Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) 2023 Directed by Khavn

This is not a film by Khavn

Lost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible. The silent past is a horror film. The smell of nitrate in the morning. How many ghosts can the cinema contain? 75 films. 22 years. What is the numerological significance? Too late. Never too late.

Country Philippines

Production Country Philippines

Language Tagalog

Spoken Language Tagalog

Gnere Documentary

Release Date 12 October 2023

63 mins