Matumba, Taya

Name: Matumba, Taya
Director: Jaimiel Elise Lising
Genre: History
Released: 2025-10-01
Cast: Jarra Beatriz Capalad, Leon Luis Nicolas, Jael Gavin Monsoy, Brenda Dagumanpan

Tataya ka bang magbago o mabago?

2025 · 7 min · History

“Matumba, Taya”(Fall, You’re It.) – draws from the Filipino games Tumbang Preso and Baraha, where matumba marks a fall and pagtaya means to take a risk. As two childhood friends, Lara and Lino, grow up, their innocent play turns into a reckoning with real-world injustices—forcing them to choose whether to change the system or be changed by it.

Directed by Jaimiel Elise Lising · Written by Jaimiel Elise Lising

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