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"Amen" is a brown comedy, the Filipino version of the black comedy. It's a cultural satire on blind obedience, specifically on the Filipino tradition of "mano": placing the hand of an elder on one's forehead as a sign of superficial respect.
29th Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil, 2005
4th La Palma International Digital Film Festival, 2005
34th Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2005
Short Feature Film Award, 12th Philippine Independent Film Festival, 1999
Young Filmmakers Grant, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 1998
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