Aldy Aguirre

Bajingjing, an over-imaginative girl, accidentally swallows a santol seed. Believing that she’ll turn into a santol tree, she then prepares everything for her sick mom before she eventually becomes one.

Nangungupahan follows the different lives of people who occupy a room of an apartment through different points in time. The room may mean differently to each occupant; and by overlapping these timelines, we gain insight about our shared space and history, as well as the bigger structures outside that affect us.