SINAG MAYNILA was born in 2015, with the vision of Mr. Wilson Cheng and award-winning filmmaker Brillante Mendoza’s aspiration to help local indie filmmakers, it is now back with a variety of films from documentaries to full-length features which aim to educate festival-goers locally and internationally with it’s tagline Sine Lokal, Pang-Internasyunal.
In light of Philippine Cinema’s Centennial year, the following films as well as other programs involved in the festival aims to help out local indie and mainstream film artists to showcase their crafts, extending this to film enthusiasts too. Workshops and talks are spread across the festival run, which will commence in April 4 to 10 in commercial cinemas, and April 10 to 17 in micro cinemas.
Here are 5 things we’ve learned about this year’s run so far:
Brillante Mendoza’s Lakbayin is the opening film
In this three-hour omnibus, Dante Mendoza is joined by Kidlat Tahimik and Lav Diaz as they review the state of the Philippines. Based on this review by Clarence Tsui of the Hollywood Reporter, “Lakbayan ends on a sunnier if no less scathing note. More than 40 years after his directorial debut, Perfumed Nightmare, a road movie about a young cabbie who leaves home and travels abroad with the aim of becoming the first Philippine astronaut, Tahimik hits the road again with Lakaran di Kabayan (Kabayan’s Journey). (sic) As Tahimik and his collaborators reflect on their work, the Philippines’ unresolved historical schisms come into view, highlighting Lakbayan’s importance as a trip down painful memory lanes.”
Released in 2018, this is the best answer to anyone who wonders what the [Philippines] is as seen through the eyes of Dante, Kidlat, and Lav. We’ll let you know if this review justifies it clearly as it opens the festival on April 3.
Jay Altajeros, Zig Dulay and Ralston Jover are back this year
The two released some of their films in the past through the festival, and now they’re back with “Jino To Mari” and “Akin Ang Korona” respectively. As last year’s winner as ‘Best Director’ for “Bomba”, Ralston Jover joins the list with “Person of Interest”. Sinag Maynila newbies’ Ronald Carballo and Daniel Palacio join the line-up with “Jesusa” and “Pailalim”. That’s five additional full-length features added to the 21 Filipino films released since January. So… yay! For Philippine Cinema’s 100th year.
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The Shorts are Back
Competing in the short film category are “Bisperas” by Ralph Quincena, “Dana Jung” by John Rogers, “Dude Pare Bro” by Lora Cerdan, “Kiss” by Harlene Bautista, “Kilos” by Marjon Santos, “Marian” by Brian Patrick Lim, “Memories of the Rising Sun” by Lawrence Fajardo, “Nagmamahal, Sal” by Jeff Subrabas, “Ngiti ni Nazareno” by Louie Ignacio, and “Panaghoy” by Alvin Baloloy.
There’s a ‘Documentary’ category
Meanwhile, those competing in the documentary category are “At Home” by Arjanmar H. Rebeta, “Entablado” by Lie Rain Clemente and Nori Jane Isturis, “Hope Spots” by Joseph Dominic Cruz, “Hyatt: Mga Kuwento, Lihim at Katotohanan” by Jayvee V. Bucsit, and “Tata Pilo” by Dexter Macaraeg.
Important talks along the way
Mark your calendars for April 5 and April 6, as two important talks are prepared for a forum and a film workshop sponsored by the Film Development Council of the Philippines .
There will be a forum on Saturday, April 6 with speakers Ms. Joanne Goh, Chairman of the Malaysia International Film Festival, Michael Werner, an American-born, Hong Kong–based producer, strategic consultant and producers’ rep, and Brillante Mendoza, Executive Producer of “Lakbayan” and Festival Director of Sinag Maynila. Winners of the competition will be announced at the Gabi ng Parangal to be held on Sunday, April 7.
The FDCP will be hosting a Fellowship Night on April 5 followed by more FDCP Talks in the next few days. A Film Editing workshop on April 10 to be conducted by Mr. John Anthony Wong, Managing Director of Edge Manila Creatives Corporation. Then on April 12, there will also be an environmental film screening and forum with resource speaker Fiona Faulkner, Environmental and Community Development Officer of The Plastic Solution. Finally, Sinag Maynila closes with the film “Journey”, an Asian Three-Fold Mirror project by The Japan Foundation Asia Center.
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