Cinemalaya

Pan de Salawal: The Irony of Pain
18
Aug
By Ryan Piolo Veluz
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Pan de Salawal: The Irony of Pain

FROM THE torpid state of slumber, Salvador (Bodjie Pascua) disturbs the serenity of night with gasps of pain as he urinates with struggle and droplets of blood. He looks up at the ceiling with tears in his eyes, contemplating his miserable life spent alone while enduring the torments of a…
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ML: Reliving the Pandemonium
14
Aug
By Adrian Paul Tañedo
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ML: Reliving the Pandemonium

TIME has taught people that the history of the Philippines is written with blood. Ever since colonial masters invaded the land, natives have taken up arms to try and defend it. All of this is written in the pages of history books and is widely accepted. However, injustices and atrocities…
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Liway: A Celebration of Victorious Resistance
14
Aug
By Ryan Piolo Veluz
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Liway: A Celebration of Victorious Resistance

IN A confined arena of outlaws and insurgents, children are living under imperceptible chains of suppression that inhibit their freedom to prosper and taint the purity of their youth. Governed by their naivety, the children are indifferent to the reality of living inside a world of transgressions. However, through the…
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Kusina: Where the Heart Rests
28
Aug
By The Flame Literary
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Kusina: Where the Heart Rests

IN TRADITION, Filipinos believe that there is life after death—an afterlife in which an individual’s identity and consciousness continue to exist even after the passing of a body. Kusina defamiliarizes Heaven as the holy realm that reveals all that is expected it would be like: a room where there is…
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Tuos: Breaking the Shackles of Tradition
25
Aug
By The Flame Literary
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Tuos: Breaking the Shackles of Tradition

MILES AWAY from the country’s capital region, where daily living includes mobile phones and honking of cars, lay various pre-Hispanic traditions that still survive up to this day despite the speeding influence of modernity. Cinemalaya 2016 Audience Choice Feature Film Tuos presents the clash between tradition and modernity by the use…
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Artlets alumnus wins award in Cinemalaya 2016
15
Aug
By The Flame News
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Artlets alumnus wins award in Cinemalaya 2016

AN ARTLET alumnus bagged the Audience Choice Award for short feature film in the 2016 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival awards night held Sunday. Independent film Forever Natin directed by Communication Arts graduate Cyrus Valdez won the award after making the most “impact” to the viewers. Valdez’ film portrayed the…
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Cyrus Valdez: Making the Cut
07
Aug
By The Flame Features
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Cyrus Valdez: Making the Cut

HE THOUGHT, and there was nothing. Cyrus Jay Valdez and his team of 11 were down to filming their last few scenes of the short film Forever Natin. Time was running out. He was almost at his breaking point. Was he going to let the pressure get to him? “If…
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