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English with Tagalog subtitles!
Story Synopsis:
Paper Moon meets Cinderella
Three teen musicians are swept into the Philippines' rarefied world of cockfighting as they flee cross-country, keeping one step ahead of a psychotic stepfather bent on reclaiming his stolen battle cock. When street performing fails to support their pell mell escape they fall into one larcenous predicament after another. From rigging cockfights to impersonating nuns to hair-raising chases, they pursue their dream of winning a music scholarship. The journey spans the archipelago, commencing in the rice terraces of Luzon and winding through small villages and palm-fringed coasts. Meanwhile, the kids’ natural father, an alcoholic country singer from Texas and the haunting presence of their disconnected childhood arrives in time to save them from the stepfather’s wrath in a climactic final encounter
Production
Feather Wars is an independent international production of Blue Island Films, written and directed by Tim Fitzharris and starring Casey Villaro, Brandon Philips, and Melchor Daniels Jr. A decade in the making, the script earned honors as a semi-finalist at the Los Angeles International Film Festival 2021 and finalist at Creative World Awards 2021. Featuring an all-Filipino cast and crew, most from the island of Bohol, the film was shot entirely on location from March to May 2024, with post-production wrapping in May 2025. Co-producer Jesse Fitzharris played a key role in ensuring the film’s cultural authenticity, drawing on his Filipino heritage to guide creative decisions, while also contributing as writing consultant and sound designer to shape the story and sonic experience.
Director
TIm Fitzharris
Blue Island Films Productions LLC
Cast
Casey Villaro
Brandon Phillips
John Michael Eyo
Melchor Daniels Jr.
Hasna Cabral
Feather Wars Movie
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King of the Feather Wars
An inadvertent flying foreskin and a near crucifixion in a mango tree launch two country-singing teens, Beau and Annie, on an island-hopping romp across the Philippines.
Hard times set them to scamming cockfights with a lovable overweight rooster while Annie’s jacked, tricycle-racing boyfriend and his "Midnight Rocket" keep them one step ahead of the police and their homophobic stepfather.
But their luck runs out when Beau risks all at the Slasher Derby Championships. Shot on location in full sunlight, this is not a film for whiners, weepers, or weak-bladdered candy suckers.