Kizabelle Iona Angelica L. Aromin

In a world of chaos, wars are not the only battle present in the chambers of reality; our minds are our greatest enemy. Is it her or someone she has kept long-hidden? Gula, the restlessness of the soul, presents the indefinite cycle of ups and downs as we try to uncover the tiring process of finding ones' self and identity -- the discovery of the different layers of who we are in order to reach enlightenment.

Karatig-Tubig follows the life of Jerry & Carmelita Gervacio, a mussel farmer and mussel cleaner raising four children in a stilt house above the waters of Bacoor Bay, reachable only by boat. As large-scale reclamation and dredging projects advance around their community, the water that sustains them grows increasingly polluted, making their life more precarious. Caught between displacement and survival, they cling to their livelihood yet yearns for a better future.