Jaya is a non-binary comedian whose job hosting a late-night television show ended due to a natural disaster that devastated the Philippines. In the aftermath they returned to their career as a school teacher. In a last ditch attempt at finding fame, Jaya decides to travel across the country in hopes of winning a beauty pageant and the prize money that comes with it.
© Aya Garcia, courtesy of Seán Devlin
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Year: 2023
Country: Canada, Philippines
Language: filipino
Subtitles: english and portuguese
With: Jaya, Arnel Pablo
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Seán Devlin
Philippines, Canada
Seán Devlin is a Filipino Canadian writer, director, producer and comedian. In the decade since the unprecedented flooding of Typhoon Sendong, Devlin has devoted himself to documenting the lives of Filipinos losing their land and homes to climate change.
Filmography
2023 – Asog (Feature Film)
2018 – When the Storm Fades (Feature Film)
2004 – Zach and Avery of Fergus (Feature Film)