58th (2026)

Directed by

Carl Joseph Papa

Genre

animation, drama, history

Country

Philippines

Runtime

1h 26m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This animated docudrama centers on the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines. It follows one of the victims' children as they cope with the loss, using the last missed body as a narrative thread.

somberintrospectivepersonalgrief-strickenquietly intensedocumentary-likeheavypoignant

What happens

58th is a 2026 Philippine adult animated biographical drama film directed by Carl Joseph Papa, from a screenplay co-written with Aica Riz Ganhinhin. Filmed entirely as a docudrama, the film revolves the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, one of the deadliest massacres to ever occur in the Philippines; the eponymous last victim, whose body was never found over the years, is the primary narrative thread of the massacre, which follows the effect on one of the victims' children. The film was premiered on January 31, 2026 at the Rotterdam Film Festival, and in the Contrechamp section of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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