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Ignacio de Loyola: One for the books

27 Wednesday Jul 2016

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By Heinrich Domingo

To look at a film is to judge it impartially. Yet, we tend to give leeway to Filipino-made films because of financial and technological limitations. Ignacio de Loyola proves us that this should not be the case.  It asks the audience to suspend their biases. It challenges them to view the film using the highest standards available.

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Engkwentro: Pungent and raw

24 Sunday Jul 2016

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By Heinrich Domingo

Engkwentro delivers reality on the screen so raw and so pungent that viewers are awakened to go back to their world. Here, the cinema is no longer an anesthesia. It becomes a reflection of what the Philippines is as Dutertopia.

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Kung ang Ulan ay Gawa sa Tsokolate: Beautiful in its core

11 Monday Apr 2016

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By Heinrich Domingo

People tend to cast stone to any item put on the pedestal. The case of Kung ang Ulan ay Gawa sa Tsokolate is no different. Being awarded as CineFilipino’s 2016 best short film, the movie’s flaws and shortcomings were emphasized. Sans the first prize award, it could have passed off as a decent film piece.

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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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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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Luna: Clarity despite subtlety

31 Thursday Mar 2016

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By Heinrich Domingo

Set inside a cramped house, this short film narrates the story of a young girl seeking to define her gender and identity. She started to dress in man’s clothes and cut her hair short which dismayed her mother and sister. Luna served as a text that needs to be read and interpreted. It required viewers to look beyond what is on the screen because its visual presentations are merely metaphors.

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