Cannes 2011: Trailer Premiere For Philippine Drama BUSONG: PALAWAN FATE

Soon to premiere as part of the Director's Fortnight program in Cannes is Auraeus Solito's Busong. Reportedly the first film ever made in the Palawanon language - the native peoples of the Philippines - the picture is a fantasy tinged fable about a young woman who cannot touch the ground without experiencing intense pain. Here's how the festival describes it:

Busong is the indigenous Palawan concept of Fate or instant Karma. Nature reacts instantly to man's disrespect of nature and other men. Punay was born with wounds in her feet so that she cannot step on the earth. Her brother, Angkarang, carries her through a hammock, as he searches the changing landscape of Palawan in hoping to find a healer who can cure Punay. Different people help him carry his sister along the way- a woman looking for her husband, a fisherman who lost his boat and a young man who is searching for himself- and each one meets their fate. The first Palawanon indigenous film.

Produced and edited by Chuck Gutierrez - a friend of ScreenAnarchy going back to the days when he was working with Yam Laranas on Sigaw - ScreenAnarchy is proud to share the official trailer for the film. Take a look below.