Thinking out of the box NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 10/21/2011

Thinking out of the box

NO HOLDS BARRED

Armida Siguion-Reyna

10/21/2011
A group of young Filipino filmmakers came up with a list of Top 10 Pinoy indie movies: 100, directed by Chris Martinez, starring Mylene Dizon; a terminal cancer patient finds out she has a hundred days to go, so she sets out to complete a series of “must do’s.” Imburnal, written and directed by Sherad Anthony Sanchez and starring non-stars but noteworthy actors Allen Lumanog, Joel San Juan and Jelieta Mariveles-Ruca; two young boys are hunted by death squads in a coastal town somewhere in Davao.

Boses, written and directed by Froi Medina and Rody Vera, produced and directed by Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil; Real-life Musician Coke Bolipata does a star turn as Ariel, a musician who teaches a child in the slums, the seven-year-old Onyok (Julian Duque), to play the violin. Onyok is at the mercy of an abusive father (Ricky Davao); the boy purposely stayed mute to deal with his situation. Melancholia, written, directed and edited by Lav Diaz; a study of people coping with personal loss..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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