Featuring Alessandra de Rossi, Sid Lucero, Tetchie Agbayani. Recalling the early period of films, Independencia recreates the period of the Philippine revolution. It’s the first Filipino film to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Raya Martin is a director and writer based in the Manila. He was the first Filipino filmmaker to be accepted in Cinéfondation Résidence of the Cannes Film Festival, and is one of the foremost young Filipino filmmakers today.