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Filipino Director Brillante Mendoza Talks ‘Motherland’ & Desire To Make Horror, Crime Films
'Motherland,' by veteran Filipino auteur Brillante Mendoza had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF).
The clash was narrated in two special episodes of the anthology series Maalaala Mo Kaya and also retold in works like Wish Ko Lang and Mamasapano: Now It Can Be Told. Mendoza said that while preparing for his film, his team conducted research on the clash based on documents released by the Philippines’ senate and also interviewed special forces members who were involved as well as the families of the deceased. Filmed in the boiling summer season in the Philippines, the team also shot in heavily forested areas in Luzon, which made access for logistics, equipment, electricity and washrooms also very difficult.
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