Tadhana (film)

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Tadhana
Directed by Severino "Nonoy" Marcelo
Written bySeverino "Nonoy" Marcelo
Based onTadhana: History of the Filipino People
by Ferdinand Marcos
Produced by Imee Marcos
Starring
  • Pandy Aviado
  • Estrella Kuenzler
Release date
  • September 21, 1978 (1978-09-21)
Running time
54 minutes
CountryPhilippines
Languages
  • Filipino
  • Tagalog

Tadhana (or Nonoy Marcelo's "Tadhana") [lit. "Destiny"] is a 1978 Philippine adult animated historical satirical comedy film written and directed by cartoonist Severino "Nonoy" Marcelo in his directorial debut.

Contents

One of the first-ever Philippine feature-length animated films, it was based on a book of the same name. [1]

Production

After his first interest of animation filmmaking in the Philippines where he worked his own 7-minute animated short film Annie Batungbakal (1974), he was collaborated with Imee Marcos [2] and José Zabala-Santos by creating the first-ever Philippine full-length animated film, which originally conceived as a television pilot that sought to teach the nation's history from the perspective of the Marcos administration. [3]

Release

Tadhana was broadcast as a television film on GMA 7, RPN 9, and IBC 13 to commemorate the anniversary of Martial Law in 1978. [4] [5] [6]

Legacy

Following the immense success of Tadhana and the "turning point" of Filipino animation as a hub for subcontracted labor in the 1980s, aspiring animators continued to be dominate the film industry as filmmakers to create their own work as the regime took over by the rebellion. [5] Due to lack of commercial release in local theaters, the film was never credited to be the first animated film in the Philippines until Adarna: The Mythical Bird in 1997. [7]

Tadhana was screened at the National Gallery Singapore’s ‘Painting with Light,’ an annual festival of international films on art. [8] Before the screening, the film was rated NC16 for "some nudity" by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). [9]

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