Drama · Comedy · Central Luzon
Balikbayan Box
Packed with everything she could not say.
- 2026
- 14 min
- Kapampangan
- Subtitles: English, Filipino
A mother packs a box for a son who stopped calling.
The story
Over one month in Pampanga, a mother fills a balikbayan box for her son in Toronto: canned sardines, a rosary, a jacket he outgrew, and a letter she rewrites every night.
Credits
- Director
- Grace Tolentino
- Writer
- Grace Tolentino
- Cinematography
- Toni Del Rosario
- Editor
- Carlo Padilla
- Music
- Weng Lacson
- Cast
- Rafa Dizon, Abi Ferrer, Gab Sison
Details
- Runtime
- 14 minutes
- Rating
- PG
- Language
- Kapampangan
- Subtitles
- English, Filipino
- Made in
- Central Luzon
- Released
- August 2, 2026
The filmmaker
Grace TolentinoDirector, Writer · Angeles City, Central Luzon · making films since 2014Grace makes family dramas about the distance between those who leave for work abroad and those who wait for the box to arrive.Part of
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