Documentary · Philippines · 2023 · 1h 3m

Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) poster
Director
Khavn
Cast
Crew
Jayson Aquino — Editor Jet Leyco — Editor Furan Guillermo — Editor Apichatpong Weerasethakul — Producer
Tagline

This is not a film by Khavn

Synopsis

Lost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible. The silent past is a horror film. The smell of nitrate in the morning. How many ghosts can the cinema contain? 75 films. 22 years. What is the numerological significance? Too late. Never too late.

Key Collaborators
Khavn Director Jayson Aquino Editor Jet Leyco Editor Furan Guillermo Editor Apichatpong Weerasethakul Producer
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