Cínemalayà: Philippine Independent Film Festival 2013
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- DirectorJeffrey JeturianStarsNenita DeonosoKaren Leslie DemateraBoobsieThe movie follows a seemingly-usual day in the life of Loida Malabanan as she embarks on yet another shooting day of a soap opera as an extra. As the shoot goes on we get a glimpse of truth in the ruling system of the production as well as the exploitation of marginalized laborers like Loida.
- DirectorAdolfo Alix Jr.StarsAdriana GomezJanvier DailyYul ServoAn assassin, a porn dubber and a transgender. Three souls. One explicit illusion. To find the ultimate joy in their empty lives. A safe haven, where passion and love mean humanity, ecstasy means enlightenment, and the soul is the ultimate.
- DirectorJerrold TarogStarsLovi PoePaulo AvelinoTJ TrinidadAndrea Gonzaga is about to marry a man she doesn't love when a mysterious guest arrives and suddenly reminds her of the man she truly loves.
- DirectorGil PortesStarsDax AlejandroMichael BonaposAlessandra De RossiLIARS is a drama inspired by the true story of a Filipino Little League baseball team that won the World Championship only to be stripped of its title and honor after it was found out that some of its players were too old. The story centers on two of the boys on the team and the journalist who discovers the truth.
- DirectorJason Paul LaxamanaStarsAlex MedinaJoey ParasAlma ConcepcionGreg is past his heyday as a bodybuilder and now faces problems with his quarreling parents and overbearing girlfriend. He turns to conning people for money using a made-up Facebook account as part of an elaborate scheme devised by his manager Marney. Their operation gets compromised when Greg falls in love with their latest victim Daisy, an older single woman. This is a story of deceptive people and how they feed on other people's needs for love, sex and money.
- DirectorManny PaloStarsEula ValdezSid LuceroArthur AcuñaBlack is scientifically the absence of color, but not all who see it are color-blind. David F. weaves three stories that take a look at the lineage of African-Americans in the Philippines--from American soldiers in the Philippine-American war to the Amerasians in the former Clark Air Base, and how we Pinoys take to them. It begins with the Philippine-American war in the early 1900's when two Filipinos want to get the reward money for capturing David Fagen, the African-American soldier who deserted the U.S. army to join the Filipino revolutionaries against the new colonizers. Another thread of the film looks at the life of a Filipina during the Japanese occupation before the return of General Douglas MacArthur in 1944 who gives birth to a baby that turns out to be black-skinned. Finally, in contemporary times, a black gay impersonator in a comedy bar, whose father is an African-American soldier based in Clark Air Base in Angeles City, tries to find his father who abandoned him. In the course of history, the "F" in "David F." may spell different levels of discrimination. But would we also admit that we Filipinos are bigots ourselves?
- DirectorAlvin YapanStarsPaulo AvelinoMara LopezRamona RañesesTo love is to have faith. Mando, a Bikolano devotee of Ina, Virgin of Penafrancia, Patroness of Bikolandia, injures himself in the middle of the forest at the foot of the Mayon Volcano. He will be nursed back to health by a mysterious woman, Salome, living there. They will fall in love with each other. But when Mando invites her to come with him to the plains, Salome refuses, saying a curse prohibits her from leaving the forest. Salome holds a secret that will devastate Mando's love for her. Mando relies on his devotion to the Virgin of Penafrancia to lift the curse, making realize how inextricably linked are the virtues of love and faith.
- DirectorLeo AbayaStarsEugene DomingoYuki MatsuzakiAdrian AlandyThe story of Bechayda, a two-months-pregnant wardrobe assistant . In the fear of losing her Japanese lover and her dreams of a better life, she embarks on a plan that will get herself out of her predicament. Or so she thinks.
- DirectorJoseph Israel LabanStarsBarbara MiguelJake CuencaNadine SamonteInspired by the true story of one of the youngest mothers in the history of the Philippines. Krista was only 9 years old when she became pregnant. Her mother believes that she was impregnated by evil supernatural creatures called nuno sa punso but the real story is more complicated than it seems.
- DirectorCarlo ObispoStarsKrystle ValentinoMiggs CuadernoArnold ReyesDiana (Krystle Valentino) and her little brother (Miggs Cuaderno) go through life and childhood in a country farm village particularly called "Purok 7" (Zone 7) where they experience the familiar, delightful ride that is growing up, along with the challenges that they are forced to deal with despite their young age. For one, their father is living with another woman in the area while their mother is working abroad. Set against a backdrop of laid-back living and copious optimism characteristic of country life, Purok 7 is an endearing tale of innocence and reality, and the wonderfully inescapable bonds of community.
- DirectorEduardo W. Roy Jr.StarsMimi JuarezaMiggs CuadernoJunjun QuintanaLife of Dorina, a middle-aged trans woman (played by the trans actress Mimi Juareza) who is looking for her niche midst the complexities of the world she is in. This is a story of suffering, acceptance and hope.
- DirectorMikhail RedStarsRonnie QuizonBelle MarianoMike LlorenRekorder is the story of Maven, a tragic drifter who with his old camcorder records movies currently showing in theaters to sell the footage to pirates. The parting image shows Ronnie in the movie theater without his camcorder in hand. For the first time, he isn't asleep while the movie is playing. He is just there, sitting alone and motionless, completely engrossed by the movie he is watching. As it turns out, the movie is not the commercial features he has been recording throughout the years for the enterprising pirates, but security camera footage of a robbery that culminates in violence.
- DirectorChristopher Ad. CastilloStarsGretchen BarrettoArthur AcuñaAlvin AnsonA disgraced reporter seeks redemption by leading her documentary crew to spend one night and tell the story of what really happened at the haunted and infamous The Diplomat Hotel.
- DirectorHannah EspiaStarsIrma AdlawanPing MedinaMercedes CabralTRANSIT explores the intersecting stories of Filipinos in Tel Aviv when the threat of a law deporting the children of migrant workers looms their precarious lives.
- DirectorPaolo O'HaraStarsDiana AlferezMax CeladaGianna Lamadrid
- DirectorAiess AlonsoStarsNicolo ManrealDulcita SiroyIvan ZaldarriagaIn a rural seaside town, north of Cebu, Philippines, fisher folks face the harsh reality of human-induced environmental conditions. Fueled by the consequences of dwindling marine resources, Randy, a late 20's fisherman, has delved into the world of cockfighting. He wants to make his first try in the town's derby. His mother tells him that he can find hope and luck if he participates in the city's solemn procession for the feast of Senior Santo Nino. At the same time, Tonyo, a fellow fisher folk, invites Randy to take part in their fight against coral harvesters. Ultimately, Randy has to make a choice between his devotion or the struggle of the people.
- DirectorZig Madamba DulayStarsJoeffrey JavierMark LuzUpeng FernandezA desaparecido goes home and searches for the society's spirit of truth and freedom.
- DirectorJ.E. TiglaoStarsYssa RamosRonnie LazaroA young girl named Onang became a part of a choir which will represent their town for a competition in Manila. Her Tatang disapproves this. She ran away and reached the city of Manila. For her, the only thing more impossible than leaving is staying.
- DirectorRelyn A. TanStarsShamaine BuencaminoDexter DoriaEmerson LeeThe film is the story of a young Tsinoy* named Hannah who discovers that she has a half-brother and meets him for the first time on the last day of her father's wake. *Tsinoy - refers to someone having both Chinese and Filipino family roots.
- DirectorJoaquin PantaleonStarsJomari SiocoNorman LoteriaNelwin BuaronThis film, shot in 1952-53, documents the scarification ceremony called "marking" which was traditionally held for Ju/'hoan boys after they had killed their first large animal. Here, /Ti!kay, a boy of thirteen, shoots his first wildebeest with an arrow. /Ti!kay's father, Kan//a, and Crooked /Qui help the young hunter track, skin, and butcher the animal. After the meat is brought back to the village, a scarification ceremony takes place, symbolizing the importance of hunting and /Ti!kay's passage into social manhood. He is now considered an acceptable son-in-law by the parents of the girl to whom he has long been betrothed.