INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM COMPETITION

FEATURE FILMS

THE MISSING
(ITI MAPUKPUKAW)

Carl Joseph E. Papa

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Eric is an absolutely ordinary young man, apart from the fact that he has no mouth. One day, he receives a call from his mother asking him to visit her brother, whom she has not heard from for some time. When he arrives at his uncle’s house, he is abducted by an alien. And this is not the first time this has happened.

The Missing is a magnificent and moving work. Probably the most beautiful rotoscoped film of all time, it uses animation and fantasy to relay an episode in the director’s personal life, while tackling issues that are deeply taboo in Philippine society, such as homosexuality. A film that will steal your heart.

Philippines 20241hr31 in Tagalog subtitled in French rotoscope, animated objects General audiences, with parental guidance

Director: Carl Joseph E. Papa
Producers: Geo Lomuntad
Writers: Carl Joseph E. Papa
Voices: Carlo Aquino, Dolly de Leon, Gio Gahol

Selected filmography

2018 The Leaving 

2015 Manang Biring 

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