Asog

Asog (2025)

This unique narrative incorporating documentary elements follows Rey, a 40-year-old non-binary teacher and typhoon survivor, on a roadtrip to fame. With surreal comedy and social portrait realism, filmmaker Seán‌ Devlin explores climate change, LGBTQ+ issues, and the impact of colonialism on contemporary Philippines.

Date of release
2025-08-22
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Director
Seán Devlin

Casting

Interesting facts

Asog is a 2023 docufiction film produced and directed by Seán Devlin and written by Rey Aclao, Devlin, and Arnel Pablo. An international co-production between the Philippines and Canada, the film's cast consists entirely of Typhoon Haiyan survivors, none of whom were trained actors. The film is executive produced by Adam McKay, Alan Cumming and Joel Kim Booster.

Production

The film was made with a guerrilla crew of 5 people on a micro budget of US$255,000. There are no trained actors in the film. To make the process simpler for the cast they were all invited to perform in whichever Filipino dialect they felt most comfortable speaking in. Devlin is a Filino-Canadian who was born and raised in Canada but doesn't speak any Filipino dialects.

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