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On Cinemalaya, Gala Night Tech Glitches and REquieme-rloos

For four straight years, I’ve been supporting the Cinemalaya Film Festival. I’ve read articles about it when I was still based in Pangasinan and hoped that one day, I’d be able to catch the screening at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Being in the province with only limited number of movies to choose from made it hard for me. Yes, there’s a good number of pirated DVDs being sold there, but nothing beats the experience of watching a film in a movie house. These are made for the big screen anyway.

Loy Arcenas introduces the cast and crew of REquieme!

I have to admit that it is a dream of mine that one day, I’d come up the stage and introduce my film to the moviegoers. Present my cast members, my crew and all that. I would also love to attend the awards night and if deserving, be recognized with the hard work I’ve done.

But while that dream of mine is still on-hold, I am happy that Loy Arcenas finally introduced his sophomore film entitled REquieme!. With the realistic screenplay by Rody Vera and good direction of Loy Arcenas, it is already expected that this film will be a riot!

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Cinemalaya 2011 Awards Night Photos and Highlights

After watching all the independent films created by our beloved Filipino filmmakers, everyone is anticipating for the Cinemalaya Awards Night. Who will bag the Best Film Award? Best Actor? Best Actress? These questions are meant to be answered in that particular Sunday Night.

Cinemalaya 2011 Winners

Cinemalaya 2011 Winners

Just like any other Cinemalaya addicts, I went to the Cultural Center of the Philippines at 5pm despite the heavy rain. For the last time, I went around the  souvenir wall and took some photos. The directors and celebrities of the competing films gamely posed for the cameras and granted interview requests from the press and their supporters.

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