Tag: cinemaoneoriginals

In the first minutes of Changing Partners, Agot Isidro’s Alex (don’t be confused, there’ll be two Alex’s here — that’s kind of the concept of the whole film) expresses her excitement over watching the new season of her favorite prime-time...

People often say “see the world through the eyes of a child,” acting as if these words are the remedy to cynicism. Somehow this phrase is charged with what we imagine childhood to be: innocence, authenticity, joy and tears (somehow...

The annual Cinema One Originals festival is just around the corner in the Philippines and by far - BY FAR - the film that I am most curious about in this year's line up is Phyllis Grande's documentary Haunted: A...

The Philippines' Cinema One Originals program continues to support a broad range of talent across more genres than you can shake a stick at with their annual funding grants - unlike most nations Filipino festivals actually commission and pay for...

Keith Sicat's Woman Of The Ruins is one of the more intriguing entries in this year's CinemaOne Originals series from the Philippines, presenting a seeming tale of resurrection with dark overtones. The first teaser was a wonderfully atmospheric bit of...

After the international success of Erik Matti's On The Job - a selection of the Director's Fortnight program in Cannes - leading man Joel Torre returns to the crime genre with what promises to be another gritty, stylish affair.A selection...

Like Loy Arcenas, Maribel Legarda has several years' worth of theater experience to guide her first foray into filmmaking. Unlike Arcenas, whose first film is from an original screenplay by Rody Vera, Legarda chose to adapt for the screen...