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Give Up Tomorrow

Schedule

DateTimeVenue
March 2, 201209:15pmArt Gallery of Alberta

Description

On a stormy night in July 1997, two sisters disappear without a trace…

Simultaneously a murder-mystery and an exposé of endemic corruption in the Philippines today, Give Up Tomorrow looks intimately at the case of Paco Larrañaga, a student accused of murder on the provincial island of Cebu. The film exposes a Kafkaesque world populated by flamboyantly crooked public officials, cops on the take, and a frenzied legal and media circus. It’s also an intimate drama focused on the near mythic struggle of two angry, sorrowful mothers who have dedicated more than a decade to executing or saving one young man.

 

Festivals | Awards

  • Winner, Audience Award, 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
  • Best New Director, Special Jury Prize – 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
  • Winner, Audience Award – Scheffield Doc Festival
  • Winner, Audience Award – Antenna Sydney
  • Winner, Audience Award – Valencia Human Rights Festival
  • Winner, Best Documentary – Anchorage Film Festival
  • Audience Favorite, 2nd Place – Hot Docs Film Festival
  • Winner, Activism Award – Traverse Film Festival

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