DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Cinema served as a unifying ground in Davao for solidarity with Palestine as indie filmmakers and enthusiasts held a month-long film screening that raised funds for the humanitarian relief mission in Gaza. The screenings brought together artists, students, and indie film enthusiasts to discuss survival, resistance, and community memory through films. Gutierrez Mangansakan’s 2001 film House Under the Crescent Moon focused on her grandfather’s ancestral house turned into an evacuation center during President Estrada’s 2000 all-out war. Both peoples carry the scars of colonization and State violence.”The Handala Project announced that the film screenings raised ?38,171 from ticket sales and donations. “Thank you to everyone who showed up, watched, donated, and stood in solidarity with Palestine throughout this month-long screening series.