Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
(Rizal's Makamisa: Pantasma ng Higanti)
Khavn
- 2024
- Philippines, Germany
- Historical / Experimental
- 1h13mn
- Without dialog
- Color
Novelty
An evil Spanish priest and a melancholic Filipino poet rival for the favors of an American woman succumbing to madness.
Khavn, an activist punk experimental filmmaker, is back with this variation based on legendary militant writer José Rizal’s unfinished novel. Born in 1861, Rizal was executed by firing squad in 1896. Forget the plot, keep the hallucination : Makasima is a ritual, with colorized and hand scratched 35mm images, a mad artistic statement paired with an anti-colonial pamphlet. Faithful to Rizal’s original manuscript, discovered in 1987, this haunting political and monstrous poem looks like a film from cinema’s early years, like an exhumed treasure. Khavn continues his radical approach, exposes his margins and exposes himself to the margins… questioning the perennity of images.
Screenings
09/09 • 19h00 • Screen 100
In the presence of the director
13/09 • 14h00 • Screen 100
Credits
- With : John Lloyd Cruz, Khavn, Lilith Stangenberg...
- Screenplay : Homer Novicio, Khavn, Douglas Candano
- Photography : Albert Banzon, Jippy Pascua
- Editing : Furan Guillermo
- Music by : Khavn, David Toop, The Kontra-Kino Orchestra
- Production : Achinette Villamor, Antoinette Köster, Khavn, Stephan Holl
