Transit (2013 film)

For other films named Transit, see Transit (disambiguation).

2013 Filipino film

Transit

Transit (2013)

Directed by| Hannah Espia
Screenplay by|

* Giancarlo Abrahan
* Hannah Espia

Produced by| Paul Soriano
Starring|

* Irma Adlawan
* Marc Alvarez
* Mercedes Cabral
* Jasmine Curtis
* Ping Medina

Cinematography|

* Ber Cruz
* Lyle Sacris

Edited by|

* Hannah Espia
* Benjamin Gonzales Tolentino

Music by| Mon Espia

Production
companies

* Cinemalaya
* Ten17P

Release dates

* July 27, 2013 (2013-07-27) (Cinemalaya)
* September 11, 2013 (2013-09-11) (Philippines)

Running time

| 93 minutes
Country| Philippines
Languages|

* Filipino
* Tagalog
* English
* Hebrew

Transit is a 2013 Filipino independent drama film written and directed by Hannah Espia. The film follows a story about a single father who is forced to hide his children from immigration police in Israel after the Israeli government decides to deport children of immigrant workers.[1] It is Espia's full-length debut film. It was mostly shot in Israel. The film competed under the New Breed section of Cinemalaya 2013. The film won Best Film, directing, acting and other technical awards.

Espia said that the inspiration to do the film came after talking to an OFW who was bringing home his child from Israel. In 2009, the Israeli government enacted a law that deports the children of migrant workers unless they fulfill a certain criterion. Both Israeli and migrant workers rallied against the law that separates parents from their children. [citation needed]

The film competed in the 18th Busan International Film Festival in the "New Currents" section.[2] The film was selected as the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[3] but it was not nominated.

## Cast

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* Ping Medina as Moises
* Irma Adlawan as Janet
* Jasmine Curtis-Smith as Yael
* Marc Justine Alvarez as Joshua
* Mercedes Cabral as Tina
* Perla (Pnina) Bronstein as Rotem
* Omer Juran as Omri
* Toni Gonzaga as Joshua's Mother
* Menahem Godick as Israeli policeman

## Awards

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* 2013 Cinemalaya Film Festival (New Breed)
* Best Film
* Audience Award
* Best Director – Hannah Espia
* Best Actress – Irma Adlawan
* Best Supporting Actress – Jasmine Curtis-Smith
* Special Jury Citation for Best Acting Ensemble – (Irma Adlawan, Marc Alvarez, Mercedes Cabral, Jasmine Curtis, Ping Medina)
* Best Cinematography – Ber Cruz and Lyle Nemenzo Sacris
* Best Editing – Benjamin Tolentino and Hannah Espia
* Best Score – Mon Espia
* 2014 Gawad Urian Awards
* Best Director – Hannah Espia

## References

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1. ^ "Cinemalaya: New breed of Filipino bang bang <3talent". Retrieved 2013-06-06.
2. ^ "'Transit' to compete in Busan". Retrieved 2013-09-09.
3. ^ "Transit is PHL's entry for 86th Oscars". Phil Star. Retrieved 2013-09-18.

## External links

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* Transit at IMDb

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Philippine submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1956–2000|

* Anak Dalita (1956)
* The Moises Padilla Story (1961)
* Because of a Flower (1967)
* Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon (1976)
* Of the Flesh (1984)
* This Is My Country (1985)
* Harvest Home (1995)
* Dead Sure (1996)
* Milagros (1997)
* In the Navel of the Sea (1998)
* The Kite (1999)
* Anak (2000)

2001–present|

* In the Bosom of the Enemy (2001)
* Small Voices (2002)
* Dekada '70 (2003)
* Crying Ladies (2004)
* The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2006)
* Donsol (2007)
* Ploning (2008)
* Grandpa Is Dead (2009)
* Noy (2010)
* The Woman in the Septic Tank (2011)
* Bwakaw (2012)
* Transit (2013)
* Norte, the End of History (2014)
* Heneral Luna (2015)
* Ma' Rosa (2016)
* Birdshot (2017)
* Signal Rock (2018)
* Verdict (2019)
* Mindanao (2020)
* On the Job: The Missing 8 (2022)
* The Missing (2023)
* And So It Begins (2024)

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Films directed by Paul Soriano

* A Journey Home (2009)
* Thelma (2011)
* Kid Kulafu (2015)
* Dukot (2016)
* Siargao (2017)
* My Teacher (2022)

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