’s Raining Frogs Outside” is available on the Sundance website: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/638a1b1077dd3d0e67805fb1

Filipino American short film “When You Left Me On That Boulevard” will be featured during the Short Film Program 3, which will be screened both in person and online.

Tickets for the in-person screenings of the short film programs will go on sale beginning 12 January 2023 at https://festival.sundance.org/tickets/, while the sale of the Explorer Pass for online screenings is ongoing at the aforementioned website. For information on the in-person and online screening dates of the Short Film Program 3, which includes “When You Left Me On That Boulevard,” visit the Sundance website: https://festival.sundance.org/program/short-info/638a72c5d406b242b9f33df7