Ricky is a Filipino laborer who works in Korea to support his family in Manila. In his dream, he sees apparitions of his grandmother telling him to return to Manila in order to succeed his family vocation as a witch doctor. From the next day on, strange things happen to him as he wanders around and follows the voice that haunts him. The Calling: Pilikula nen Christopher Gozum:
The Calling was directed by Christopher Gozum (produced by the Asian Film Academy in 2006 and premiered at the 13th Pusan International Film Festival). The Calling won Best Short Film in the 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival in 2007.
Christopher Quijalvo Gozum was a Master of Arts in Theater Arts student in the University of the Philippines. He was an alumni of the 2006 Asian Film Academy Fellowship Program in Pusan, South Korea.
Christopher won two Palanca Awards for Literature for his two full-length drama War Booty (2001) and The Pasyon of Pedro Calosa and the Tayug Colorum Uprising of 1931 (2002). His second Palanca-winning play with a revised title of Pure Stone Is the Source of Light was awarded a publication prize/grant by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Ubod Young Author’s Series in 2005.
Christopher’s filmography includes The Independence Mission (2004 Gawad CCP para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video), Lakaran ( featured in the 2006 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival ) and Surreal Random Mms Texts Para Ed Ina, Agui, Tan Kaamong Ya Makaiiliw Ed Sika: Gurgurlis Ed Banua.
Christopher is from Bayambang, Pangasinan in the Philippines.
