This is also a rare Pinoy movie that gained a wide virtual release in the US and other countries during 2020, allowing overseas audiences to get a taste of Filipino stories on the silver screen. It has a tightly woven plot, a significant degree of suspense, and a compelling underlying moral conflict. Instead of relegating herself to the trope of victimhood, she embraces a sense of measured defiance.īeyond humanism, Watch List is also entertaining. Alessandra de Rossi’s performance as Maria feels especially poignant. Though many movies depict the Drug War, Watch List stands out with a humanistic depiction of its characters. Though Watch List had its festival running starting in 2019, we’re including it on this list because it had a Philippine release in 2020, and is worth highlighting for its sociopolitical relevance.Īmidst the contemporary Philippine Drug War, Watch List centers on a woman named Maria who joins a force of vigilantes after her husband is murdered for being an alleged drug pusher. Taklub (Trap) 2015 | Dir.Director: Ben Rekhi | Starring: Arthur Acuña, Bernard Carritero, Alessandra de Rossi | Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Lester Valleīalikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III 2015 | Dir. Walang rape sa Bontok (Bontok, Rapeless) 2014 | Dir. Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore 2014 | Dir. Timmy Harnīukas na lang, sapagkat gabi na (Leave It for Tomorrow, for Night Has Fallen) 2014 | Dir. Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakba (Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey) 2012 | Dir. Tundong Magiliw: Pasaan isinisilang siyang mahirap? (Tondo Beloved: To What are the Poor Born?) 2011 | Dir. Sari Dalena, Camilla GriggersĪng babae sa septic tank (The Woman in the Septic Tank) 2011 | Dir. Sherad Anthony SanchezĪng ninanais (Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song) 2010 | Dir. Mes de Guzmanīunso: the Youngest 2005 | Dir. Southern Tagalog ExposureĪng daan patungong kalimugtong (Road to Kalimugtong) 2005 | Dir. Kanakan BalintagosĪlingawangaw ng mga Punglo (Echo of Bullets) 2003 | Dir. Mike de Leonīasal Banar sa dulo ng daigdig (Sacred Ritual of Truth) 2002 | Dir. Nick Deocampoīayaning 3rd World (3rd World Hero) 1999 | Dir. Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song 1987 | Dir. He is also faculty at the University of the Philippines Film Institute and former director of the University of the Philippines Film Center.īakit dilaw aug gitna ng bahag-hari? (Why is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?) 1980-94 | Dir. Recent projects include Centre for Contemporary Art (Singapore), Bangkok Art and Culture Center (Bangkok), Garage Museum of Contemporary Srt (Moscow) and Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (Manila). His works have been shown at the Tate, Frieze Art Fair, IFA Berlin, Oslo Kunsthall, Singapore Biennale, Shanghai Biennale, Queens Museum of Art and Cultural Center of the Philippines. He obtained a BA in Film at the University of the Philippines, an MFA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, residencies at the Rijksakademie Amsterdam and AIT Tokyo, and visiting lectureships at London Metropolitan University and Tokyo National University of Fine Arts. Exploring document and abstraction, memory and movies, essay and performance – a discursive low-fi fantasy made realness.' Yason Banal is an artist whose work moves between photography, video, installation, text and performance, exploring myriad forms and conceptual strategies in order to research and experiment with associations and fictions among seemingly divergent systems.
PINOY INDIE FILM MOVIE TV
A visual essay drawing together a wide range of visual material, Banal's video screens in the cinema foyer throughout APT8 exhibition. For Banal, the work functions as 'an experimental curatorial essay for the screen, combining Super-8 film, chroma effect, still images, text, graphics, sound, a superstar actor and fragments of Philippine cinema, reality TV and art industry.
The term documentary is treated as an expansive field a wide assortment of material is included in the program - activist video and social media uploads are presented alongside more conventional feature films, documentaries and artist videos.Ĭo-curated with leading Filipino artist Yason Banal, the project comprises a screening program and a new video work by Banal titled AN UNTITLED EPISODE_ 2015. The program highlights an artistic turn towards experimenting with documentary realism and the creation of hybrid forms of non-fiction and drama. 'Filipino Indie' is a survey of independent and experimental digital filmmaking from the Philippines. Presented as part of 'The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art'
0 kommentar(er)
