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Sunday, August 05, 2007

Yes, I was able to watch 4 out of 9 full-length features at the recently held Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival at the UP Film Center last week. Not bad for a person like me who works for a mainstream network and does not fully understand the aesthetics of independent film making. As long as i wanted to watch all 9 features, i have work and wasn't able to sneak out of office to catch the 5pm screenings.

The first film i saw was Tukso, a film directed by Dennis Magasigan which starred by friend Diana Malahay who was the lead actress. I went there alone (too bad, i dont have a date). The film just remembered me of Gus Van Sant's "Elephant" and Akira Kurisawa's "Roshomon". It was also nostalgic impact to me for the treatment and concept was like my long old forgotten and unfinished thesis. Its one of those locally produced detective movies and it must say it was my favorite.

The second film was Kadin by Adolf Alix Jr. I watched the movie with my orgmates Liezel and Ivy (punyeta ang ingay lang nila kasama!). The movie was about the journey of Peping who was in his quest to find his missing goat. Though the cinematography was outstanding, I'm must say that the story was very thin. It would have been better if the movie was pegged as a short film rather than a full length feature.

Jay Abello's Ligaw Liham was next. Seen the movie with officemate Toni last thursday. No comment! We just went to Sarah's out of desperation.

Finally, I was with Alina and Rain on watching Jim Libiran's Tribu last friday. It was really a beautiful film and without a doubt it was the Best Picture for everybody in the theater.

4:44 PM