Ngatta Naddaki y Nuang?
Kinofest 2025

In a small rural town in the Philippines, Oyo, a 23 year-old nurse, goes home to visit his grandparents and reminisce one last time before he migrates to Canada. RJ, his childhood friend and tricycle driver, accompanies him doing his bucket list of things, and to find a carabao he can take a picture with. They visit their elementary teachers: Ma’am Cabalza has amnesia, Sir Ulep has left, and Ma’am Maborrang just fainted. He accompanies his grandparents to the doctor, about a back pain his grandmother is experiencing. And lastly, he can’t seem to find any carabao in their ever changing town. On their way to the airport, the tricycle gets a flat tire. They stop near an abandoned, unfinished bridge. Oyo walks towards it and along it, seeing the river and the mountains beyond. RJ follows and they both sit at the edge of the unfinished bridge.

© Austin Tan