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Sinag Maynila Festival Director Brillante Mendoza & CEO
and Founder Mr. Wilson Tieng
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“The exposure of the filmmakers in other countries brings pride and honor to
Sinag Maynila and to the Filipino Filmmakers,” says Festival Director Brillante
Mendoza. As we welcome the new year, the independent film festival Sinag
Maynila already has a line-up of films to be premiered this April.
Conceptualized and helmed by its CEO and Founder Wilson
Tieng, together with world-renowned and internationally acclaimed film director
Brillante Mendoza, Sinag Maynila gives grants to independent filmmakers so they
can develop their individual material to a full-length film for public
exhibition. For 2016, the festival has been opened to any Filipino independent
filmmaker who wish to apply for a film grant.
The following are the 5 chosen filmmakers closely collaborated with Tieng and
Mendoza. This collaboration resulted in stories that reflect the Filipino
culture while illustrating messages that will resonate globally.
MRS. by Adolf Alix Jr.
70-year-old Virginia shares the old ancestral house with
Delia, her ever-loyal maid. Delia is marrying her long-time boyfriend, Rene,
and tearfully confides to Virginia that she wants to go home to her parents in
the province to start a new family life with him. Haunted by a past that
Virginia tries to conquer—her only son Sonny Boy who disappeared years ago,
what follows shows a portrait of a woman and a mother trying to juggle the sad
realities of life in a cycle of life and death. “MRS.” stars Elizabeth Oropesa,
Lotlot de Leon, Rosanna Roces, Anita Linda, Mark Herras.
EXPRESSWAY by Ato Bautista
A syndicate old-timer named Ben needs to do one last
assignment before the boss he works for grants him his much delayed retirement.
Assigned to be his partner is the neophyte Morris, a trigger-happy, sadist who
yearns to impress the syndicate boss. For Ben, this last assignment turns
out to be a journey of introspection, self-healing and redemption. With this
awakening, he takes it upon himself to pull Morris out of the eventual
hell-of-a-life he says he has lived as a hitman. “EXPRESSWAY” stars Alvin Anson,
Aljur Abrenica, RK Bagatsing, Kiko Matos, Inez Bernardo, Japo Parcero, Arpee
Bautista, Jim Libiran.
DYAMPER by Mes De Guzman
Three friends wait along Dalton Pass every dawn to jump at
the back of rice delivery trucks to steal the goods and sell it at the wet
market as their means of income. One of them accidentally gets a pack of drugs
in one of the trucks they jumped and finds themselves in jeopardy when its
owners track them down to retrieve the stash, and gives them a chance to get
off the hook by means of taking on a risky mission. “DYAMPER” stars Carlo
Aquino, Alchris Galura, Tim Mabalot, Kristofer King, Liza Dino-Seguerra, and Debbie
Garcia.
T.P.O. by Jay Altarejos
Teresa is a battered mother in the hands of her husband,
Miguel. When their son Miguelito starts to get hurt as violence erupts at its
worst, Teresa will seek Temporary Prtotection Order (TPO) against her husband.
Meanwhile, Miguel, together with their son, goes through the same long and
arduous process of applying for the custody of their son on the town’s most
festive and busiest day. When they see each other in the middle of the road, an
accident will ensue leaving them both destroyed and at the losing end. The
narrative will start repeating backwards, the truth will be revealed with
scenes that have yet to unfold. “T.P.O.” stars Oliver Aquino, Mara Lopez, Micko
Laurente, Menggie Cobarrubias, and Lui Manansala.
LILA by Gino M. Santos
Jess is a young woman running from her past and moves into
the house of a warmhearted landlady. She finds a diary in her room that
belonged to an old tenant. As days pass,
strange occurrences ensue and the diary's words take an eerie turn when Jess
finds herself in the middle of a malevolent turn of events from a dark past not
entirely her own. “LILA” stars Janine Gutierrez, Enchong Dee, Sherry Lara, Miggs
Cuaderno, Kate Alejandrino, and Socrates Jose.
The 2nd Sinag Maynila Film Festival will run from April 21
to 26, 2016. For more updates, log on to www.sinagmaynilafilmfestival.com,
on Facebook (SinagMaynila), Twitter and Instagram
(@sinagmaynila). Subscribe also to the official Sinag Maynila Youtube Account: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmZPI6kPKUCsbim9e_qByNQ.
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