Drama · Cordillera
Hagdan
Steps carved by hand, kept by memory.
- 2026
- 15 min
- Tuwali
- Subtitles: English, Filipino
A son returns to the Ifugao terraces his family has tended for generations.
The story
When his father's knees give out before planting season, a Manila-based architect returns to Ifugao to rebuild a collapsed wall of the family's rice terraces, stone by stone.
Credits
- Director
- Ramon Dulnuan
- Writer
- Bianca Salazar
- Cinematography
- Sam Bautista
- Editor
- Ina Yap
- Music
- Pia Ferrer
- Cast
- Ella Aguilar, Enzo Garcia, Cielo Padilla
Details
- Runtime
- 15 minutes
- Rating
- G
- Language
- Tuwali
- Subtitles
- English, Filipino
- Made in
- Cordillera
- Released
- April 30, 2026
The filmmaker
Ramon DulnuanDirector, Architect · Lagawe, Cordillera · making films since 2015An architect by training, Ramon makes films about the terraces, houses, and boarding houses of the Cordillera, and the hands that keep them standing.Part of
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