The Filipino Amazon Original film “In My Mother’s Skin” will premiere on Oct. 12 on Prime Video in the Philippines and in over 240 countries and territories.

Written and directed by Kenneth Dagatan, “In My Mother’s Skin” is a Filipino horror fairytale that became the only non-English language film which had its world premiere in the 2023 Sundance Film Festival’s Midnight Section. 

“In My Mother’s Skin” (Photos from Far East Film Festival)

The movie is about the agonizing conflict of a young girl’s duty to protect her dying mother and her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy. 

“In My Mother’s Skin” stars Beauty Gonzalez, Felicity Kyle Napuli, Jasmine Curtis-Smith, James Mavie Estrella, and Angeli Bayani. 

The movie has participated in more than 10 film festivals including BiFan (Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea), Fantasia (Canada), Neuchatel (Switzerland), Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) and Miffest (Malaysia) and will join hundreds of shows and films available exclusively on the Prime Video catalog on Oct. 12.  

Set in the Philippines at the end of World War II, “In My Mother’s Skin” follows the story of Tala, a 14-year-old daughter of a textile merchant who lives in a war-worn colonial house with her sickly mother Ligaya and younger brother Bayani. 

When Tala’s father mysteriously leaves once more to barter for his family's freedom with the Japanese, his family finds themselves alone in their isolated forest mansion. With Ligaya’s condition rapidly deteriorating, Tala seeks out a mysterious fairy who has promised to protect her and gives Tala a magical insect to cure her dying mother. 

This initially provides Ligaya with relief, but later leads to disastrous consequences that force Tala to make a distressing decision.

“In My Mother’s Skin” is produced by Bradley Liew, Bianca Balbuena, Huang Junxiang, and Stefano Centini.