DFE at VOX Shorts Programme - The Headhunters Daughter
Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2022
Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan / Philippines / 2021 / 15 min / Colour / Unknown / In English, Ilokano / Arabic, English subtitles
Themes : Drama, Family, Identity
Rated: 
Parental guidance is advised for viewers under the age of 13. Individuals under the age of 13 are not admitted into cinemas unless accompanied by an individual aged 18 or older.
Description
Lynn leaves her family behind to try her luck in the city as a country singer in this Sundance awarded short about the erosion and ultimate replacement of indigenous cultural traditions.
Director
Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan is an independent filmmaker born of Ifugao and Visayan descent. Eblahan’s works explore themes of trauma, spirituality, and nature told through the cosmic lens of post-colonial spaces and indigenous identities. In 2021, Eblahan’s film ‘Hilum’ won the Student Prize and received Special Mention from the International Jury at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
Credits
- Screenwriter
- Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
- Producer
- Hannah Schierbeek
- Cinematographer
- Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
- Editor
- Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
- Music
- Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
- Cast
- Ammin Acha-ur, Karla Prol Rev G. Naogsan, Pablo Quintos, Paul Brian Tulioc Baldoza, Shekinah Cudao