Indie Siyensya Film Festival celebrates RSTW '25
Regional Science and Technology Week celebrates "Building Smart and Sustainable Communities" through the Indie Siyensya Film Festival, showcasing open and youth category student films at Philippine Science High School Gymnasium on September 3, 2025.
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9/4/20251 min read
The Indie Siyensa Film Festival showcased several Indie films addressing a range of social topics, where most entries used science, technology, and innovation as tools to address these social problems.
Both elementary and high school students served as the target audience for the festival, with participants coming from schools in the Leyte and Tacloban City divisions:
Palo National High School
Pawing National High School
St. Mary's Academy of Palo
V&G National High School
Holy Infant College
Liceo Del Verbo Divino
Guindapunan High School
Philippine Science High School EVC
Moreover, the film festival opened with the screening of five films in the open category, followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience.
Open category films include:
Banghay
Eksmen
Herbolaryo
Kalasag ng Tubod
Through Each Thread
Meanwhile, the youth category consists of the following films:
Decadent Bitterness
Gakit, The Journey of Change
Gangis
KaLikhasan
Nganga
After the film screenings, video lessons produced by DOST teams were presented to the audience, which covered topics on stars, cells, cell division, cell replication, and earthquake preparedness.
A final question-and-answer session marked the conclusion of the Indie Siyensya Film Festival.
Penned by: Gennica Cabrigas
Photos by: Ms. Vanessa G. Collera





