Philippine Documentary Films "Sama Dilaut" and "Hugo - A Hidden Past Revealed Bul-Ul" Featured in Stockholm

poster of Philippine documentary film, “Sama Dilaut” (photo from Stockholm PE)

STOCKHOLM 25 September 2023 - Philippine documentary films “Sama Dilaut” and “Hugo - A hidden Past Revealed bul-ul” were shown in Biocafé Tellus in Stockholm, Sweden. The film showing was organized by the Philippine Education Society (PES), a non-profit organization promoting education for Filipinos in the Philippines and Sweden.

“Sama Dilaut” tells the story of the discovery of a community living on the shores of Sabah and Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines known as Sama Dilaut, an ethnolinguistic group. “Hugo - A hidden Past Revealed bul-ul” is a story of a traditional and iconic Ifugao human-like wood carvings from the northern mountains of the Philippines. The sculptures are highly stylized representations of ancestors, and are thought to gain power from the presence of the ancestral spirit.

To culminate the film showing, Director Rhadem Morados was joined on stage by Mr. Michael Dawila-Venning, Sama-Danish Ecologist with deep ties to the Sama Dilaut/Badjao communities, and Mr. Erik Abrahamsson, Swedish Anthropologist, writer and photographer with close studies on indigenous cultures and marine lifestyles for a panel discussion to answer questions from the audience.

Both films were directed by Mr Morados, aka Rhadem Musawah. Embassy’s Cultural Officer Maria Luisa Roque and other personnel attended the film showing which was also viewed by other members of the Filipino community and some local Swedish nationals. END.

A Bulul is a carved wooden figure used to guard the rice crop by the Igorot peoples of northern Luzon. (photo from Stockholm PE)

Mr. Michael Dawila Venning, Mr. Erik Abrahamsson, and Mr. Rhadem Camlian Morados answer questions from the audience. Also in photo is Ms. Menchi Blomquist, who served as the moderator. (photo from Stockholm PE)

For more information, https://stockholmpe.dfa.gov.ph/