It’s August once again. For cinephiles, it’s the season to splurge on movies. It’s movie buffet time in Cinemalaya and Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino, which both fall during August annually. In every film fest, there are films that emerge as crowd favorites, one who wins the people’s hearts and then there’s that one that majority […]
Warning: This post contains spoilers from the film. Have you ever encountered street children begging for spare change? Selling sampaguita? Offering their young bodies to willing pedophiles? If yes, then the Cinemalaya 2018 entry “School Service” is for you. A drama comedy focusing on the plight of the children who were victims of human trafficking, […]
Warning: May contain spoilers When it comes to love and loss, films often have the tendency to over-dramatize scenes to get viewers to empathize with the characters. But in the Cinemalaya 14 film “Kung Paano Hinihintay Ang Dapithapon” (Waiting for Sunset), the story of life and death is told in a simple, heartwarming tale that’s […]
On its 14th year, Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival once again presented a compelling lineup of full-length entry films with the theme “Wings of Vision”. This year’s Short Feature B showcases different tales of struggling relationships that mirror real-life scenarios. You, Me, and Mr. Wiggles: Marital and sexual relationship Directed by Jav Velasco and co-written […]
Warning: May contain spoilers The film ends with a line that resonates in familiarity. BuyBust is Erik Matti’s carefully composed commentary on the Philippine’s War on Drugs. It is a spectacle leading the senses to an exhilarating and exhausting overdrive through the film’s cinematic design. Without a doubt, it is a win for the technical […]
Behind the throngs of people waiting outside the Cultural Center of the Philippines is the lane of full-scale film posters. For strangers, it can be just another event. For the regulars, it signifies the start of the Cinemalaya season. The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival welcomed its fourteenth year last August 3, 2018, at the […]