Fran Atopos Conte

b. 1981

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Fran Atopos is a graduate of Philosophy and Political Science, professional journalist since 2009. Avid traveler, he published two travel books, about Brazil and Libya. He is very interested in the Philippines, where he spent a few months.

Fran is the founder of an art collective called Atopos and is very fond of collaborating with other artists and filmmakers.

“Stormed” is about two natural disasters in the Philippines: Sendong, and Haiyan. The documentary is divided in two parts, the first taking place in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, and the second part showing the disaster caused by Haiyan in the island of Bantayan, in Cebu. 
 
Narratively, “Stormed” acts like an impersonal documentary in the first part, while taking a more character driven story feature in the latter part, dedicated to the reconstruction in Bantayan after Haiyan.
 
“Stormed” features interviews with survivors, academics and two activists from a Bantayan NGO called “Back to Sea”. The Cagayan de Oro part was filmed with the local support of Cdo director Joe Bacus and film makers Jeffrie Po, Mona Sun and Learon Dekada.

Stormed

Fran Atopos Conte

Jun 2014 Video documentary 39m 49s Courtesy of Fran Atopos Conte

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Fran Atopos is a graduate of Philosophy and Political Science, professional journalist since 2009. Avid traveler, he published two travel books, about Brazil and Libya. He is very interested in the Philippines, where he spent a few months.

Fran is the founder of an art collective called Atopos and is very fond of collaborating with other artists and filmmakers.

“Stormed” is about two natural disasters in the Philippines: Sendong, and Haiyan. The documentary is divided in two parts, the first taking place in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, and the second part showing the disaster caused by Haiyan in the island of Bantayan, in Cebu. 
 
Narratively, “Stormed” acts like an impersonal documentary in the first part, while taking a more character driven story feature in the latter part, dedicated to the reconstruction in Bantayan after Haiyan.
 
“Stormed” features interviews with survivors, academics and two activists from a Bantayan NGO called “Back to Sea”. The Cagayan de Oro part was filmed with the local support of Cdo director Joe Bacus and film makers Jeffrie Po, Mona Sun and Learon Dekada.

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