Tag: cinemalaya

With the annual Cinemalaya festival just around the corner in the Philippines a block of festival related teasers have just arrived online and tucked away in the midst of them is one very impressive bit of work for Afi Africa's...

Mikhail Red's Rekorder is the story of Maven (Ronnie Quizon), a tragic drifter who with his old camcorder records movies currently showing in theaters to sell the footage to pirates. The parting image shows Ronnie in the movie theater without...

Never one to shy away from controversy, Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr appears to be embracing it wholeheartedly with his upcoming Cinemalaya effort Porno. "PORNO" is a powerful story about individuals linked by pornography.  Three souls, one explicit illusion. To...

Mikhail Red, it would seem, has mastered the art of the tease. The Filipino director has his upcoming film Rekorder about to debut as part of the prestigious Cinemalaya festival and two teasers into the promotional campaign I am still...

Though best known as a horror filmmaker, Filipino helmer Jerrold Tarog has also won acclaim with the first two installments of his 'camera' trilogy. Indie dramas revolving around characters who use cameras in their everyday lives, the camera trilogy comes...

Someone's caught something on tape that they weren't meant to. And there are going to be consequences. It's a simple place to begin but sometimes the simplest concepts are the most effective and Mikhail Red's Cinemalaya feature Rekorder is definitely...

Cinemalaya gets haunted this year with the arrival of The Diplomat Hotel. Best known internationally as a leader of the Filipino arthouse indie wave of the past several years, Cinemalaya - which, like other similar events, is also a funding...