# Fly Aswang

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{{Short description|2005 Philippine animated short film}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=February 2025}}{{Use mdy dates|date = December 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| image          = Fly Aswang title.png
| caption        = Title screen
| director       = Mark Galvez
| writer         = Mina Caliguia<br>Karl de Mesa
| story          = Mina Caliguia<br>Bessie Badilla del Castillo<br>[Imee Marcos](/source/Imee_Marcos)
| producer       = Mina Caliguia<br>Imee Marcos
| editing        = Joseph Barcena
| music          = Jojo Acosta<br>Bluesonic<br>Darrly Shy<br>Jeremy Mallorca
| studio         = Antfarm Asia<br>Creative Media & Film Society of the Phils.
| distributor    = Creative Media & Film Society of the Phils.
| released       = {{Film date|2005}}
| runtime        = 24 minutes
| country        = Philippines
| language       = Filipino<br>English
}}

'''''Fly Aswang''''' is a 2005 Philippine [adult animated](/source/Adult_animation) [dark fantasy](/source/dark_fantasy) [supernatural horror](/source/Supernatural_horror_film) short film directed by Mark Galvez. It was based on a [Philippine mythology](/source/Philippine_mythology) that depicted different kinds of [mythological creatures](/source/List_of_Philippine_mythological_creatures) such as the [Tikbalang](/source/Tikbalang), Impakto and Nuno, among others.

== Premise ==
The film tells the story about Bessie and her three daughters emigrated in the United States. Bessie and her daughters, however, are actually [Aswang](/source/Aswang). Against Bessie's wishes not to go to the Philippines, her daughters travel to [Manila](/source/Manila) for their cousin's wedding without warning. Instead, they are trapped in a ritual by mythological creatures, and their family's history of supernatural power will soon be tarnished until Bessie come to save them.

== Cast ==

* Weng Raganit as Bessie, Blanca and Nuno
* Charmaine Sagrado as Isabel, Inez, Lisa and Impakto
* [Jeff Utanes](/source/Jefferson_Utanes) as JD, Bessie's father and [Mumbaki](/source/Filipino_shamans)
* Mark Galvez as [Sigbin](/source/Sigbin)

== Release ==
''Fly Aswang'' was privately exhibited on film festivals between 2005<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVx4X2ors6Q&t=403s |title=Philippine Animation History |date=2013-10-20 |last=Knowledge Channel |access-date=2025-02-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref> and 2008, but not publicly released until [October 31](/source/October_31), 2022 on [YouTube](/source/YouTube) under [Imee Marcos](/source/Imee_Marcos)'s official account.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S9gk3uv7SA |title='Fly Aswang' Full Movie I Sen. Imee Marcos |date=2022-10-31 |last=Imee Marcos |access-date=2025-02-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

== Awards ==
''Fly Aswang'' won a "Special Citation" from the Professional Division at the [Animahenasyon](/source/Animahenasyon) 2008: 2nd Philippine Animation Festival.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2012-07-28 |title=Animation Council of the Philippines - Animahenasyon 2008 Winners |url=http://www.animationcouncil.org/news.php?p=120 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421015818/http://www.animationcouncil.org/news.php?p=120 |archive-date=2009-04-21 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=[Animahenasyon](/source/Animahenasyon)}}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:2005 animated short films
Category:2005 short films
Category:Philippine adult animated films
Category:Philippine monster movies
Category:Philippine supernatural horror films
Category:Philippine short films
Category:Animated fantasy films
Category:Animated horror films
Category:2000s dark fantasy films
Category:Films about Filipino Americans
Category:Filipino-language American films

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