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SYNOPSIS
Gibson Bonifacio stopped speaking when he was a child.
Now twenty years old, he is back in Manila for Christmas.
While always festive in the Philippines, for his family it is
tinged with sadness, marking the anniversary of his twin
brothers death. Against the backdrop of the vibrant local
music scene, his childhood best friend tries to reconnect with
him, while he unexpectedly finds a chance at his first, real
romantic relationship.
Gibson reconsiders and redefines his relationship with his
family, with himself, even with his dead brother: the only
person he talks to.

TECH SPECS
RUNNING TIME:
COUNTRY:
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1 hour, 55 min, 35 sec.

Philippines
Tagalog & English
English
HD (Color)
1:1.85 (16x9)

NEWS

Renowned commercial and music video director Marie Jamora finally presents her long-awaited feature-length film debut with ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT
ISNT THERE). A project almost ten years in development, the film is composed of images, characters, scenes and dialogue Jamora has been collecting
since college and her years studying Film at Columbia University. She assembled a cast of prodigious talents, most from a series of open auditions and
Cinemalaya casting sessions, fortunately getting her first choice performer for each major role. She initially thought her twin leads would be one actor
playing both roles, but was blown away when the Roco twins came in to audition for her. She thought it would never have been possible to find amazing
twin actors in the exact age range she needed. Her crew consists of trusted friends and professionals she has worked with in the past, including Hong
Kong cinematographer Ming Kai Leung (her classmate at Columbia). This is my dream film, said the director, one Ive been thinking about for years,
and there is nothing better than being able to make it with some of my best friends, who also happen to be damn good at their jobs. I have never been
so happy on a set in my life.
They enjoyed a successful run during Julys Cinemalaya Film Festival, with positive word of mouth created by fans, receiving favorable reviews, and
almost every screening selling out as a result. At the close of the festival the film took home two prizes: Best Original Musical Score and Audience
Choice (New Breed), an award determined by votes from the Cinemalaya audience. No mean feat, considering this was the best-attended Cinemalaya
yet, with a 12% increase in viewership over last year. Over the span of the festival the hashtag #AngNawawala was found to be trending on Twitter
twice. The films afterparty ANG NAGWAWALA (roughly translated to: GOING WILD) was also a massive hit with a thousand people in attendance, with
all the bands on the soundtrack performing, sometimes with the films actors onstage to dance along.
At the beginning of 2013, Rappler.com, an extremely popular Filipino news and social site) held their Social Media Awards 2012 on Facebook, having
the masses vote for their favorite TV shows, films, musicians, and celebrities. WHAT ISN T THERE was on a list along with The Avengers, Argo, The Dark
Knight Rises, and Twilight, and, based on the number of votes, WHAT ISNT THERE won Best Film of 2012. The film was also named one of the 12
Must See Pictures of the Year by Clickthecity.com, the Filipino version of Time Out NY, and one of the Top 20 Pinoy Films of 2012 by Twitch writer,
Oggs Cruz on another popular site and TV network, ABS-CBN.com. Our leading lady, Annicka Dolonius, has also been named one of the 10 Best Screen
Actresses of 2012 by the No.1 business daily newspaper in the Philippines, The Business Mirror.
The 2013 SLAMDANCE Film Festival will be the international premiere of the film. The team is very excited as it is the only Asian full-length film in the
festival, and it is the first Filipino film that has ever been in competition for the Slamdance Narrative Feature Competition.

DIRECTORS STATEMENT

Our third world country is known for poverty-centric films, but I have always wanted to make a Filipino coming-of-age-slash-suburban family drama
featuring upper middle class characters. I wanted to tell a modern story located in Manila and set against the backdrop of the indie music scene.
We wanted to share something personal with the audience -- to showcase a different side of our hometown, inhabited with characters that arent
usually seen in contemporary Philippine cinema. I am a filmmaker that has grown up watching American TV shows and movies, and this is the
film that I have been dreaming to make for more than ten years.
The idea about twins, identity, and selective mutism is something I have been writing about since my senior year in college. I even workshopped a
draft at Columbia film school in 2003. And yet, I only felt ready to undertake the film after a friends drunken dare at a New Years Party in 2011.
Ang Nawawala has two definitions when translated into English. On one hand, it could mean, Whats Missing, and on the other hand, it could
also mean, The Lost, and both speak of the emotional states of all the people in our film. My co-writer, Ramon De Veyra, came up with both
Filipino and English titles, and I immediately connected to What Isnt There because I felt it encompassed everything we were trying to achieve.
Before he passed away, one of our countrys greatest film critics, Alexis Tioseco, stated it best when he published his Wishlist for Philippine
Cinema:
I wish someone, anyone, would make a good, thought-provoking film about the Philippine upper-class.

The Letter I Would Love to Read to You in Person, Rogue Magazine, July 2008

Ramon and I were friends with Alexis, who died much too early in his life, and who adored Filipino films. I am not sure if we made the particular
motion picture he speaks of, but we certainly tried our best.

CAST BIOGRAPHIES
DOMINIC ROCO (GIBSON) is the son of legendary Filipino film actor, Bembol Roco (whose most current film,

Brillante Mendozas THY WOMB, won at the Venice Film Festival), and the younger identical twin brother of
Felix Roco. He started acting when he was 15 years old, featured in the countless television shows like
QPIDS, SUPER INGGO, FANTASTIKIDS, SUPERTWINS, PANDAY KIDS, SISID, LEGACY, MAKAPILING KANG MULI, and
he is now busy shooting INDIO. He has starred in the films OTSO-OTSO PAMELA-MELA WAN, SHAKE RATTLE
AND ROLL XI, Joel Lamangans MANO PO 6, Danny Anonuevos REKRUT (Montreal World Film Festival, Star
Awards nominee, and Cinemalaya Film Festival winner), and Dante Nico Garcias MADALING ARAW,
MAHABANG GABI. ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISNT THERE) is Dominics first leading role.
https://twitter.com/dominicroco

ANNICKA DOLONIUS (ENID) started acting when she was 19, starring in Auraeus Solitos award-winning

PISAY (PHILIPPINE SCIENCE) (winning at the Vesoul Asian Film Festival, Cinemalaya Film Festival, and Star
Awards) her first role garnering her a Golden Screen Award nomination for Best Breakthrough
Performance by an Actress. Being of Swedish-Filipino descent, she then did music video, TV commercial,
and modeling work for the next few years. After doing ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISNT THERE), she signed a
5-year exclusive contract under MSB Talent Management and with GMA Artist Center, one of the biggest
television networks in the Philippines. Her latest TV appearances include ONE TRUE LOVE and PAROA. She
is currently filming her next indie project, Jade Castros political comedy called JUANA CHANGE THE MOVIE.
https://twitter.com/annickadolonius

FELIX ROCO (JAMIE) is older than his identical twin, Dominic, by two minutes. They started their acting career
both at 15 years old: both on all the same television shows, but Felix got his feature film breaks earlier.
He starred in Roman Olivares UPCAT, which then led to his role in Pepe Dioknos Venice Film Festival
winning ENGKWENTRO (CLASH), earning him Best Actor nominations from the Golden Screen Awards and
the Gawad Urian Awards in 2010. He continues to guest-star on a variety of television shows like DARNA,
100 DAYS TO HEAVEN, ROSALKA, and ANGELITO: BATANG AMA. He was also in Joel Lamangans multi-award
winning SAGRADA FAMILIA and DUKOT (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards, Film Academy
of the Philippines, Star Awards). He was recently in Adolfo Alixs MATER DOLOROSA (Cinema One
Originals), and will be seen in Mark Meilys EL PRESIDENTE in December (Metro Manila Film Festival).

https://twitter.com/felix_roco

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DAWN ZULUETA (ESME) is a legendary Filipino film-television actress, host, and commercial model, who

holds the distinction of winning BOTH the Filipino Academy of Movies Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) awards
for Best Lead Actress for Carlos Siguion Reynas HIHINTAYIN KITA SA LANGIT (Bangkoks ASEAN Film
Festival) and Best Supporting Actress for Laurice Guillens UNA KANG NAGING AKIN in 1991. She was also
declared by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Foundation Entertainment Award as the Box Office Queen of
1994 for starring in that year's highest-grossing film: Carlo J. Caparas THE MAGGIE DELA RIVA STORY
(GODWHY ME?) For her 1993 film, Joe Mari Avellanas KUNG MAWAWALA KA PA, she also won Best
Actress from the Metro Manila Film Festival and the FAMAS Awards. In 1994, she won Best Actress from
the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) Star Awards for her role in Jose Javier Reyes BUHAY NG BUHAY KO.
In her career, she has also received multiple nominations (for both lead and supporting roles) from the
prestigious Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP) Gawad Urian Awards.
In 1996, she was cited in The Manila Times as the 10th Best Filipino Actress from 1970 to 1996. In
addition, in 1999, The Manila Standard named her as one of the Top 10 Actresses of the 1990s.

Dawn took a respite from films after her 1997 movie Emmanuel Borlazas TO SAUDI WITH LOVE. Six years
later, she made her comeback in the 2003 family ensemble-drama FILIPINAS, going back to television
acting. In 2010, she returned to the musical theater stage after 12 years, taking the lead role in Stephen
Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. She currently stars in the #1 TV show in the Philippines, on ABS-CBN'S
WALANG HANGGAN and will be doing more films, commercials, and TV shows in the next year.

BOBOY GARROVILLO (WES) is a singer, songwriter, and member of the celebrated and multi-awarded Philippine

pop group, the APO Hiking Society, who have released 25 albums. They have toured all over the world,
even having a sold out performance at Carnegie Hall. He has been acting since the 1970s, his most notable
role being the bumbling Yakuza agent in Mike de Leons award-winning comedy, KAKABAKABA KA BA?,
where he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by the Gawad Urian Awards. He hosted the primetime
TV variety show, SANGLINGGO NA PO SILA, which ran for 9 years, and did theater work, doing the lead
roles in the Tanghalang Pilipino stage plays of PINOY AGONISTES and ANG SINUNGALING. He is currently
acting in various television dramas like DIVA, ALICE BUNGISNGIS & HER WONDER WALIS, ASO NI SAN ROQUE,
and has starred Dante Nico Garcias MADALING ARAW, MAHABANG GABI and Wenn V. Deramass THIS GUYS
IN LOVE WITH U MARE! In 2012, a musical film inspired by and using APO Hiking Society songs was also
just released, Chris Martinezs I DO BIDOO BIDOO: HETO NAPO SILA!
https://twitter.com/Bob_Garr

ALCHRIS GALURA (TEDDY) started acting on television when he was 10 years old, but his breakthrough

performance was when he was 13, starring in Mario OHaras acclaimed WOMAN OF BREAKWATER, and
earning himself nominations for Best Child Actor from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences and
Best Supporting Actor from the Gawad Urian Awards. In 2005, he was nominated Best Supporting Actor at
the Golden Screen Awards, this time for Ellen Ongkeko-Marfils MGA PUSANG GALA (Best First Feature at
the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival). A year later, he won Best Actor at the
Cinemalaya Film Festival and the Golden Screen Awards for his role as an Ifugao boy dreaming of a pair of
shoes in Benji Garcias BATAD SA PAANG PALAY. In 2007, he got another Gawad Urian nomination for Best
Supporting Actor in Jade Castros award-winning ENDO. He has also starred in Rommel Sales SLOW FADE
(Metro Manila Film Festival), Lee Meily & Nelson Caguilas PINTAKASI (Golden Screen Awards and Metro
Manila Film Festival winner), Joaquin Valdes DAGIM (Star Awards, Gawad Urian Awards), and Danny
Anonuevos REKRUT (Montreal World Film Festival nominee). Currently, he is acting in television shows and
mainstream films.
https://twitter.com/Kami_No_Senshi

MERCEDES CABRAL (SIMONE) is most known for her work with Brillante Mendoza, her first film was

SERVICE (Cannes Film Festival) in 2008. She then did Mendozas KINATAY (Cannes Film Festival Best
Director winner), CAPTIVE (Berlin International Film Festival), and THY WOMB (Venice Film Festival
2012). She was also in Park Chan-Wooks critically acclaimed THIRST (Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize
winner). She has starred in over 40 films, more notably Chris Martinezs THE WOMAN IN THE SEPTIC
TANK (Asian Film Awards, Vancouver Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival), Erick Saluds
LIGO NA U LAPIT NA ME (Golden Screen and Cinemalaya Award winner), and Alvin Yapans THE RAPTURE
OF FE (Cairo International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival). In 2008, she was voted
Most Beautiful Actress at Cannes, and she is also the only Filipino actress who is a member of the Asia
Pacific Actors Network at Pusan. In 2011, she was nominated for Best Actress at the Gawad Urian Awards
for her role in Alvin Yapans GAYUMA (PILGRIM LOVERS). This year, she will be shooting a film in
Denmark with Frederikke Aspock.

https://twitter.com/thedancingbunny

KELVIN YU (MAC) has been the bassist for the popular rock band, the Itchyworms, for the last 15 years. In

2006, they won Album of the Year for their second record, Noontime Show. In 2007, they won the
Best Alternative Music award at the 19th Awit Awards for their hit single Akin Ka Na Lang. His first
role was as a Chinese henchman in Mario Cornejos 2005 Cinemalaya Film Festival and Gawad Urian
Award- winning film, BIG TIME. He then acted as the title character of Marie Jamoras Columbia
University thesis film, DEXTER CALLIOPE AND THE ADARNA BIRD. He also plays bass for his other band,
the 9-piece hip-hop juggernaut, Corporate Lo-Fi, and is often confused by IMDb as the Asian-American
actor, the other Kelvin Yu.

https://twitter.com/itchykel

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JENNY JAMORA (COREY) is an acclaimed actress in the Philippine theater scene.
She was nominated for an
Aliw Award for her performance in THE BLUE ROOM (New Voice Company) and has traveled around Asia
for performances in THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, ASPECTS OF LOVE (NVC), and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
(Atlantis Productions). Most recently, she was a lead in the world stage debut of Paul Fleischmans
MINDS EYE.
She took acting courses with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and The Actors Centre in
London, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. She
heads Talent Development for the Philippine Theater Actors Guild and is launching her own theater
company in July.

https://twitter.com/jennyjamora

MARC ABAYA(MICHAEL) is the eldest son of one of the most important film directors in the history of the

Philippines, Marilou Diaz-Abaya. He started out as a musician for his high school band, Shirley Beans,
before he became the frontman and guitarist for one of the most successful and multi-awarded Filipino
bands, Sandwich, in 1998. From 2003-2007, he was a popular VJ for MTV Philippines when he decided
to form another band, Kjwan (who won the 2007 IKON Southeast Asian music competition and an
International Achievement Recognition Award from the Awit Awards). He left Sandwich in 2005, and
started acting in films and television commercials. Since then, he has starred in Mo Zees ELEGIE, Ming
Kai Leungs THREE BOYS, Mateo Guezs OFF WORLD (2010 ReelWorld Film Festival winner for
Outstanding Canadian Feature Film), Rommel Sales i-LIBINGS, Jerrold Tarogs ASWANG, and Cesar
Montanos THE TURNING CRADLE. In 2010, he won Best Supporting Actor in the Cinema One Originals
Film Festival for his role as a charismatic tribe leader in Joaquin Valdes DAGIM. He is currently doing
very well as a television soap actor.
https://twitter.com/marcabaya

SABRINA MAN (PROMISE) started out as Best Talent in Little Miss Laguna as well as Lil Earth Angel-

Air in Miss Philippines Earth when she was 7 years old. Her first film was Paul Sta. Ana & Alvin Yapans
HULING PASADA (Cinemalaya Film Festival winner) in 2008. Since then, she has been nominated as
Best Child Performer by the Metro Manila Film Festival for her roles in Rico Gutierrezs SHAKE RATTLE
& ROLL XI, Joel Lamangans MANO PO 6, and Jose Javier Reyes MY HOUSEHUSBAND: IKAW NA! She has
been in the television shows PIDOLS WONDERLAND, LUNA MYSTIKA, DARNA, BLUSANG ITIM, BANTATAY,
PANDAY KIDS, ALICE BUNGISNGIS & HER WONDER WALIS. She is currently one of the hosts of the hit kids
show, TROPANG POTCHI.
https://twitter.com/TheSabrinaMan

FILMMAKER BIOGRAPHIES
MARIE JAMORA (DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER/CO-MUSIC SUPERVISOR/CO-EDITOR)
is an award-winning music video director from the Philippines, who has also been a drummer for her bands Boldstar and
Blast Ople for more than a decade. Since 2001, she has directed 45 music videos for multi-awarded Filipino musicians,
which have had over 30 nominations and 8 wins from the MTV Pilipinas Awards, NU107 Rock Awards, Awit Awards, and
the MYX Music Awards. In 2005, she received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film from Columbia University, NYC.
As a Director, her undergraduate short film adaptation of a Roald Dahl short story, PATA YAN/PATAYAN (A POUND OF
FLESH/THE KILLING), won Best Narrative Short at the Ateneo Video Open. Her Columbia experimental short film, DIRTY
LAUNDRY, was in exhibition at the Cinemanila International Film Festival. Her 2004 Columbia short film, QUEZON CITY,
about a man who keeps his life in street syndicates hidden from his unsuspecting wife, was in competition at the
Cinemanila International Film Festival, the University of the Philippines Cineastes INDEO Short Film Festival (winning
Best Actor), and was in exhibition for IFP Wests Buzz Cuts in NYC and the Women In Film Festival in Singapore. In
2007, she produced Ming Kai Leungs thesis short film, THREE BOYS, and in 2008, she
challenged herself by directing the first season of PROJECT RUNWAY PHILIPPINES, building
the show from the ground up. The show got nominated for Best Adaptation of an Existing
Format at the 14th Asian Television Awards. She is currently an in-house director at Gung Ho
Films, and has been a film teacher at the Ateneo de Manila University for the past five years.
WHAT ISNT THERE is Jamoras debut feature film, which won grants from the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival.
In the 8th Cinemalaya Film Festival last July 2012, it won the Audience Choice Award, as well
as Best Original Score in the New Breed Category.
https://twitter.com/mariejamora

RAMON DE VEYRA (CO-WRITER/CO-PRODUCER/CO-MUSIC SUPERVISOR)

has been writing professionally since he was 16. He has written many articles for both
newspapers (mainly The Philippine Star, the nation's leading daily paper) and magazines
(currently he is contributing editor to Esquire Philippines). He has written for television,
both reality shows (the first season of PROJECT RUNWAY PHILIPPINES, the lifestyle
magazine show MAD MAD FUN) and fictional narrative (the college band dramedy RAKISTA).
He has written several film scripts, two of which were produced, and is at work on the next.
https://twitter.com/ramondeveyra

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MING KAI LEUNG (DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY) was born and raised in Hong Kong, and obtained his MFA degree in Film at Columbia University, NYC.

In 2009, he attended the Asian Film Academy and won an Outstanding Performance Award presented by Technicolor. His first feature as a DP, MUNDANE
HISTORY, was part of the New Current Competition of Pusan Film Festival 2009. It also won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film
Festival 2010, Transilvania Trophy at the Trans Transilvania
International Film Festival, Grand Prix at Era New Horizon International Film Festival,
Poland. It was also part of the Debut Cinematographers Competition at Plus Camerimage Film Festival in Poland. The past year, he has been shooting
feature films in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and New York.

BERNARD DACANAY (PRODUCER/POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR/CO-COLORIST/2nd UNIT CINEMATOGRAPHY) is Co-owner and Executive

Producer of Brainchild Creative Solutions Corporation. He is an alumnus of the Communication program of the Ateneo de Manila University where he
received the Deans Award for Screen Arts. His early films earned him awards from The KODAK Filmschool Competition, the Gawad CCP (Cultural
Center of the Philippines), and the Ateneo Video Open. He has spent the last ten years directing and producing music videos, commercials, and
corporate videos for Brainchild and other production groups. He has also produced TV serials namely Pesos & Sense (GMA NEWS TV) and Street
Smart (National Geographic Channel). He also produced Rommel Sales SLOW FADE (Metro Manila Film Festival, Cinemabuhay International Grant).
https://twitter.com/bernarddacanay

JOHN SY (PRODUCER) is a not-so accidental movie producer. He is a serial entrepreneur with exposure in Southeast Asia and North America, with

start-up experience as a founder and/or a proactive investor. He has just launched Roughcutblender.com, which is a new blend in films coming soon.
https://twitter.com/crisp168

TRINKA LAT (PRODUCER/PRODUCTION DESIGNER/SET DECORATOR) is Co-owner of Brainchild Creative Solutions Corporation, as well as a

production designer, set decorator and interior stylist. She has done PD for Jim Libirans HAPPYLAND (Cinemanila International Film Festival 2010,
London Reel Gate International Film Festival 2012), Cesar Apolinarios BANAL (Metro Manila Film Festival winner, Filipino Academy of Movie Arts
and Sciences nominee), and Quark Henares SUPERNOYPI and WAG KANG LILINGON. She produced the National Geographic Philippines TV show,
STREET SMART. Internationally, she has done set dressing work in Germany, working on Tom Tykwers THREE and Leander Haussmans HOTEL LUX.
She also production designed the National Geographic USA documentary, THE HUMAN FAMILY TREE, and art directed the Discovery Channel UK
documentaries, I SHOULDNT BE ALIVE and MY KID SURIVIVED.
https://twitter.com/trinkalat

DAPHNE O. CHIU (PRODUCER/LINE PRODUCER) is an alumni of The International Academy for Film and Television, Cebu. She was Associate Producer

for Ian Loreos THE LEAVING (
) (Cinemalaya Best Cinematography, Best Production Design & Best Supporting Actress 2010), LP/PM for
Rommel Sales i-LIBINGS (i-FUNERALS). She was Producer/Production Manager for Antoinette Jadaones SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION FROM LILIA
CUNTAPAY (Cinema One Originals 2011 Awards, Gawad Urian Awards, 17th Busan International Film Festival, Luang Prabang Film Festival, and the
Udine Far East Film Festival. Currently, she is in pre-production for three new feature films.
https://twitter.com/palasyonidaphne

BEST OF 2012 LISTS

Best Film of 2012

Rapplers Social Media Awards

http://www.rappler.com/

Top 20 Pinoy Films of 2012

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/01/02/13/top-20-pinoy-films-2012

One of 12 Must-See Pictures of the Year

http://www.clickthecity.com/movies/?p=17227

One of 8 Gr8 2012 Movies

http://8list.ph/site/articles/thegr8list-2012-movies-108.html

One of 10 Best Screen Actors of 2012

One of 10 Best Screen Actresses of 2012

http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/lifestyle/show/7599-the-best-screenactors-of-2012
http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/lifestyle/show/7259-the-best-screenactresses-of-2012

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REVIEWS & ACCOLADES

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It is paced like a rock star, relaxed when it needs to be but quick at the edges.
The visuals are absolutely lovely, revealing an angle of the city that is patterned, orderly, the
absolute opposite of the maniacal chaos of the various slums and squatters' colonies that have
been featured tirelessly in other films about Manila.
Marie Jamora and co-writer Ramon De Veyra has carefully conjured a coming-of-age tale that
withdraws from the traditions of the genre. Instead of the raging hormones of burgeoning
maturity or the delightful impulses of first love, ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISNT THERE) maps the
redemption of lost years spent making sense of a childhood trauma that resulted in the most
enduring of heartaches.

www.twitchfilm.com

Plastered wall to wall with incredible musicmost of which was recorded live for the film
WHAT ISNT THERE
has an aray of fun, humorous moments and beautiful visual imagery.

http://www.slugmag.com/

A-
"This is what sets this movie apart, its ability to crawl under your skin and stay with
you long after the credits have ended. There is no enemy here. There is no real hero.
What we dont see, or in this case hear, onscreen, we end up feeling for ourselves."

http://www.itsfilm.com/

THE PHILIPPINE STAR

www.philstar.com

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"ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISNT THERE) tells a small story and lets it grow into something wonderful.
It is a movie made up of the small moments that mean so much, the pregnant pauses and
meaningful silences that fill up so much of our lives. It is all strangely unfamiliar. Cinema tends to
favor confession and confrontation, where all the crying and screaming can happen. ANG NAWAWALA
takes place after all that is done, and people are just trying to cope. It pulls this off with style to
spare, pointing at a world full of strange wonder, good music, and loves yet to be found."
It is Dawn Zuluetas silence that is most arresting in this picture. She wears the history of her
character on her face, making it apparent in every single scene just how much shes holding in. Its
a stunning performance.

www.clickthecity.com

For a film that took a decade to make, Miss Marie Jamora, it was worth the wait.
The film also demonstrates that sometimes, amid the beautiful music, or underneath the
silence of unspeakable emotions, we find peace in what it isnt there. But if we see, listen,
and feel close enough, we will find happiness in what is before us.

THE MANILA BULLETIN

www.mb.com.ph

"It's heartfelt and stylish, and unabashedly the zeitgeist film for the members of this post-punk,
post-slacker, post-everything generation who sufferlike all of usthe irony, the heartbreak, the
long process of growing up and letting go."
Dominic Roco is a revelation as the damaged boy, the left behind twin, compelling without having to
say anything.
This is Dawn Zulueta's best work ever.

A story that makes for one of the most memorable coming-of-age stories to come out of the
local independent film pool.

www.spot.ph

THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

lifestyle.inquirer.net

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This pictures unique charm clearly lies in its subtle and fleeting moments.
The entire film is actually a mixtape of lifes youthful moments. This cathartic piece
of cinema comes to terms with the biting realities that help shape people.

BUSINESS WORLD
www.bworldonline.com

Every shot appears to have been colored and designed in the same manner with which we revisit
our memories: wherein evocative objects come to the fore and images shift between
hypersaturated and diluted color schemes.
[Jamoras] work onscreen clearly represents her strong grasp of the all-inclusive and unbounded
nature of art, translating this generations inundation with media and commoditized culture into
something coherent and sincere.

Among the standout portrayals by relative newcomers that caught our attention at the 2012
Cinemalaya Fest was the confident performance turned in by Annicka Dolonius in Marie Jamoras
ANG NAWAWALA. Dominic Roco did well in his protagonist role, but it was Annicka who made a
deeper impression with her quietly insightful and completely believable portrayal.

FULLY BOOKED MAGAZINE

THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

www.inquirer.net

ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISNT THERE) is easily a film that speaks about the things that go
unsaid among friends, among family, and among lovers.
At the same time, it talks about
the loudness of life, of love and the connections that ring through our ears long after the
original sound has faded away.
ANG NAWAWALA
is a film that is anything but silent. Instead, there is a resounding
loudness to it that hopefully doesnt end in this excellent feature film debut.

LAGARISTA
www.lagarista.com

ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

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This is compilation of some of the best contemporary

Filipino rock music, ranging from veterans, popular
bands, underground favorites, and brand-new acts.
There are 9 LIVE TRACKS, performances that were
recorded during the shooting of the film, and have
been specifically remixed and remastered for the
soundtrack.

There are two editions: VINYL and DIGITAL.

ONLY 500 VINYL RECORDS TO BE SOLD!!

1) THE LIMITED EDITION VINYL = $30

We have specifically remastered the 13 songs for the vinyl record, and it is a mix of SONGS and SCORES from the film.
There is also a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD that contains all 20 songs, the 19 musical scores, and the SOUNDTRACK SWATCH
(seen on the right), which is our digital booklet, and which you can assemble yourself.
It also includes a WHAT ISNT THERE poster hand-drawn by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre.
You can pre-order the vinyl record through email: <angnawawalangOST@gmail.com>

2) THE DIGITAL EDITION = $11.99

You will get 20 songs + 2 BONUS scores!

a) You can buy it on iTUNES. Just search ANG NAWAWALANG SOUNDTRACK

b) You can also buy it on CDbaby. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/angnawawalangsoundtrack
For the FREE SOUNDTRACK SWATCH, you can download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?3vcijsiz6u3ktkl
The Assembly Instructions are here: http://angnawawala.tumblr.com/post/36867156819/happy-gibson-bonifacio-day-did-you-know-that#notes

SOCIAL MEDIA & PROMOS

OFFICIAL SITE

https://www.whatisntthere.com

TWITTER

https://twitter.com/whatisntthere

FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/angnawawala

FILMMAKERS DIARY

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http://angnawawala.tumblr.com/

INTERNATIONAL TRAILER

https://vimeo.com/55829184

TEASER TRAILER

https://vimeo.com/44600151

FEATURETTE #1: The Ride So Far

https://vimeo.com/48942665

FEATURETTE #2: We Made A Movie

https://vimeo.com/49734220

MUSIC VIDEOS:
Flying Ipis - This Song Is About You (Live)

https://vimeo.com/54597240

Ciudad - Theres A Lonely Road To Sunday Night

https://vimeo.com/47853131

Mikey Amistoso, Diego Mapa, & Jazz Nicolas - What Isnt There
https://vimeo.com/49496582

Tarsius - Deathless Gods (Live)

https://vimeo.com/43332210