DOCU-FICTION

Collage de scènes filmées à proximité de plateaux et de lieux de tournage à Manille, ce court-métrage se regarde comme une fiction – cadeau à une enfant du nom d’Aki Tala, qui regardera quand elle aura grandi l’œuvre de son père pour la première fois.

A compilation of behind-the-scenes footage shot while filming various Filipino films, including those of Lav Diaz and Erik Matti, creates a sense of quiet tension. In the style of slow narrations and in-depth observation, the film builds a dystopian sci-fi narrative of human avatars controlled by applications but is also a commentary on the various forms of contemporary Filipino cinema. 
"They say once a filmmaker becomes a parent, that person stops making films. The Remote Daddy Framework is a way for me to go out of the house to document in spurts of three hours to repurpose and make."
(J. Torres)