cinemalaya is 24 days away.
Posted on June 16th, 2010 by Teng
Filed under: cinemalaya, Events, films | Comments Off
Funktional Schizophrenic Loves Mindanao 2010-06-08 20:49:00
Posted on June 8th, 2010 by Teng
Limbunan Trailer from Bidadali House on Vimeo.
Filed under: cinemalaya, films | Comments Off
Funktional Schizophrenic 2010-05-23 14:51:00
Posted on May 23rd, 2010 by Teng
Filed under: cinemalaya, films | Comments Off
Funktional Schizophrenic 2010-05-20 14:29:00
Posted on May 20th, 2010 by Teng
Filed under: cinemalaya, films | Comments Off
behind the scenes
Posted on May 15th, 2010 by Teng
The Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival is just around the corner. By the end of the month all eight finalists in the New Breed Category, myself included, have to hand in a copy of our films. My film is entitled Limbunan. Set in 1989, the film capture…
Filed under: cinemalaya, films | Comments Off
metal divers
Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Teng
Mogley and I saw a threatrical screening of Rolston Joven’s Bakal Boys this afternoon at SM Davao. The movie house was virtually empty. Well, except for several gay men who might have thought that it was a soft porn flick based on the title (bakal…
Filed under: films | Comments Off
windblown
Posted on April 27th, 2010 by Teng
This is a first look at a must-see film Sakay sa Hangin (Windblown) by Regiben O. Romana.
Filed under: films | Comments Off
4/100
Posted on April 26th, 2010 by Teng
day old flick manifesto, or: how to make a full-length film in 24 hours or less
Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by Teng
Filipino film director Khavn Dela Cruz (Mondomanila, The Family That Eats Soil) espouses this useful manifesto for working filmmakers and newbies. It is full of time-tested wisdom and ideas brought about by budget-less filmmaking. Try them.
Work with t…
Filed under: films | Comments Off
tetchie agbayani
Posted on April 15th, 2010 by Teng
In Limbunan Tetchie Agbayani plays Farida, Ayesah’s aunt, who is tasked to ensure that her niece is prepared for the wedding. However, Farida’s dark past challenges Ayesah’s resolve finding herself choosing between love and loyalty to tradition …
Filed under: cinemalaya, films | Comments Off
cannes
Posted on April 15th, 2010 by Teng
jamie unte
Posted on April 8th, 2010 by Teng
Jamie Unte plays the precocious Saripa in Limbunan. Forbidden to step out of her bridal quarter, Saripa serves as Ayesah’s eyes beyond the walls of her room.
Jamie is an incoming fifth grader of Notre Dame University’s Elementary Training Department …
Filed under: cinemalaya, films | Comments Off
mayka b. lintongan
Posted on April 7th, 2010 by Teng
Clinical instructor, single mother and songstress Mayka B. Lintongan of Cotabato City tries her hand in acting in the film Limbunan.
She plays the role of Amina, obedient wife to Malindato and devoted mother to Ayesah.
Limbunan is an entry to the 6t…
Filed under: cinemalaya, films | Comments Off
ten
Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Teng
Ten (not so new) things I learned while doing my film, Limbunan.
1. Despite a lengthy, well-planned pre production, something unexpected is bound to happen during the shoot. 2. A member of the production will come to the set ill-prepared.3. Someone wil…
Filed under: films | Comments Off
it’s a wrap!
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Teng
I just finished shooting my full-length film, Limbunan – an entry to the sixth edition of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition. That explains my absence in blogosphere for the past two months. I was so busy and borderline obsessive-…
Filed under: cinemalaya, films | Comments Off
Film: 2008
Posted on February 4th, 2010 by jayclops
Due to consistent ‘public’ demand, here is my 2008 favorite films list. I added in honorable mentions because I can’t help it.
Revolutionary Road dir. by Sam Mendes
Entre Les Murs (The Class) dir. by Laurent Cantet
Rachel Getting M…
Filed under: films | Comments Off
Film: 2008
Posted on February 4th, 2010 by jayclops
Due to consistent ‘public’ demand, here is my 2008 favorite films list. I added in honorable mentions because I can’t help it.
Revolutionary Road dir. by Sam Mendes
Entre Les Murs (The Class) dir. by Laurent Cantet
Rachel Getting M…
Filed under: films | Comments Off
busy
Posted on January 23rd, 2010 by Teng
Three weeks into 2010, my schedule is already packed. I am preparing to do a full-length film for Cinemalaya, which means mobilizing resources to augment the half a million pesos seed grant, revising the script, meeting with my producer almost on a dai…
Filed under: cinemalaya, films, Peace Process | Comments Off
trailer truck
Posted on July 12th, 2009 by jayclops
It hasn’t really occurred to me but an effective indicator of how your life is being busied up by work is by the amount of trailers that you’ve missed premiered online. As you know, new trailers are being churned out like crazy online, then you realize…
Filed under: films | Comments Off
