European premiere
Your Mother's Son
We happily present our last year’s Critics’ Picks winner, Jun Robles Lana’s latest title, “Your Mother’s Son”, as an Out of Competition screening after celebrating its world premiere in Toronto.
The versatile director uses a fake family to reflect on the political changes regarding drugs and destroyed families in his country under the ruthless President Rodrigo Duterte. Do not expect a dry reflection on politics. Lana presents a unique artistic vision of a violent and dysfunctional family structure.
But while “About Us But Not About Us” was a dialogue between two men, here we have a ménage à trois between an alleged mother and her two “sons” – full of love, hate, passion, and explicit sex. The strong images and amazing performances will be seared in your memory after this terrific and terrifying film.
Niki Nikitin
Jun Robles Lana (1972) is a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in Communication Arts. He is the youngest Filipino to be inducted into the Palanca Literary Awards (Philippine’s Pulitzer Prize) Hall of Fame. His debut screenplay "In the Navel of The Sea" directed by his mentor Marilou Diaz-Abaya premiered at the 1998 Berlin International Film Festival and also won him the Best Screenplay Award from the 1998 Brussels Independent Film Festival. His first indie film "Bwakaw" won several international awards and was screened at Toronto, New York and Tokyo film festivals and was the Philippines’ Oscar entry for Best Foreign Film in 2012. "Kalel, 15" won him the Best Director Award from PÖFF in 2019. Since then, Jun Robles Lana has delighted PÖFF audiences almost every year, with "The Big Night" screening in 2021 and "About Us But Not About Us" in 2022, which won the Best Film Award in the Critics' Picks Competition.
Filmography:
Gigil (2006), My Neighbor's Wife (2011), Bwakaw (2012), Mga kuwentong barbero (Barber's Tales, 2013), Haunted Mansion (2015), Die Beautiful (2016), Ang dalawang Mrs. Reyes (2018), Ang babaeng allergic sa wifi (The Girl Allergic to WiFi, 2018), The Panti Sisters (2019), Unforgettable (2019), Kalel, 15 (PÖFF 2019), Big Night (Suur öö, PÖFF 2021), About Us But Not About Us (Meist, kuid mitte ainult, PÖFF 2022)
Selected: Gigil (2006), My Neighbor's Wife (2011), Bwakaw (2012), Mga kuwentong barbero (Barber's Tales, 2013), Haunted Mansion (2015), Die Beautiful (2016), Ang dalawang Mrs. Reyes (2018), Ang babaeng allergic sa wifi (The Girl Allergic to WiFi, 2018), The Panti Sisters (2019), Unforgettable (2019), Kalel, 15 (PÖFF 2019), Big Night (2021)