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Cinemalaya 2024 film inners
By Cynthia Montojo
Recently concluded Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival chose Kapuso actress Marian Rivera Best Performance of an Actress award for film “Balota” .
Marian shared award with Gabby Padilla from film “Kono Bosho.”
Marian was praised for “her spirited portrayal of public school teacher risking life and limb to protect sanctity of ballot,” while Gabby received nod for “her sensitive and very moving portrayal of young woman navigating cultural complexities of foreign funeral while coming to terms with personal loss and family grief.”
Docufiction film on plight of Ati community in Sitio Karabankalan brought home prestigious Balanghai trophy for Best Film at 20th edition of film festival.
Directed by Iloilo-based filmmakers Arlie Sweet Sumagaysay and Richard Jeroui Salvadico, “Tumandok: was cited for “its focus on marginalized sector of Philippine society, its nearly epic sweep of life and landscape of people disempowered by wealthy and powerful and victimized by government neglect and corruption, its highly convincing characters and effective ensemble acting by cast of non-professional actors, and for its highly effective filmmaking in defense of rights of indigenous people to their ancestral domain.”
Film also bagged Best Supporting Actor for Felipe Ganancial; as well as Best Screenplay, Best Original Score, and NETPAC Award for Best Film in Full-Length Category.
Ganancial got award for “his very impressive performance as elder and chieftain trying to keep his people together in their steadfast but non-violent fight to keep their ancestral land despite violence and intimidation by wealthy and powerful.”
“Tumandok’s” script, co-written by Arden Rod Condez with Arlie Sweet Sumagaysay, was cited for “taking as its subject matter sector that’s relegated to margins of society, and its powerful tale of indigenous people’s resolve to keep their ancestral land in the face of corruption and violence.”
Paulo Almaden and The Ati People of Kabarankalan and Nagpana won Best Original Score for “their highly effective use of ancient songs and ethnic instrumentation to complement its powerful depiction of indigenous people’s fight for its ancestral domain.”
“Tumandok” was praised by NETPAC jury for “its strong inner community voice of loving their land, and admirable representation of strong young woman character who becomes leader behind men.”
Meanwhile, Sam Manacsa’s “Cross My Heart and Hope To Die” won Best Film in Short Film Category for “its heartbreaking portrait of overworked and underpaid women-workers, and its subtle but mordant critique of their abuse and exploitation.”
Best Director Balanghai trophies went to filmmakers Jaime Pacena II and Sam Manacsa. For his film “Kono Bosho,” director Pacena has shown “his utter craftsmanship and expert summoning of resources of cinema to tell poignant story of personal loss and family grief amid trauma of disaster, his powerful exploration of themes of diaspora, self-discovery, and sisterhood, and his humanist vision that inspires reconciliation, renewal, and rebuilding.”
Director Manacsa, on the other hand, took home her second Balanghai trophy for “Cross My Heart and Hope To Die” for “effectively orchestrating resources of cinema in its depiction of hard-up and lonely unpaid worker and her dashed hopes for romance.”
Sonny Calvento’s “Primetime Mother” received Best Screenplay award for “its savage take on Philippine television and how poor Filipinos willingly subject themselves to public humiliation for cheap fame and paltry fortune.”
NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema) Award for Best Film in Short Film Category went to “Abogbaybay” by P.R. Monencillo Patindol. Citation for film mentioned its “deepest feelings of death and life and very delicate way of resurrection from grief.”
Enzo Osorio from “The Hearing” won Best Performance of An Actor for “his sensitive and very convincing portrayal of boy who refuses to be silent and to be silenced about his abuse.”
Sue Prado for “Kantil” was recognized as Best Performance of Supporting Actress for “her effective portrayal as community leader of coastal village of informal settlers trying to keep their unity while fighting off eviction.”
Technical awards include:
- Best Editing – Dominic Bekaert “An Errand” for “its masterful montage of the sights and scenes of road travel as captured in the mind of a driver coping with questions of time, class, and identity.”
- Best Cinematography – Dan Villegas “Kono Bosho” for “its highly poetic employment of light and shadow and other photographic resources in its profound exploration of themes of loss and grief, of estrangement and reconciliation, and of ruin and renewal.”
- Best Production Design – Eero Yves Francisco “Kono Bosho” for “its highly effective melding of the resources of art direction to tell a poignant tale of personal loss, shared grief, and self-discovery amid the backdrop of a Japanese city recovering from the ravages of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.”
- Best Sound – Jedd Dumaguina and Mario Consuji “An Errand” for “creatively evoking the din and blare of highway traffic, of silence and its interstices, as they are captured in the mind of a personal driver, as he journeys from Baguio to Manila and back, contemplating questions of destiny, fantasy, and identity.”
Special Jury Prize winners were “Alipato at Muog” by J.L. Burgos, cited for “its effective use of resources of documentary cinema to shed light on actual case of enforced disappearance and reveal dark truths about human rights in the Philippines;” and “Pamalandong Sa Danow” by Breech Asher Harani, cited for “its compelling evocation of glories of nature as seen through eyes of two Lumad youngsters and their struggle to protect and preserve Agusan Marsh of Mindanao.”
“Gulay Lang, Manong” by BC Amparado and “Primetime Mother” by Sonny Calvento won hearts of Cinemalaya theater-goers and audiences, receiving Audience Choice Award for Full-Length and Short Film categories, respectively.
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