2076 Kolektib

20/12/2025

ALT-R HEROES 2025: The Final Frame at SINEGANG.ph!
Thanks for the feature Saund Axl Rose Mendez!

13 short films took center stage at Sine Pop as ALT-R HEROES 2025 capped a six-month journey across cities and communities, celebrating cinema of social consciousness and stories from the margins.

Read the full story: https://www.sinegang.ph/local-news/alt-r-heroes-2025-closing-at-sine-pop-sarm

20/12/2025

“Ultimately, my own goal is to be a good soldier of cinema.”
— Werner Herzog

At 2076 Kolektib, we hold onto this idea:
to serve cinema with discipline, courage, and responsibility—
even when it’s difficult, uncertain, or unglamorous.

Cinema as commitment.
Cinema as work.
Cinema as service.

19/12/2025

FINAL FRAME ZINE
ALT-R HEROES 2025

18/12/2025

The Class of ALT-R Heroes 2025

18/12/2025

2076 Kolektib x ALT-R Heroes 2025: The Final Frame

17/12/2025

16/12/2025

ALT-R HEROES 2025 – 2076 KOLEKTIB FILM PRIZE

Winner:

SAMA BELLA — Pia Duran

Citation:
This award honors a film that embodies the fullest expression of what ALT-R HEROES stands for: clarity of vision, coherence of craft, and deep engagement with the theme “From LGBT Rights to Human Rights.”
The jury praised its grounded storytelling, cultural specificity, and powerful portrayal of trans, indigenous, and diasporic identity. Rooted in community and shaped by compassion, the film confronts displacement, erasure, and resilience with emotional precision and depth.
The 2076 Kolektib Film Prize is awarded to Sama Bella by Pia Duran.
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ALT-R HEROES 2025
Theme: From LGBT Rights to Human Rights
Awarded at the Final Frame
15 December 2025
Sine Pop, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines
Presented by GagaOOLala
A project of 2076 Kolektib

16/12/2025

ALT-R HEROES 2025 – VISIONARY AWARD

Winner:
EDSEL GASMEN — Tumbang Press(o)

Citation:
This award recognizes a director whose artistic voice shapes every aspect of the film’s world. The jury admired the director’s precise command of satire, pacing, visual language, and thematic clarity—resulting in a bold, socially charged vision.
The ALT-R HEROES Visionary Award is awarded to Edsel Gasmen for Tumbang Press(o).

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ALT-R HEROES 2025
Theme: From LGBT Rights to Human Rights

Awarded at the Final Frame
15 December 2025
Sine Pop, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines

Presented by GagaOOLala
A project of 2076 Kolektib

16/12/2025

ALT-R HEROES 2025 – FINAL FRAME AWARD
(Festival Director's Choice)

Winner:
Khert Gabayeron – Al-Owlah
Citation:
This award recognizes a filmmaker whose work embodies the core of the 2076 Kolektib—cinema rooted in lived experience, social consciousness, and moral clarity.

Al-Owlah offers a restrained yet deeply human portrayal of a young Muslim boy displaced by conflict in Mindanao, navigating loss, silence, and survival within a mass housing complex in Metro Manila. Through careful observation and emotional honesty, the film renders displacement not as spectacle, but as everyday reality—where faith, memory, and longing quietly persist.

For its realistic depiction of internal migration, its compassionate attention to a marginalized child’s inner life, and its clear articulation of Cinema of Social Consciousness through lived experience, The Final Frame Award (Festival Director’s Choice) is presented to Khert Gabayeron for Al-Owlah.

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ALT-R HEROES 2025
Theme: From LGBT Rights to Human Rights

Awarded at the Final Frame
15 December 2025
Sine Pop, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines

Presented by GagaOOLala
A project of 2076 Kolektib

16/12/2025

ALT-R HEROES 2025 –GAWAD BALANGAW -JURY PRIZE

Winner:
MALISBONG 50 — Justine Polanco
Citation:
The Jury Prize acknowledges a work of profound emotional and cultural significance. The jury recognized this film for its courageous engagement with historical trauma and its deeply human portrayal of grief, memory, and survival.
The Gawad Balangaw – Jury Prize for Film is awarded to Malisbong 50.

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ALT-R HEROES 2025
Theme: From LGBT Rights to Human Rights
Awarded at the Final Frame
15 December 2025
Sine Pop, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines
Presented by GagaOOLala
A project of 2076 Kolektib

16/12/2025

ALT-R HEROES 2025 – SPECIAL JURY CITATION

Winner:
ODE TO LAVENDER — Rey Anthony Villaverde

Citation:
This citation honors a film that expands cinematic language through innovation of form and emotional articulation. The jury recognized its bold fusion of imagery, sound, music, and desire—crafting an intimate cinematic world that is both experimental and deeply felt.

The Special Jury Citation is awarded to Ode to Lavender.

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ALT-R HEROES 2025
Theme: From LGBT Rights to Human Rights
Awarded at the Final Frame
15 December 2025
Sine Pop, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines
Presented by GagaOOLala
A project of 2076 Kolektib