That is why I think this is a missed opportunity for a festival to demonstrate how it can protect, through its mandate, a work which, like the rest, claims to reveal truth in the face of power.
By DEE AYROSO
The documentary is disturbing as it throws at us painful truths.
Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Dapat ay antitetikal ang relasyon ng mainstream at indie cinemas. Ang mainstream cinema ay tampok ang kita, ang indie cinema ay ang sining. Ang mainstream cinema ay lugmok sa kalakaran ng industriya: pamatay na skedyul ng produksyon at post-produksyon, proverbial na tumatalbog na tseke na installment na gawa at postdated…
By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com At last year’s Cinemalaya Film Festival, the First Quarter Storm drama Sigwa directed by Joel Lamangan and written by Bonifacio Ilagan was one of the featured full-length films. This year, two progressive documentary films are being featured in the documentary section of the festival, running currently until July 24…
Maliban sa Endo (2007) na ukol sa kabataang subkontrakwal na manggagawa at sa My Fake American Accent (2008), walang presensya ang paggawa sa maigsing kasaysayan ng Cinemalaya. At ngayong iniisip ko, tila wala rin namang substansyal na papel ang paggawa sa indie film movement sa kabuuan.