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Continue reading →: Nangungupahan: Reinventing short filmsBy: Heinrich Domingo In his second year in Cinemalaya shorts, Glenn Barit creates another film that calls more attention to its form than its content. In Nangungupahan, Glenn translates into cinema the ability of a space (such as an apartment room) to transcend time. In his depiction, Glenn captures on…
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Continue reading →: Musmos na Sumibol sa Gubat ng Digma (Unless the Water is Safer than the Land): Integrating the MarginsBy Heinrich Domingo There are few stories on Islam and its indigenous communities that reach the Manila audience. Often times, attempts to do so would require filmmakers to present the story with bombastic elements. To please the unfamiliar cinema-goers, filmmakers have to opt entertainment appeal more than the honest portrayal…
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Continue reading →: Liway: A Tribute to Our Fallen HeroesBy: Heinrich Domingo Kip Oebanda leaves a part of himself in Liway. He allows us to enter a childhood experience that is so painful and personal. In exchange, he captures the hearts of his audience. While his material is about a significant portion of Philippine history, he uses his personal…
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Continue reading →: Amusin Pa: Of Regional Tale-TellingBy: Heinrich Domingo Regional films are treading on a very thin line: they either snob their rural context and environment or they do so much to the point of exoticization. Amusin Pa traverses this line at ease. It situates the audience in a Southern Tagalog setting without necessarily alienating them…
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Continue reading →: Buybust: A Middle-class StudyBy Heinrich Domingo And when the innocents were killed, the audience erupts in cheers. It is Cinemalaya’s opening night. I joined hundreds of cinema enthusiasts while enduring the Friday traffic of Manila to watch this year’s opening film. Buybust tells the story of a drug raid in an urban jungle…
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