Cinemalaya 2018 gems screen at the CCP, Ayala Theaters this August
The following selected indie films will be shown in the 14th edition of the biggest independent film festival, Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival at the various venues of the Cultural Center of the Philippines as well as in the selected Ayala theaters this coming August 3 to 13 , 2018:
DISTANCE
Directed By Perci Intalan
Liza is still drowning in grief from losing the love of her life when she receives a visit from the most unlikely person — her husband who she left five years ago. With no questions asked and no conditions, Anton invites her back to his and their two children’s lives.
KUNG PAANO HINIHINTAY ANG DAPITHAPON
Directed By Carlo Enciso Catu
Unmarried couple Teresa and Celso try survive their mundane elderly life. On the night of their anniversary, they receive a phone call from Benedicto, Teresa’s estranged husband who is quite ill and needs someone to look after him. Going out of their way to take care of Benedicto, they encourage him to seek treatment and live the remaining days of his life. However, their son Chito can’t forgive. On the twilight of their days, how do they wait for the sun to set?
ML
Directed By Benedicto Mique, Jr.
Confronted by a frustrated History professor, Carlo sets out to prove that Martial Law wasn’t all that bad and looks for someone who lived through that period to tell the tale. He meets Colonel, an old recluse living alone in a ramshackle house in Carlo’s neighbourhood. With his best friend Jaze and girlfriend Pats, Carlo visits the old man to interview him about what truly happened during the Marcos regime – a visit that may put the lives of the three teenagers in danger. To truly learn about the horrors of Martial Law, do teenagers today have to pay the ultimate price?
MUSMOS NA SUMIBOL SA GUBAT NG DIGMA
Directed By Iar Lionel Arondaing
Amid the conflict between their families and the chaos in Mindanao, two young Muslims cross paths and find love, happiness and friendship when they spend seven days in the middle of the forest.
PAN DE SALAWAL
Directed By Che Espiritu
A 10-year old palaboy, Aguy, arrives in an ill-stricken neighbourhood beside the Manila Railroad, where she meets a lonely panadero suffering from chronic kidney stones and wants nothing but to die, a barber with severe pasma, a Carinosa folk-dancer paralyzed by stroke, and a macho meat vendor with tumour in his breast. With her gift of healing, the whole neighbourhood begins to experience life again. While Aguy is able to heal the sick neighbours, for some reason, she cannot heal Sal. To heal him, she must inflict the most agonizing pain.
SCHOOL SERVICE
Directed By Luisito Lagdameo Ignacio
An eight-eight old student, Maya, from a remote province, is walking home from school when the school service stops to her to ask for directions. In return for Maya’s help, the woman in the school service offers to take her home, and Maya agrees. To Maya’s horror, the service doesn’t stop at her place. Maya finds herself hours and hours away from home. She becomes the latest victim of the “school service.”
THE LOOKOOUT
Directed By Afi Africa
Gay hired killer, Lester Quiambao, who has abusive relationships in childhood propels him into a life of crime and depravity, and compels him to betray Travis Concepcion, the man he loves, in order to exact his revenge.
