Objects Do Not Fall Randomly From The Sky
Hybrid short
Written and Directed by Maria Estela Paiso
A young girl turns into a fish and recounts
the oppression experienced by the fishermen in her hometown.
One of the best Filipino Films of 2024, Rappler

“Through patchwork storytelling, stitched from memory, loss, and quiet resilience, it gives visual shape to a struggle for survival and presence. A film teeming with ideas, where poetry and politics intertwine, echoing the fierce refrain of its closing song: “You’re going down, all you colonizers with crooked intentions, we’ll never drown.”
-Anne Delseth, Visions du Réel
-Anne Delseth, Visions du Réel
Paiso submerges the whole thing in deep blue, toys with mixed media, harnesses sound, and exposes the imposing systems that leave populations disenfranchised. But what animates the film further is how Paiso refuses to cede an inch to mere pathos and instead pays close attention to the inner lives the make a community survive, that no violent forces could ever encroach and drown. It’s a visually contained craft that’s simply sui generis.
-Rappler.com
-Rappler.com
PROJECT SELECTIONS
Objectifs Short Film Incubator Singapore
OFFICIAL SELECTION
▻ Visions Du Réel 2025 Switzerland
▻ Leiden Shorts 2025
▻ DMZ Docs 2025 South Korea
AWARDS
▻ Special Youth Jury Award, Visions Du Réel 2025 Switzerland
Objectifs Short Film Incubator Singapore
OFFICIAL SELECTION
▻ Visions Du Réel 2025 Switzerland
▻ Leiden Shorts 2025
▻ DMZ Docs 2025 South Korea
AWARDS
▻ Special Youth Jury Award, Visions Du Réel 2025 Switzerland



