CANGREJOS

When tourists stopped coming, desperate islanders turn to crab catching for a living. One of them, Tong, searches for a better life in the island while his friend Espie searches for a way out of the island.

Director & Screenwriter: Zurich Chan
Producer: Gale Osorio
Country of Production: The Philippines
Language: Chavacano (Spanish Creole)
Total Budget: 367,000 USD
Production Company: Binisaya Movement Inc

Awards

SOVOLAB Co-production Grant 2021
Solar Sinag Award Film Distribution Service, SOVOLAB 2021

Official Selection

Berlinale Talents 2020 (Gale Osorio)
TorinoFilmLab Story Editor Trainee 2020 (Gale Osorio)
Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum 2021
Film Development Council of the Philippines International Co-production Fund 2022

Featured

Director
Zurich CHAN

Zurich CHAN is a Filipino Asian Film Academy alumni. His first short film BOCA (2010) competed in Clermont-Ferrand, Tokyo Short Shorts and Busan International Film Festival. His debut feature film TEORIYA (2011) was selected at the Cinemalaya Film Festival and won the Young Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography and Visual Design.

Producer
Gale OSORIO

Gale OSORIO is a Busan Asian Film School, Pustnik Screenwriters’ Residency and Berlinale Talents alumni. She produced Keith Deligero’s features ISKALAWAGS (2013) & LILY (2016) and short BABYLON (2017, Berlinale Shorts). She participated at Ties That Bind with feature project BABYLON in 2019 and is TorinoFilmLab Story Editor Trainee in 2020.