06 Thursday Aug 2020
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2019, Bontoc, cinemalaya, film criticism, Igorot, QCinema 2019, Review, short film, Tokwifi
Tokwifi is about the tale of a young Igorot man who came upon a falling star, only to find out that it was an old television containing a 1950s showbiz star. The two try to bond while overcoming the stereotypes they hold over each other.
06 Thursday Aug 2020
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2020, cinemalaya, cinemalaya 2020, Huawei Mobile, Living Things, Martika Escobar, mobile filmmaking, short film
Living Things is about the tale of lovers who encounter a sudden change in their relationship. The two must face a new reality making them reflect on the nature of love, relationships, and humanity.
02 Saturday Nov 2019
Posted in Video Essays
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cordillera, Country music, Homi Bhabha, hybridity, Igorot, media, mimicry, music videos, othering, philippine cinema, postcolonialism, representation, research, short film, UP Baguio, Video Essay, Youtube
The Filipino media’s relationship with the colonials is best understood through a closer look at the Igorot media. In this video essay, we look at media texts for and by the Igorots to understand concepts of resistance, post-colonialism, and media representation. Also, we touch on the subject of Philippine cinema history as we look at how the birth and development of cine in the country tie with the issues of representation faced by the Igorots.
07 Tuesday Aug 2018
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2018, cinemalaya, filipino movie, film review, Glenn Barit, independent film, Movie review, short film
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.
05 Sunday Aug 2018
Posted in Movie Reviews
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 or the characters in the narrative.
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