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Nangungupahan: Reinventing short films

07 Tuesday Aug 2018

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2018, cinemalaya, filipino movie, film review, Glenn Barit, independent film, Movie review, short film

By: 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 screen the abstract notions of nostalgia, permanence and transition, and the cause-and-effect nature of time and space.

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Ang Mga Alingawngaw sa Panahon ng Pagpapasya (Echoes in the Midst of Indecision): Activism at the fore

04 Monday Apr 2016

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1986 Revolution, alessandra de rossi, Alingawngaw sa Panahon ng Pagpapasya, drama, EDSA, filipino movie, film review, Marcos dictatorship, Marcos Era, micko laurente, Movie review, philippines, short film, SIFFMP, Singkwento International Film Festival

By: Heinrich Domingo

Activism, today, is a concept too alienating for people to understand. The struggle towards toppling the Philippines’ most corrupt official (Ferdinand Marcos Sr.) seems like a distant past. For a generation cradled comfortably in the soft mattress of democracy, fighting against tyranny is but a misaligned notion popularized by the radical hippies in the 80s. Alingawngaw sa Panahon ng Pagpapasya is a film that aims to discuss the 1986 revolution from the inside of the most basic unit of society – the family. Its narrative is a refreshing take for a story that has been delivered multiple times in multiple ways.

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Sleepless: Every frame a revelry

27 Wednesday Jan 2016

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best actor, cinematography, dominic roco, drama, filipino movie, glaiza de castro, independent film, indie film, Movie review, philippines, QCinema 2015, romance, sleepless

By Heinrich Domingo

Cinema is meant to be beautiful. The perfect assembly of visual elements is prerequisite in an effective delivery of a story. Sleepless knows this by heart. Through its production design and cinematography, its narrative on insomniac and call center lifestyle leaves an everlasting impression. This movie is proof that achieving cinematic beauty comes from detailed orchestration of all items seen in a frame.

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