Lola Igna

Lola Igna, a centenarian farmer living alone in a hut on her ricefield, becomes the subject of media attention in her sleepy provincial town when the Mayor announces that she has a shot at becoming the world's oldest living grandmother. Asked what she wants in life, she shocks everyone when she says she wants to die.

Igna's granddaughter, Nida, takes advantage of her grandmother's newfound fame by selling themed merchandise of her while Igna tries to maintain her routine and fend off droves of journalists and tourists at her home. One day, she empties her urinal at a boy who turns out to be Tim, her great-grandson from her estranged other granddaughter Ana, who left years ago after an argument with Nida. Tim explains that he left her mother to escape domestic troubles and seeks to reconnect with Lola Igna while making a vlog. Tim quickly learns the ropes at farm work and helps Igna gather wood, which Igna tells will be used for building her coffin. Igna explains that she started preparing for her death after seeing her late husband, Carias, one night, thinking that he was coming to take her into the afterlife. Tim is perplexed but continues to gather the wood.

After attending a wake, Igna breaks down in front of Tim, saying that the reason she wants to die is that she has been fed up attending the funerals of everyone she has known, particularly as she has outlived many of those she had helped be born as a midwife. Tim finally understands Igna's predicament and proceeds wholeheartedly into building her coffin, despite Nida's protests. He also teaches Igna how to use his technical equipment as she opens up to visitors and well-wishers. Some time later, a pregnant Ana arrives to be with her son and grandmother and reconciles with Nida. Ana then goes into labor and gives birth by the ricefield, only to die upon seeing Carias. Igna uses her coffin for Ana's funeral instead.

Media attention on Igna fades away as another person wins the title of oldest living grandmother, and life in town returns to normal. Tim stays on with Igna at the farm while raising her sister.

• Angie Ferro as Lola Igna
• Yves Flores as Tim

• Maria Isabel Lopez as Nida^[1]
• Meryll Soriano as Ana^[1]
• Soliman Cruz as Town Mayor
• Royce Cabrera as Bok
• Jojo Riguerra as Nida's Husband
• Peewee O'Hara as Senyang (Nida's Storekeeper)
• Armand Reyes as Gusting
• Joel Saracho as Quack Doctor
• Rener Concepcion as Carias
• Chamyto Aguedan as Tourist
• Sarah Pagkalinawan-Brakensiek as Tourist

Lola Igna was directed by Eduardo Roy Jr.^[2] under the production of Found Films and EMBA Productions.^[3]

According to Roy, the concept of the film originated from his own reflections on his relationship with his maternal great-grandmother who is a resident of Sagada who died at the age of 80 years in 2012. The film was a tribute to Roy's great grandmother, describing it as story of what if he got to bond more with his great grandmother since he did not have a chance to learn more about her since she lived in the remote Mountain Province. Lola Igna is a representation of Roy's great grandmother and the main protagonist who went to Sagada to meet Igna represents himself.^[2]

The film was to feature in Cinemalaya twice; the first in 2012 and the second in 2017.^[2] The film had to be pulled-out as one of the official entries of the 2012 edition due to revisions on the script that would satisfy the demands of an international distributor^[4] and due to budgetary concerns. Work on the film had to be halted due to director Eduardo Roy's illness consequentially caused its withdrawal from the 2017 edition of Cinemalaya.^[2]

This film was supposed to be part of Cinemalaya 2012 but it was withdrawn because the film's script was revised by its producer in order to meet the needs of an international distributor.^[4] It was chosen again and was supposed to feature as one of the entries of the Cinemalaya 2017 but production backed out from the film fest.^[5] In 2018, Lola Igna was chosen as one of the official entries of the 2018 ToFarm Film Festival Philippines. However, it got pulled out again.^[2] It was announced as an official entry to the 3rd Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino of the Film Development Council of the Philippines and was shown in Philippine cinemas from September 12–19, 2019.^[6]