ABOGBAYBAY (SHOREDUST)

Abogbaybay (Shoredust)
by P.R. MONENCILLO PATINDOL

15:56 minutes | Coming-of-age | G

CAST
Marvin Moreno Jr., Climar Marañan Jr., Valdemar Dalaguit and Jonathan Dalaguit

PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR/SCREENPLAY/CINEMATOGRAPHER/LINE PRODUCER – P.R. Monencillo Patindol
EDITOR – Javier Abola, Aje Alfonso
ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE – Ian Amane
SOUND – Greg Rodriguez III
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS – Remberto Patindol, Vilma Patindol, P.R. Monencillo Patindol
PRODUCERS – Giancarlo Abrahan, Carlo Francisco Manatad
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS – X Vallez, Ian Amane

LOGLINE
Brothers on a remote island await the arrival of their mother—now ashes, at the start of the covid pandemic.

SYNOPSIS
Three brothers deal with grief after the death of their mother. The eldest brother crosses the sea to retrieve her ashes, while the middle brother works to buy a vase and informs their youngest sibling who remains unaware. Filmed in the province with local youth, the short feature film evolved organically without a script. The cast assumed all crew roles themselves, with each one contributing to the story’s creation.

FILMMAKER’S PROFILE
Based in Leyte, Philippines, P.R. MONENCILLO PATINDOL finished his film studies at the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center. His debut short film Hilom (Still) premiered at SGIFF and won the Youth Jury Prize in 2016. It won the Best Short Feature Film at the Cinemalaya 2017, and the first-ever FAMAS Best Short Film. He joined the National Artist Ricky Lee’s Screenwriting Workshop. He participated in the 2021 Southeast Asian Film Lab with “Rafael,” which won the Fellowship Prize. Currently, he is in the post-production phase of his debut feature, “i grew an inch when my father died.”