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After attempts to silence it at home and abroad, an award-winning Filipino documentary, Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea, opens in London on Human Rights Day, Wednesday 10 December 2025.

Amid rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea, Food Delivery follows Filipino fishers and Coast Guard officers risking their lives in some of the world鈥檚 most contested waters. At its centre is Arnel Satam, a fisherman chased by the China Coast Guard near Scarborough Shoal 鈥� revealing the daily danger coastal communities silently endure.

Directed by Baby Ruth Villarama and produced by Chuck Gutierrez through their company , Food Delivery was pulled out of the PureGold CinePanalo Film Festival in the Philippines, two days before its planned, March 2025 world premiere, citing 鈥渆xternal factors鈥�. New Zealand provided an alternative launch pad when the film was selected for the Doc Edge Festival and eventually screened for the first time on 30 June 2025. But its journey through turbulent waters did not end there. 

In a written request, the Consulate-General of the People鈥檚 Republic of China in Auckland, asked the festival organisers to refrain from future screenings. The organisers, followed by their reply: 鈥淒oc Edge stands by our Kaupapa and the festival鈥檚 independence and curatorial freedom. We are, however, happy to put forward the point of view of the Chinese Consulate-General for the sake of transparency and fairness. We encourage audiences to seek their own sources, view the film, and engage in open conversation and dialogue.鈥� The film went on to win the Tides of Change Award.

Responding to the accolade, Villarama said, 鈥淎t Doc Edge in New Zealand, audiences were moved, some wept. Some offered to fund boats for the fishermen. It reminded me that cinema is still a form of resistance 鈥� and compassion travels faster than censorship.鈥�  

Food Delivery is on the official entry list for the Academy Awards taking place in 2026.

The film’s UK premiere will be on Saturday, 6 December at 18:00 in the Khalili Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, Torrington Square, London WC1H OXG.

The film opens on Human Rights Day, Wednesday 10 December at Rich Mix, 35-37 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA.  Tickets can be purchased . There will be a Q&A with Baby Ruth Villarama after each screening.

To reserve a press ticket at the premiere and arrange interviews with the filmmakers please contact: Lincia Daniel 鈥� Email: Lincia.Daniel@gmail.com. Lincia Daniel is an independent film and television producer based in London and the 99re在线精品国产欧美激情 distributor of Food Delivery.

Updated 29 Nov 2026 to include a sentence that the film is on the official entry list for the Academy Awards taking place in 2026.