The official list of entries are:
100 Na Tula. Para Kay Estella
Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B
AWOL
Bar Boys
Birdshot
Hamog
Paglipay
Patay Na Si Hesus
Pauwi Na
Salvage
Triptiko and,
Star Na Si Van Damme Stallone
Based on their respective synopsis and official trailers, I would suggest to the Filipino viewers who are longing to see the picture of a family life in a different perspective to watch PATAY NA SI HESUS and PAUWI NA. Aside from the fact that the two movies are starred by 2 high-caliber Filipino actresses the storyline moves in a way that we do not see and feel everyday but so real.
In our world where a lot of things are being lied about, I want to watch movies that does not interplay horror and made-to-believe films, I am also not fond of watching films of indiscriminate killings where the killers are being glorified and feared at. I want the silverscreen to show something uplifting and grounded.
CONGRATULATIONS to the officers of the Film Development Council of the Philippines for officially selecting movies that are varied in themes. I have noticed that few festivals and indi-films ago, a lot of films have focused on separation and broken families, prostitution of boys and girls, macho dancers, gay parades and never ending fantasies of dwarfs and monsters. Sometimes too much of anything pushes you to barf.
Our National Artist Direk Lino Brocka penned in his "Call To The Filipino Artist" he lamented: "The supreme duty of the artist is to investigate the truth, no matter what forces attempt to hide it, and then report it to the people, to confront them with it, like a whiplash that will cause wounds but will free the mind from various fantasies and escapist fare that the Establishment pollutes our minds with. To the best of our abilities , and even if we oftentimes fail, we want to do works that will hurt , films that will disturb, films that will not make you rest. For the times are really bad, and given times like these. It is a crime to rest." (lainez.wordpress.com)
From Direk Lino Brocka to the present generation of filmmakers, the lamentation against the Establishment I believe still exists. I may not be a director or in anyway related to filmmaking but I am positive that films in the 70's and 80's are worth watching. We have to admit that a big chunk of Filipino movie-goers at this present time keep on watching mediocre films than watch films that enlightens and educates.
In here, incoherence lies at the bottom of our education as Filipinos. Film-education and the sense of Nationalism was not instilled and inculcated to us as learners.
Kudos to filmmakers who continues to produce quality films, I am hoping that more and more good films will get the chance to be shown in the days to come.
cuisonjohnie@gmail.com. Writings 2017 #04
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