In the future, farming is banned on Earth due to the toxic environment. All agriculture is now done off-world, manned by Outerspace Filipino Workers. The children living under the Mega-Manila Bio Dome no longer know what the vegetable in "Bahay Kubo" look like...but some scientists and farmers resist; the seeds of rebellion are sown in the barren wastelands of the Philippines.
Cast: Ina Feleo, Epy Quizon, Mon Confiado, Dido Dela Paz, Kiko Matos, Elora Españo, Karl Medina
Written and Directed By: Keith Sicat
Teacher Sol is dead and cannot be buried because there are no funds. How will the community come forward to put her to rest, this strict and no-nonsense teacher of grade school students and farmers who need to be taught scientific farming methods?
Cast: Pokwang, Joey Marquez, JM Salvado, Gilleth Sandico, Jelson Bay
Written and Directed By: Roman Perez Jr.
In fictional Philippines 2048, the humble sweet potato was regularized as a part of the government's campaign against illegal drugs. After being isolated in the mountain for years, a woman travelled to the city to look for her husband who was held by the police for selling illegal kamote. This journey will lead her to a discovery about her past that may or may not have happened.
Cast: Katrina Halili, Alex Medina, Carl Guevara, Kiko Matos, Lui Manansala
Written By: John Carlo Pacala
Directed By: Carlo Enciso Catu
The film is based on the classic Philippine short story ‘Tanabata’s
Wife’ by Baguio born author Sinai Hamada published in the 1930s.
It is the early part of the 20th century and Japanese immigrant farmers
are doing well with vegetable gardens in La Trinidad Valley near Baguio,
where they have pioneered the cultivation of salad greens in the
region, among them Tanabata- San.
Middle-aged and lonely, he hires a young Bontok woman, Fasang, as
farmhand, and falls in love with her. They marry and have a son, Kato.
They grow the garden, but Fasang is enamored of the city lights of an
emerging Baguio. She loves the cinema. She falls for the wiles of a
distant cousin, Okdo, and they elope, taking Kato with them.
With only his teen-aged aide Tiago working the farm, Tanabata is
distraught. He loses his will to live and abandons the garden. He wants
to go home to Japan to die, wishing only to see his wife and son one
last time.
Fasang falls on hard times, too. Okdo loses his job at Camp John Hay and
abandons her. She goes to the work camp to dig roads. When all seems
lost, Tiago finds Fasang and implores her to come home with Kato.
Tanabata-San’s family is restored: True love like the seasons will have
its way, it is as old as the mountains.
Cast: Miyuki Kamimura, Maribeth Fanglayan, Kurt Alalag, Danilo Bulanay, Yoshito Tsukasa, Brian Arda, Lito Casaje
Written By: Charlson Ong, based on the short of the same title by Sinal Hamada
Directed By: Charlson Ong and Lito Casaje
A story of struggle, hard work, and hope — even when the very reason for
hope is all of a sudden gone.
A group of farmers in Bicol are at the mercy of Don Pepe, a strict and
abusive landlord. 20-year-old Lucio, son of Carding, a former member of
the Hukbalahap, their fellow corn-growers and respective families,
anticipate the arrival of President Ramon Magsaysay in their area, for
genuine land reform to take place.
We know what happened in 1957… what’s to happen now to the farmers?
Cast: Ronwaldo Martin, Richard Quan, Menggie Cobarrubias
Written and Directed By: Hubert Tibi
Kauyagan means way of life.
Piyo refuses to accept the responsibilities of being the only son of a
Datu from the Talaandig Tribe. He defies his destiny and runs away from
home to pursue his dreams of freedom only to find himself behind bars
when he is mistaken as a rebel.
He finds contentment in anonymity in prison, no matter that the calls of
his ancestors echo in his dreams. But when the authorities discover he
is falsely accused, he is set free. He goes home to bid his aged parents
goodbye, before embarking for Manila.
Back with his people, he discovers certain realities. Will he still be
able to deny the destiny of his bloodline?
Cast: Bayang Barrios, Jeff Bringas, Waway Saway
Written and Directed By: Julienne Ilagan
TOFARM Film Festival runs from Sept 12-18 2018 at Trinoma,
Gateway, Greenbelt 1, Robinsons Galleria, SM Megamall, SM Manila,
Gaisano Davao & Ayala Legazpi
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