Aliyah Balderama

As time passes by with dementia patients, faded memories turn into fragments that their minds could not remember every detail. The power of photos holds in capturing moments, it can be a witness, and also immortalize time. Photographs fade too, over time details from the photo can be erased . But without one’s mindfulness as it degenerates, photos are just another tangible thing we have left. How can a machine process without its processor?

This film is about a fisherman who lives in Isla Puting Bato, where the Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program and the relocation of the informal settlers are about to happen as part of a clean-up drive. Some fishermen like him believe that after more than two decades, their fishing is about to come to an end. They get their food and income directly and indirectly through fishing and other related works like seafood trading, fishnet mending, and fish processing.