“Amon Banwa sa Lawud” (“Our Island of the Mangrove Moons”) gala preview

About the Film

The film focuses on the famed mangrove island of Suyac in the Visayas, and how its residents’ lives and livelihood are threatened by the incursions of large, foreign vessels. It depicts the culture and traditions embedded in the fishing community and their plight to preserve the environment.

About the Director

Internationally recognized for his work that often challenges convention, stunning visual poetry, and language in space, playwright and director Anton Juan is a Professor and Theatre director at the University of Notre Dame. He completed his Ph.D. in Semiotics at the Kapodistrian and Panhellenic University of Athens. To honor his contributions to the arts, Juan has been knighted twice by the French government, receiving the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 1992 and the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de Merit in 2002. He received the Alexander Onassis International Award for Theatre (Playwriting), and the Special Jury Prize for Screenplay from the CineManila International Film Festival. Beyond his work at Notre Dame, Juan is also the founding Artistic Director of the Step of Angels Theatre in Athens, Greece and was the Director-General of Dulaang UP, University of the Philippines, where he has taught at the Departments of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, English and Comparative Literature, and European Languages. He was also the Fellow for Drama at the Creative Writing Center of UP. 

Admission

Free and open to the public. Limited seats available. 

Sign up to attend! Register at: https://tinyurl.com/amonbanwa (After signing up, non-Ateneo attendees are also required to fill out this form for campus access: https://forms.gle/okKCXkLayZm8JCaR9)

For inquiries, please email arete@ateneo.edu.