Probably the only country whose cinema can rival the Japanese freedom of expression is the Philippines, where art, however, seems to come from completely different sources than the Japanese one; from financial and political instability, from the different stages of colonialism, from the intense impact of Catholicism, all of which create a rather chaotic setting that always benefitted art of any kind. It is due to this concept, as much as the richness of its cinematic past and present, that we have decided to focus so intently on the country’s cinema this year. Granted, our knowledge of the past is not so intent, since Amp took a turn of covering a more wider part of Asia after 2019, which is why the particular list is the biggest among the ones focusing on the various decades of Filipino cinema.
Without further ado, here are 35 great Filipino films of the 00s, with...
Without further ado, here are 35 great Filipino films of the 00s, with...
- 5/14/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Since 2013 Berlinale comprises a section – special series “dedicated to the cinematic storytelling of Indigenous peoples from around the world with a focus on a different region every two years […]” NATIVe – A Journey Into Indigenous Cinema. This year, the selection presented 16 films from the Pacific region. Among them, a Directors` Fortnight 2011 premiered “Busong” by Auraeus Solito (Kanakan-Balintagos).
Busong screened at Berlin Film Festival
Based on three Palawan folk tales passed to Solito by his mother, “Busong“ comprises of four losely linked stories. Busong means fate or karma in its absolute as well as very personal meaning (that is why “Palawan Fate” as an alternative international title), and it is not difficult to grasp that it, indeed, links the stories and its characters. Moreover, “Busong” manages to keep the distribution of voices/narrators so that it evokes a collection of memories.
The Myth of Angkadang and Punay, The Secret Name of the Stonefish,...
Busong screened at Berlin Film Festival
Based on three Palawan folk tales passed to Solito by his mother, “Busong“ comprises of four losely linked stories. Busong means fate or karma in its absolute as well as very personal meaning (that is why “Palawan Fate” as an alternative international title), and it is not difficult to grasp that it, indeed, links the stories and its characters. Moreover, “Busong” manages to keep the distribution of voices/narrators so that it evokes a collection of memories.
The Myth of Angkadang and Punay, The Secret Name of the Stonefish,...
- 3/6/2019
- by Anomalilly
- AsianMoviePulse
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