Cinemalaya: Mag-Iina (The Mothering)

Anj returns to her family’s ancestral home as the 40th day of her estranged

father’s passing draws near – the moment his soul is said to finally ascend from the earthly

realm. The house has been

suspended in grief and madness, and three days back is enough to remind her why she left, why

she must leave at once – and why she may never escape.

In Mag-iina — The Mothering — the reunion of three generations of women peels back a love

that has always lived closer to evil than any of them were willing to name.