film

Delikado

Short film Completed 2022

Climate Story Fund

Producer

Marty Syjuco

 

Producer

Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala

 

Director

Karl Malakunas

 

Producer

Michael Collins

 

Doc Society helped with

Production

Impact

 

 

Three environmental crusaders confront murder, betrayal and their own demons as they are tested like never before in their battle to save an island paradise in the Philippines

2023 Emmy Awards () - Outstanding Investigative Documentary 2022 Asia Pacific Screen Awards () - Best Documentary Feature Film 2023 Asia Pacific Screen Awards () - Best Documentary Feature Film Sydney Film Festival 2022 • Sustainable Future Award Sydney Film Festival 2022 • Sustainable Future Award Valladolid International Film Festival 2022 • Best Film Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2022 • Best Documentary Cinema for Peace Awards 2023 • International Green Film Award Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022 • Green Dox DMZ International Documentary Film Festival 2022 • Best Film Riviera International Film Festival 2025 • Documentary Riviera International Film Festival 2023 • Best Documentary

Crew

Michael Collins

Producer

Michael is the founder of Thoughtful Robot, a production company based in New York City committed to crafting compelling social justice films that galvanize change. In 2005 he directed Caught in an Injustice, a one-hour documentary broadcast on Spanish national television that received Special Mention of the Jury at the 15th International TV3/Actual Awards.

In 2010 Michael’s short film, Gerthy’s Roots, shot on location in Haiti about a community driven reforestation initiative, was made possible by the Mandela Day Tribeca All Access Award.

Give Up Tomorrow, his first documentary feature film seven years in the making, about a young man wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in the Philippines, premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and won the Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for Best New Director; won the Audience Award at the Sheffield Doc/Fest: won the Human Rights Award at Docs Barcelona; and won the Activism Award at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival.