Family · Drama · Ilocos
Kalabaw
He was never just a farm animal.
- 2026
- 7 min
- Ilocano
- Subtitles: English, Filipino
A boy refuses to let his family sell the carabao he grew up with.
The story
When the harvest fails in Ilocos Sur, a boy hides the family carabao in an old church ruin and keeps it fed for a week while his father looks for a buyer.
Credits
- Director
- Lea Agbayani
- Writer
- Lea Agbayani
- Cinematography
- Gab Yap
- Editor
- Abi Javier
- Music
- Joaquin Dizon
- Cast
- Rey Sy, Carlo Sison, Toni Manalo
Details
- Runtime
- 7 minutes
- Rating
- G
- Language
- Ilocano
- Subtitles
- English, Filipino
- Made in
- Ilocos
- Released
- July 9, 2026
The filmmaker
Lea AgbayaniDirector, Writer · Laoag, Ilocos · making films since 2017Lea writes in Ilocano first and translates later. Her films are about farmers, grandmothers, and people who come home.Part of
Similar shorts
