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Release Date:
October 12, 2023
Original Title:
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
Genres:
Documentary
Production Countries:
Philippines
Ratings / Certifications:
KR: All
Runtime: 63
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.
Director:
Khavn
Editor:
Jayson Aquino
Jet Leyco
Furan Guillermo
Music Supervisor:
Nestor Vera Crruz
Producer:
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sound:
Furan Guillermo
Translator:
Nuria Cubas
Khavn
RocĂo Mateo-Sagasta
Mark Angeles
Ines Intxausti
Roy Cagalingan
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