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blood tastes like ube

drama, comedy, short
2024

language: english, tagalog
16mm / 3:12

an unlearned british-filipino inadvertently learns about the importance of ube (pronounced "oo-bay"), a purple yam, in relation to philippine culture with the help of a filipino shop owner.

press

nowness asia (online premiere)
nowness picks
dazed

screenings

thursday’s child x minute shorts present: points of view (new york, 2024)
entangled transmissions: dec 6th - jan 10th (makati, philippines, 2025)

festivals

1.4 awards: 2025: on the cusp, longlist

london short film festival: 2025: official selection

WRITER, DIRECTOR: PATRICK TAYLOR
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: JACK BRADLEY, EYELINE
PRODUCER: VOY CZARKOWSKI
DOP: ADAM SINGODIA
EDITOR: CHRIS WALKER
SOUND DESIGN: INES ADRIANA
PRODUCTION DESIGN: HAZEL SINGZON
COLOURIST: THOMAS KUMELING
1ST AC: OLLIE PEARSON
GAFFER: KIAN ALTMANN
SOUND RECORDIST: ZAK ALLUM
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: ALFIE JACKSON
LOCATION: JOJO’S PINOY STORE, TOOTING
FILM, PROCESSING: KODAK LONDON
FILM SCAN: DIGITAL ORCHARD

MUSIC:

“POSTMAN” BY TORO Y MOI
COURTESY OF DEAN OCEANS
PUBLISHED BY TORO Y MOI LLC
ADMINISTERED BY KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD.

AN EYELINE PRODUCTION

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