Awit Natin (Our Song)

The scouts

Filipino family covering up the father's death while the mother is still hospitalized — collective grief escalating into farce is a real comedic engine. The Parasite/Atlanta comparisons are aspirational, but the specificity could earn it.

Filipino family farce escalating around hidden grief is the Wayne Wang-Lulu Wang territory of cultural-specific tragicomedy, here with an ensemble that suggests genuine craft. The absurdity-as-mourning logic is harder than it looks.

A Filipino family hiding the father's death from the hospitalized mother is a premise where the cultural specificity is doing real comedic and emotional work — and a nine-person ensemble cast suggests they're playing the full family chaos rather than reducing it. Ten minutes is the right length to sustain absurdity without overstaying.

Reviews

Full of heart and humor, Pascual captures one Filipino family's ability to find levity amid a series of unexpected tragedies, proving that while life can throw anything at you, sticking together is what matters most.

In the vein of dark comedies like Parasite and the TV series Atlanta, Awit Natin achieves its comedy by highlighting the absurdism of reality.

Festivals

• NFFTY 2025, Jury Prize for Best Narrative Film
• Reel Works Film Festival 2025, Focus Features Best Narrative Film Award
• CAAMFest 2025
• Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2025
• Independent Film Festival Boston 2025