Set in the 13th century, the film is a fictionalized tale of Princess Urduja, a legendary warrior princess of Pangasinan. The film is created by an all-Filipino group of animators and made using the traditional (hand-drawn) animation process.
Production
Hand-drawn 2D in a CGI-dominated era.
Costume
Pre-colonial Filipino fashion meticulously researched.
Director
Reggie Entienza
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This took eleven years to complete and nearly bankrupted multiple studios.
Urduja's existence is debated by historians—she appears in Ibn Battuta's travel writings but no local records.
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