Contemporary Independent Film Producing in the Philippines: The case of Ang Panggagahasa kay Fe

• Main Author: Yapan, Alvin B
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2012
• Subjects: contemporary Philippine independent filmmaking; independent cinema; Philippine film industry; The Rapture of Fe; Film and Media Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/66; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0725513612452653?journalCode=thea
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article chronicles the material conditions of producing a film in the Philippine independent film scene which has experienced a marked resurgence at the turn of the century, and has been credited for having revived the ailing Filipino film industry. By way of case study, I use my own film Ang Panggagahasa kay Fe (international title: The Rapture of Fe), awarded the best feature-length digital film at the 33rd Cairo Film Festival in 2009. I co-produced, wrote and directed this film. I recount the different factors that helped shape the film, from scripting to film financing, and provide further evidence of the significance of the private sector, in infusing new money and in reviving the national Filipino film industry as a whole.