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Winners 2024

Rumbles of the Earth

Carl Joseph Lara | 2024

Mysterious disappearances of people rise as earthquakes shake Mindanao. 13-year-old Munya investigates the strange phenomenon after her mother goes missing during a solar eclipse. Fantasy becomes reality and reality becomes fantasy as the mythical serpent dragon, “Bakunawa", devours a seemingly tranquil world.

The River that never ends

JT Trinidad | 2024

The River that never ends

JT Trinidad | 2024

Along a river that undergoes a major change, Baby, a middle-aged trans woman, shuttles between her job as a companion-for-hire for strangers and her duty to her father. As the people around Baby start to disappear, she realizes that she has been left behind in a sprawling city.

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