EIFF 2012: Philippine New Wave
A closer look at the spirited, ambitious and brilliantly diverse films emerging from the Philippines
In recent years, the mainstream film industry in the Philippines has remained stagnant, artistically speaking, and has done nothing to help independent filmmakers get their films made (although it has attempted to curtail their creative freedoms and profit from their output). With the arrival of affordable digital technology, however, new and established independent filmmakers have had the means of production handed back to them, which, in a large way, accounts for the new-found vibrancy, this third golden age, of Philippine filmmaking.
Getting their films seen in cinemas is still a problem for these filmmakers, however. In the Philippines, as in North America and Europe, big business continues to control distribution and exhibition. But in place of national cinema chains, the international film festival circuit is beginning to celebrate Philippine films with retrospectives and, as is the case at EIFF this year, showcases of the latest, cutting edge films. The Philippine New Wave is gaining international recognition.
PINOYS AND SMOKING: Interksyon.com came out with an infographic detailing the smoking habits of both Pinoy men and women above and below the legal smoking age. Click the photo to see the whole image.
From ‘adobo’ to pizza, food in Batad is simple but special
Hours of trekking will leave you tired and hungry so food will be definitely what you’ll have in mind after conquering the rice terraces of Batad. So give your grumbling tummy a treat with some of these must-try local dishes in Batad.
sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think,
I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside
remembering all the times you’ve felt that way, and
you walk to the bathroom, do your toilet, see that face
in the mirror, oh my oh my oh my, but you comb your hair anyway,
get into your…
