58th

58th (2026)

How can you forget when the wounds of the past are still fresh?

Fifteen years after the Maguindanao Massacre, the family of its 58th victim fights for the justice that remains elusive.

Date of release
2026-09-16
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Animation, Drama, History
Director
Carl Joseph E. Papa

Casting

Interesting facts

58th is a 2026 Philippine adult animated biographical drama film directed by Carl Joseph Papa, from a screenplay co-written with Aica Riz Ganhinhin. Filmed entirely as a docudrama, presenting both archive footages based on actual events and actors dramatized re-enactments in a style of documentary film with rotoscoping animation, the film revolves to the last numbered victim's daughter following the event of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre.

Production

After the completion of Carl Joseph Papa's third film Iti Mapukpukaw, Papa co-writes and directs a documentary about the massacre in 2009, collaborating with GMA Public Affairs once again. Aica Riz Ganhinhin, a frequent collaborator of Papa, serves as a co-writer in the film.

Glaiza de Castro offered the lead role as the daughter of Reynaldo Momay, alongside Ricky Davao, Mikoy Morales, Biboy Ramirez, Marco Masa, and Zyren Dela Cruz are announced to be part of the cast line-up.

The film recorded in live-action, mostly through screencast, which only took around a week. After filming was completed, Davao died on May 1, 2025, making 58th his final film role.

The animation processed rotoscoping techniques, similar to Papa's previous films, with over a hundred animators during post-production. Real-life archive footages from the aftermath were mostly used in the film.

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