Festival Note
A young girl turns into a fish and recounts the struggles of the fisherfolk in her hometown, Zambales.
Isang batang babae ay naging isda, at kwinekwento niya ang hirap ng mga mangingisda sa kanyang bayan, ang Zambales.
Maria Estela Paiso has been in post-production since 2016 and has edited two feature films and several shorts. The themes of her personal projects revolve around memory and often use techniques that attempt to make tangible what has already passed. Her post-production background plays a major role in her DIY shorts and music videos. In 2021, she forayed into directing with her short film Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol. In between dreaming about the films she wants to make, she spends her free time trying to get a 100 at karaoke and watching the downpour of frogs outside her window.