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Luna: Clarity despite subtlety

31 Thursday Mar 2016

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2016, CineFilipino, CineFilipino 2016, filipino, film review, independent film, indie film, LGBT, Luna Madrigal, Movie review, Olive Nato, philippines, Rae Red, short film, Transgender

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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Chicboy: Hoping for more

22 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Chichboy, film review, gender, Jasper Ramon Tulabot, LGBT, movie revew, philippines, short film, Transgender

By Heinrich Domingo

With no memory of last night’s events, a closeted gay woke up beside a naked woman in an unknown apartment. He went berserk after realizing that he slept with a female. He could not stomach the thought of sleeping with the opposite gender. No one else knows that he is gay. But unknown to him, he was not the only one in the room keeping a secret.

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The Girlfriend Experience: Of sexual obsession and audience appeal

27 Saturday Feb 2016

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Barbara Ruaro, comedy, coming-of-age, film review, LGBT, MAPUA, Marco Gatchalian, movie revew, obsession, RJ Salvador, sex, SIFFMP, Singkuwento International Film Festival, The Girlfriend Experience, Transgender

By Heinrich Domingo

A teenage boy with raging testosterone meets a sexy new housemate. He discovers that she is a prostitute who offers her service for P12,000.00 for 12 hours. There begins his quest towards achieving a paid girlfriend experience. He sold all his possessions in an effort to hire the girl. But in the end, a revelation would later make him doubt his decision. Is she truly worth his effort?

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Finish Line: Of simplicity and beauty

23 Tuesday Feb 2016

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College of Saint Benilde, film review, Finish Line, Kat Lingayo Surio, LGBT, Martin Mayuga, Movie review, short film, SIFFMP, Singkuwento International Film Festival, Transgender

By Heinrich Domingo

The independent film scene in the country is proud to have provided a space in gender discourse. The likes of Ang Lihim ni Antonio and I Love You. Thank You flooded film festivals in the recent years. In the progress of LGBT fight, Philippine films are once again embracing the change with open arms. Gay men are not just the focus of our films today. Transgenderism is also entering in our cinema houses.

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The Danish Girl: The transgender’s wife

17 Sunday Jan 2016

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Academy Awards 2016, Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Einar Wegener, Gerda Wegener, LGBT, Lili Elbe, Movie review, oscars 2016, The Danish Girl, Tom Hooper, Transgender

By Lei Landicho

The Danish Girl is a story of – not one – but two Danish heroines who found themselves in a situation beyond their control. One (Lili) resided in a falsely assigned body and later made a life-altering decision to break out from it. The other (Gerda) is her wife who, in the most extraordinary circumstance a woman could encounter in her life, supported and stayed beside her husband. The Danish Girl was supposed to be Lili. But it would seem Gerda shares with her the title.  What should have been a harrowing tale of the first person to undergo sex reassignment has become the story of a woman’s unconditional love and irrepressible ache in witnessing and letting her husband disappear and re-emerge as a woman. The Danish Girl, it turns out, is Gerda.

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