WATCH: How historian Nick Deocampo discovered PH’s oldest existing film

Film history enthusiast and historian Nick Deocampo has finally solved a decades-old mystery. He uncovered a copy of Diwata ng Karagatan (1936), believed to be the oldest existing Filipino film, tucked away in an archive in Brussels, Belgium.

In this exclusive interview, Deocampo shares the incredible story of how a single lead, an email, and a last-minute flight led him to this incredible find. He details the painstaking process of tracking down this cinematic relic, which features a young Rogelio De La Rosa, and is one of the few existing films that can be attributed to the "Father of Philippine Cinema," Jose Nepomuceno as a producer.