Experimental · Eastern Visayas
Tinikling
Don't let the bamboo catch you.
- 2026
- 6 min
- No dialogue
A wordless dance film shot in a single take between two bamboo poles.
The story
Two dancers and two bamboo poles. A single six-minute take on a Leyte basketball court, as the rhythm speeds up past what either of them has practiced.
Credits
- Director
- Iris Lim
- Writer
- Iris Lim
- Cinematography
- Gab Yap
- Editor
- Abi Javier
- Music
- Joaquin Dizon
- Cast
- Rey Sy, Carlo Sison
Details
- Runtime
- 6 minutes
- Rating
- G
- Language
- No dialogue
- Subtitles
- None needed
- Made in
- Eastern Visayas
- Released
- January 20, 2026
The filmmaker
Iris LimDirector, Choreographer · Quezon City, Metro Manila · making films since 2015Iris came to film from contemporary dance. Her work treats movement as dialogue and the city as a stage that never fully goes dark.Part of
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