Counter-Archives of a Film Guerrera: A Retrospective of Sari Dalena’s Cinema
2026 · Curator
A yearlong retrospective bringing Sari Dalena’s cinema into conversation with histories of political struggle, memory, and archival practice through screenings at the UP Film Institute Film Center, Mowelfund Film Institute’s Dengcar Theater, UP Visayas Living Room Theatre, FDCP Cinematheque Centre Iloilo, The Green House Cinema in Davao, UP Mindanao, Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology, and Promenade Greenhills through CCP Lakbay Sine.
© Tom Estrera
Films
Jamming on an Old Saya (1995) · Sari Dalena
Puting Paalam (1997) · Sari Dalena
Memories of a Forgotten War (2001) · Sari Dalena and Camilla Benolirao Griggers
Rigodon (2005) · Sari Dalena and Keith Sicat
Ishma (2012) · Sari Dalena and Keith Sicat
Himala Ngayon (2012) · Sari Dalena and Keith Sicat
The Guerrilla Is a Poet (2013) · Sari Dalena and Kiri Dalena
Ang Kababaihan ng Malolos (2014) · Sari Dalena and Kiri Dalena
History of the Underground (2017) · Sari Dalena and Keith Sicat
Cinemartyrs (2025) · Sari Dalena
The retrospective also includes Guerrera and other short works.
Conversations and related events
Related activities include filmmaker conversations, the Sinemaestra masterclass, and the exhibition Notes Toward a Guerrera Cinema.
About the retrospective opening
Read the curatorial booklet (PDF)
Sari Dalena: A Film Guerrera · Positively Filipino