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What I miss about 2008
I know this is a bit late, usually I am on most occasions; arguably, fashionably.
What’s the point in talking about a year that isn’t already? I really have no point in all of this but I try to make it a habbit to have “closure” with every year that passed. And I must admit that the only closure I had this year is coming to terms with my own arteur intellectual inclination. But who cares about that?
You would care to know that 2008 was so memorable to me because:
The Eraserheads played a reunion concert and Ely Buendia had a heart attack!
Heath Ledger died.
The Beijing Olympics was so moving.
Did you know that Lav Diaz, a native of Mindanao, won the prestigious Orizzonti Prize Film Award from the Venice Film Festival? (Who cares, right?)
Gay Marriage was legalized in California AND illegalized through Proposition 8. (What irony!)
Gaza conflict erupted.
Barack Obama wins the US Presidential race.
Okay, it’s not a big deal. My point is, new things are so much more interesting. This year included.
2008, 2009, Barack Obama, Beijing Olympics, Gay Marriage, Gaza, Heath Ledger, Lav Diaz, Proposition 8, The Eraserheads
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Mindanao film makes it to Cinemalaya 2008
Posted by Kim in Dailies, Events, Indie, Mindanao, Movies, Social Comment on July 10th, 2008
Photo courtesy of http://morofilm.blogspot.com
My friend Jun Macarambon, who co-wrote “A step for my dream” had their film officially selected in this year’s Cinemalaya, inevitably the most prestigious film festival in the Philippines. I haven’t seen the film myself, but the fact that it made it to the festival should keep everyone’s heads up. It was directed by Monalayn Labado, also a Mindanawon. Hopefully, their producer Teng Mangansakan II, also a documentary filmmaker from Mindanao, would allow to screen the said film for this upcoming Mindanao Film Festival for everyone to see. Lately, the influx of critical Mindanao filmmakers shaking the national and international scene have grown since, perhaps, Lav Diaz. Other films to watchout for that are made by a Mindanao filmmaker include Sherad Anthony Sanchez’s film (director of Huling Balyan ng Buhi) “Imburnal”, which was recently shot in some parts of Bankerohan and Dumalag. It is an entry for this year’s Cinema One Originals. Also, an advocacy film was recently made entitled, “Hunghong sa yuta” which has already run on local cinemas. Noticeably, most of our fresh breed of filmmakers have done stories on Mindanao, treating these stories with a fair sense of what Mindanao truly feels like.
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Bankeron, Cinema One Originals, Cinemalaya, Eddie Romero, Huling Balyan ng Buhi, Hunghong sa yuta, Imburnal, Jun Macarambon, Lav Diaz, Mindanao Film Festival, Mindanawon, Monalyn Labado, Sherad Anthony Sanchez, Teng Mangansakan
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