Max Eigenmann, who plays Alice, and Bing Pimentel, who plays as Alice's mother Grace, are real-life mother and daughter. They were the last to be cast in the film as the director first offered these roles to real-life mother and daughter Laurice Guillen and Ina Feleo.
Some of the actual footage used in the film are from the director's own archive: 1) the lightning rally she attended the day after Martial Law was declared in Mindanao, 2) the police patrol in Iligan when she and a couple of journalists/activists visited Marawi during the height of the siege.
Most of the films background actors and extras are real-life activists and NGO workers who are close to the director.