Festival Note
In a fascist, dystopian Philippines, a teenage girl makes friends with a telepathic catfish. In this imaginative science fiction satire, director Stephen Lopez weaves a strange tale of mad scientists and talking animals from the threads of our current oppression.
Sa isang pasistang, dystopian na Pilipinas, magiging kaibigan ng isang nagdadalagang babae ang isang telepathic na hito. Sa kanyang satirikal na science fiction story, hinahabi ni Stephen Lopez ang isang kwentong binubuo ng mad scientists at nagsasalitang hayop mula sa mga sinulid ng ating kasalukuyang opresyon.
Stephen Lopez graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in 2012 with a BS in Nursing. But due to the glut of underpaid health care professionals in his country he decided to be broke on his own terms and became a filmmaker instead. He is an alumnus of the NAFF Fantastic Film School 2023 and he has survived in the dystopian cyberpunk city of Manila as a freelance Production Sound Recordist, Sound Designer and sometimes Writer for various films and commercials.