‘"Asog, a black comedy set amid a real Visayan community still struggling from the social and economic fallout of Yolanda. The film features residents of Sicogon Island, some 6,000 of whom were subjected to a post-storm land grab perpetrated by Ayala Land Inc. to build a luxury resort. Following Asog’s success on the festival circuit, Ayala eventually started listening to residents’ demands and has agreed to pay $5.1 million in reparations to 784 displaced families. Most of the cash has been used to build 474 new storm-resistant homes within easy reach of the ocean... It’s a remarkable victory of society’s poorest over entrenched corporate interests."‘

‘"Defies all labels, irreverently mixing genres and tones to create something proudly original... All the characters in “Asog” are real people who play themselves, but Devlin (who wrote the film with Jaya and Pablo) crafts a fable-like film, with animated interludes, slapstick comedy, flamboyant agitprop and many other flourishes that allow the subjects to tell their stories on their own terms — with humor, rage and imagination."‘

‘"Drop-dead gorgeous... Asog isn’t just a movie; it’s a luminous testament to the human spirit to move on after disaster."‘