Internationally-acclaimed Filipino director Brillante Mendoza is part of the first of a series of exhibitions lined up in the last...
On its eighth installment, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival bore a bold title that was not only an effective come-on but also an apt description of the over-all quality of this year’s batch of well-received films, the efforts that went into the various productions, and even the event’s general audience, which had undoubtedly grown, filling theaters and selling out tickets in all three venues from July 20 to 29.
The independent film “Zombadings I—Patayin sa Shokot si Remington” is a fairy tale for the young and old alike. Producer-scriptwriter...