GLITCH Film Festival Miss Bulalacao

Living in a slow sleepy fishing village a young drag queen, Dodong (sensitively portrayed by artist Russ Ligtas) enters a barangay gay pageant looking lovely. However, instead of applause, he is met with hostility from his father, who chases him into the jungle, where he sobs to a lone bright star. What follows is the strangest night in his entire life, and an even stranger nine months when he realises he is pregnant.

Dir. Ara Chawdhury | 90mins | Phillipines | 2015 | Screening with English subtitles

This film is F-rated. Films are given an F-rating if directed by women, written by women and/or present significant female characters on screen, in their own right. f-rated.org.