Try the trailer for the movie ‘ASOG,’ premiering on VOD and main digital platforms on April 11, 2025. “Important viewing as queer cinema, as political cinema and as local weather cinema,” (writes Japanese Kicks), ‘ASOG’ is the sophomore directorial function from Seán Devlin, a Juno-nominated comic and consulting producer on the Oscar-nominated ‘Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm. ‘
Within the aftermath of Storm Yolanda, TV Host-turned-teacher Jaya leaves their job and unsupportive boyfriend to pursue their ardour for drag in hopes of profitable the “Ms. Homosexual Sicogon” Pageant. Earlier than leaving, they run into their former scholar, Arnel, heading in the identical route in hopes of discovering his father. Banding collectively, the unlikely duo’s tough but cathartic journey is marked by a collection of encounters with victims of the current environmental devastation.
‘Asog’s government producers embrace Academy Award-winning filmmaker Adam McKay (The Large Quick), Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Cumming (Eyes Huge Shut), and Emmy nominee Joel Kim Booster (Hearth Island); the movie was produced by Amanda Ernst.
‘Asog’ has made a big influence, garnering widespread worldwide recognition for a movie that contains a forged made up completely of Tremendous Storm survivors – none of whom had been skilled actors. The movie’s ultimate act exposes a company land seize within the Philippines, particularly the put up hurricane displacement of 784 households on Sicogon Island by Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), the Philippines’ oldest company and largest actual property developer. As reported by Filmmaker Journal: “Asog managed to create sufficient strain on the builders and authorities that they lastly listened to most of the residents.” After 9 years of stonewalling, strain sparked by the movie led to the fee of over $5,078,630 million USD (293,696,000 PH Pesos) in reparations for the households affected by the land seize. An outsized influence contemplating the movie’s miniscule $250,000 USD manufacturing funds.