It is the first Philippine film shown at the Cannes Film Festival , and to use Tondo as a shooting location . A box-office failure , '' Insiang '' received good reviews from critics ( some of whom regarded it as one of Brocka 's best ) . The film 's rights were transferred to the Film Development Council of the Philippines in 2015 by producer Ruby Tiong Tan for the council 's discussion with Martin Scorsese 's The Film Foundation , a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation , about its restoration . The restored version was selected for screening in the Cannes Classics section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival , and played at a number of other film festivals
2015 Cannes Film Festival
2015 Cannes Film Festival
Insiang