The Headhunter’s Daughter
CLOSING NIGHT PROGRAM—SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 7:00 PM
Director: Don Josepus Raphael Eblahan
Producers: Alemberg Ang, Hannah Schierbeek
Philippines
Narrative, 2022, 15 min.
The film follows Lynn as she leaves her family behind and travels through the Cordilleran highlands to try her luck in the city as a country singer.
THE HEADHUNTER’S DAUGHTER was the winner of the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Grand Prix at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan is an independent filmmaker born of Ifugao and Visayan descent. Eblahan’s works explore themes of trauma, spirituality, and nature told through the cosmic lens of post-colonial spaces and Indigenous identities. In 2021, Eblahan’s film HILUM won the Student Prize and received Special Mention from the International Jury at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
