Tadhana (film)

Tadhana (English: Destiny) is a 1978 Philippine adult animated historical comedy film written and directed by cartoonist Nonoy Marcelo. Presenting a satirical and light-hearted take on Philippine history, the film depicts several historical figures and mythological creatures during the Spanish colonial period through various vignettes.

Based on a book of the same name by Ferdinand Marcos, the tenth president of the Philippines, Tadhana was commissioned by the Marcos' government to contributed as a part of the martial law propaganda. The film served Imee Marcos as a producer alongside his uncle and collaborator José Zabala-Santos as one of the animators.

Tadhana is the first feature-length animated film ever produced in the Philippines, despite being released as a television film, premiered on Philippine television on September 21, 1978, in commemoration of the sixth anniversary of martial law. In later years, the film fell into obscurity, while it would be two decades before the next feature-length animated film was made by local producers: Geirry Garccia's Adarna: The Mythical Bird (1997).