Kanakan-Balintagos

Kanakan-Balintagos

Kanakan-Balintagos, formerly known as Auraeus Solito, is a Palawán-Filipino filmmaker and indigenous peoples rights advocate who comes from a lineage of shaman-kings from the Palawán tribe. He was one of the first to be born outside of his tribal land of South Palawan. He was born in Manila and, after graduating from the Philippine Science High School, studied theater at the University of the Philippines, where he received a degree in Theater Arts. One of the leading independent filmmakers in the Philippines, he was chosen as part of in Take 100, The Future of Film in 2010. This book, published by Phaidon Press, New York, is a survey featuring 100 emerging film directors from around the world who have been selected by 10 internationally prominent film festival directors.

  • Title: Kanakan-Balintagos
  • Popularity: 0.2473
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1969-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Manila, Philippines
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  • Also Known As: Kanakan-Balintagos, Kanakan Balintagos
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Kanakan-Balintagos Movies

  • 1997
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    Rizal in Dapitan

    Rizal in Dapitan

    6 1997 HD

    Dr. Jose Rizal was exiled in Dapitan from 1892-1896. These were his last four years. Dapitan served as his prison cell. He always compared it to...

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  • 2010
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    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

    4.8 2010 HD

    Documentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.

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  • 1999
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    Pagbabalik sa Tribo

    Pagbabalik sa Tribo

    1 1999 HD

    Howie Severino, who grew up on the American East Coast, returned to the Philippines and found work as a journalist. As he follows the story of...

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  • 1986
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    Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema

    Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema

    1 1986 HD

    With interviews with National Artists Lamberto Avellana and Lino Brocka and myriad talents from the Mowelfund community such as Nick Deocampo and...

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  • 2005
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    The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

    The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

    7 2005 HD

    Maxi, a boy on the cusp of his teens, is already comfortable with his homosexual feelings, with acceptance from his family. When Maxi is assaulted...

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  • 2011
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    Busong

    Busong

    5 2011 HD

    Punay was born with wounds on her feet so that she cannot step on the earth. Her brother, Angkarang, carries her through a hammock, as he searches...

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  • 2014
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    Esprit de Corps

    Esprit de Corps

    5.286 2014 HD

    Many have been aspiring for the position of Major Mac Favila, who is every cadet's ideal officer considering he is sharp, snappy, witty, and most of...

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  • 2014
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    Esprit de Corps

    Esprit de Corps

    5.286 2014 HD

    Many have been aspiring for the position of Major Mac Favila, who is every cadet's ideal officer considering he is sharp, snappy, witty, and most of...

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  • 2002
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    Sacred Ritual of Truth

    Sacred Ritual of Truth

    1 2002 HD

    Solito returns to his hometown on Palawan Island and captures the sacred rituals and daily lives of its people on film. We see the ongoing...

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  • 2009
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    Boy

    Boy

    4.2 2009 HD

    A poet sells his collection of comic books and action figures in order to afford to hire a male stripper on New Years Eve.

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  • 1995
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    The Brief Lifespan of Fire, Act 2, Scene 2: Suring and the Kuk-ok

    The Brief Lifespan of Fire, Act 2, Scene 2: Suring and the Kuk-ok

    1 1995 HD

    Suring casts a spell of immense beauty, but is persecuted by humanity. She retreats to the forests, far from the prying eyes of humans. There, she...

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  • 1995
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    The Brief Lifespan of Fire, Act 2, Scene 2: Suring and the Kuk-ok

    The Brief Lifespan of Fire, Act 2, Scene 2: Suring and the Kuk-ok

    1 1995 HD

    Suring casts a spell of immense beauty, but is persecuted by humanity. She retreats to the forests, far from the prying eyes of humans. There, she...

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  • 2012
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    Baybayin

    Baybayin

    1 2012 HD

    A man gets involved with two mystic sisters who happened to save him from dying ashore.

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  • 2012
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    Baybayin

    Baybayin

    1 2012 HD

    A man gets involved with two mystic sisters who happened to save him from dying ashore.

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  • 2007
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    Pisay

    Pisay

    1 2007 HD

    The film, set in the 1980s, is centred upon a young student, from 1982 as a freshman and ending in 1986. The background is the last years of Martial...

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  • 2005
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    Tuli

    Tuli

    6 2005 HD

    The daughter of a circumciser rebels and challenges the status quo when she is asked to take over her father's job.

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  • 1998
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    Black Nuisance

    Black Nuisance

    1 1998 HD

    An ode to Rogelio Sikat’s classic Filipino short story “Impeng Negro,” about a boy who is both Filipino and Black.

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  • 2011
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    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    3.8 2011 HD

    An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was...

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  • 2007
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    Pisay

    Pisay

    1 2007 HD

    The film, set in the 1980s, is centred upon a young student, from 1982 as a freshman and ending in 1986. The background is the last years of Martial...

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  • 2005
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    The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

    The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

    7 2005 HD

    Maxi, a boy on the cusp of his teens, is already comfortable with his homosexual feelings, with acceptance from his family. When Maxi is assaulted...

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  • 1970
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    Ang Maikling Buhay ng Apoy Act 2 Scene 2: Suring at ang Kuk-ok

    Ang Maikling Buhay ng Apoy Act 2 Scene 2: Suring at ang Kuk-ok

    1 1970 HD

    A Palawan myth. Suring invokes the spell of Parimanis, a spell of absolute beauty, and befriends a Kuk-ok, a creature whose fingers are stuck...

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