Pregnant and nervous with her first child, Joy asked how her gay dads managed to raise her with so much love throughout her life. Find out how in the Filipino short film ‘Little One‘.
Joy experiences her first pregnancy and in a fit of nervous feelings, she asks her two dads about what they felt when they realized they were ready to be parents. She sat them down interview-style, complete with a camera setup. Affectionately, she calls one of them “Papa” and the other one “Daddy”. Her Papa, Tino, fondly calls Iko “honey” so they can sit down and answer her questions about parenthood. Iko, however, does not seem to look that well. Tino still tried to answer the question, with a proud look from Iko… until Iko suddenly clutched his chest and seemed to have a heart attack. Joy rushed to close the camera as they called for help.
At the hospital, Tino talks to the healthcare professionals and goes inside the hospital room with his family. He looks at his daughter taking a nap on the edge of the bed where his partner is resting. He takes the camera that Joy was holding and goes to the table. He notices a butterfly flying at the window and sits down to watch the clip that his daughter just took. He, then, decided to record his own video. Tino records himself saying that Joy is sleeping very soundly right now so he thought about recording a video himself to answer the question that she asked earlier.
