58th (2026)
- Directed by
- Carl Joseph Papa
- Country
- Philippines
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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