MAKAMISA: PHANTASM OF REVENGE

Q&A with the director and Lilith Stangenberg
Followed by a concert in the Parkettcafé

Inspired by José Rizal’s unfinished third novel, MAKAMISA: PHANTASM OF REVENGE is a hand-colored 35mm silent film about the fragmented colonial history of the Filipino people. Set during the surreal turn of the 20th century during the tumultuous transition between Spanish and American colonial powers, the film draws on disconcerting allegorical imagery to deconstruct and reimagine Filipino history and society through the lens of three main characters — the sad Filipino poet Simoun Rizal (John Lloyd Cruz), the evil Spanish priest Padre Agaton Damaso (Khavn), and the American madwoman Sisa Bracken (Lilith Stangenberg).