Name: Banal
Director: Elvert Bañares
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 8 min

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What is Banal about?

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Banal is about this darkly lyrical prayer for forgiveness is the first Filipino short film to win the Best Independent Film Award from the Regions from the Cultural Center of the Philippines. An associative sequence of cemetery and religious motifs, based on a dark and shadowy contrast of light and shadow, follows the specter of a woman confessing her sins at her own grave.

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Who directed Banal?

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Elvert Bañares directed Banal.

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