The Sinag Maynila Film Festival: Sine Lokal, Pang-Internasyonal presents its finalists for the Full Length, Short Film, and Documentary categories. Now on its fourth season, Sinag Maynila remains true to its advocacy as the roster of films this year capture the artistic storytelling that appeal to international film festivals.
Sinag Maynila CEO and Founder Wilson Tieng and world-renowned and internationally acclaimed film director Brillante Ma Mendoza are grateful for the unwavering support of the sponsors, film and entertainment industry, and the media since the launch of the festival back in 2015. The immense success of Sinag Maynila paved way for the international recognition of Tu Pug Imatuy (The Right To Kill) and Kristo in the Tokyo International Film Festival last year.
Similarly, the following Full Length films are in the running for more international recognition. While some of the finalists have already been screened overseas, all films will be screened and made available in Philippine cinemas for the first time through Sinag Maynila.
SINAG MAYNILA FILM FESTIVAL 2018
5 Full Length Films
ABOMINATION
by Yam Laranas
by Yam Laranas
A young woman is found unconscious in a city street – claims to be another person who was brutally murdered two months earlier – escapes from a psychiatric hospital in order to prove her identity and find the truth about her life, her death, and her murderer.
CAST: Tippy Dos Santos, Maritoni Fernandez, Tony Moynihan, Justine Peña, Paul Homes, Lukas Magallano, David Bianco, Kuya Manzano
BOMBA (The Bomb)
by Ralston Jover
by Ralston Jover
Pipo makes ends meet by taking on the toughest jobs. Life is more difficult because he’s deaf. He supports himself and his teenage lover Cyril. His irate boss is getting difficult and Ben, his childhood friend wants his daughter Cyril back. Like a bomb, Pipo’s ticking to explode, anytime soon.
CAST: Allen Dizon, Angelline Nicholle Sanoy, Allan Paule, Sue Prado, Kate Brios, Joel Saracho, Tabs Sumulong, Felixia Dizon, Lucas Alric Dizon
EL PESTE
by Richard Somes
by Richard Somes
Abner lives a drab, downcast, solitary existence. His wife has abandoned him for good. Working for pest control company Panther, his job remains his sole connection to the outside world. It seems going nowhere until he meets Viola, a client whose existence is as sad as his. As sexual tension between Abner and Viola turns to illicit affair, Abner devices something that will eventually lead to a tragedy that will change their lives forever.
CAST: Mon Confiado, Jean Judith Zeta, Alvin Anson, Jim Libiran, Leon Miguel, Tikoy Aguiluz
MELODRAMA/ RANDOM/ MELBOURNE!
by Matthew Victor Pastor
by Matthew Victor Pastor
Presented in Glorious Cinema–O–ke! A feminist documentarian, a pickup artist, and a virgin’s lives collide. Aries Santos is a Fil-Aus feminist documentarian who is struggling to complete her new film. Her subjects are the male members of ‘©TRU MALE DYNAMICS’, a company formed to teach men how to seduce women. Meanwhile, a sex worker named Melody slays into the night. The line between reality and fiction blurs, and blood is shed on the neon-lit streets of Melbourne.
CAST: Celina Yuen, Bridget O’ Brien, Rachel Javier, Khoa Le, Matt Furlani, Vlady T, Gregory Pakis, Kristen Condon, Elliot Ng, Charlie Dao, Louise Bremner, Aston Elliot, Jarrod Mayne
TALE OF THE LOST BOYS
by Joselito Altarejos
by Joselito Altarejos
A story of the friendship between two men — Alex, a Filipino mechanic, and Jerry, a Taiwanese aborigine student. The two meet randomly when Alex flees to Taipei from Manila and a casual conversation develops into a surprising personal connection between them. The two men go on a road trip and eventually reconnects them with their mothers and both discover a certain sense of identity and freedom.
CAST: Oliver Aquino, Ta Su, Joe Black Chou
SINAG MAYNILA FILM FESTIVAL 2018
6 Short Films
Cesar & Magda
by Pamela Barrios
Firestarter
by Jill Urdaneta
Halusinasyon
by John Agcalis
Kalye FM
by Tom Nava
Pompoms
by Angelo Amar
The Duwende
by Odin Fernandez
SINAG MAYNILA FILM FESTIVAL 2018
6 Documentary Films
Am-amma
by Dexter Macaraeg
Halaga
by Kristine Anne Escamillas
Journeyman Finds Home: The Simone Rota Story
by Albert Almendralejo and Maricel Cariaga
Mahal, 2017
by Janine Santos
Tsuper
by Rina Abary
by Rina Abary
Voltaire
by Jaimee Bernardo
The 2018 Sinag Maynila Film Festival will be on March 7-15, 2018 in eight (8) select SM Cinemas — SM Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, SM North EDSA, SM Fairview, SM Southmall, SM Bacoor, SM Manila, and SM Sta. Mesa. Sinag Maynila Film Festival is made possible by McDonald’s, in partnership with FDCP and CineLokal. Special thanks to our official venue partners SM and SM Cinema.
In celebration of the 100 years of Philippine Cinema, Sinag Maynila independent Film Festival 2018 is partnering with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and CineLokal. For a hundred years of filmmaking in the Philippines in the hands of native-born filmmakers starting with Don Jose Nepomuceno in 1917 (with the establishment of his company, Malayan Movies), the history of Philippine cinema has gone through diverse and unbridled periods. It began with the colonial period under Spanish and American rulers, it has survived a tragic war under the Japanese, enjoyed an advancement during the post-war independence, went through the period of Martial Law, and has transformed in the modern digital era.
For the week of March 7-15, Sinag Maynila and FDCP have lined up special screenings, forums, and workshops to further highlight the 100 years of film in the Philippines. #SinagMaynila2018
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