Transit
Film / Drama / 2013
"Hannah Espia makes an impressive debut"
- Variety
Selected as the Philippines' official entry in the best foreign language film category of the 2014 Academy Awards®, Transit weaves together the stories of one Filipino family living in Tel Aviv under the threat of a new deportation law.
Cast
Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Ping Medina, Irma Adlawan, Mercedes Cabral, Marc Justine Alvarez
Director
Hannah Espia
Producer
Paul Soriano
Transit is a 2013 Filipino independent drama film written and directed by Hannah Espia. The film follows a story about a single father who is forced to hide his children from immigration police in Israel after the Israeli government decides to deport children of immigrant workers. It is Espia's full-length debut film. It was mostly shot in Israel. The film competed under the New Breed section of Cinemalaya 2013. The film won Best Film, directing, acting and other technical awards.