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Second time watching Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) and it still resonates with me. #QCinema ❤️🔥 https://www.instagram.com/p/ClYzb6MvXCM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Militante at Importante: Lagom ng QCinema International Film Festival 2019
Militante at Importante: Lagom ng QCinema International Film Festival 2019
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Halfway—2021.
Two Filipino indies lead the Letterboxd Top 25 at the 2021 halfway point, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to shake—and reshape—the film industry. Jack Moulton and Gemma Gracewood take stock.
Cleaners, Glenn Barit’s photocopied, hand-colored, stop-motion feature about high schoolers in the northern Philippines city of Tuguegarao, is the highest-rated 2021 film on Letterboxd at the halfway point of the year, with a weighted average of 4.3 out of 5 stars. Ode to Nothing, by Barit’s fellow countrywoman Dwein Baltazar, is in second place, and Shaka King’s two-time Oscar-winner Judas and the Black Messiah rounds out the top three.
Last year was a transition year in many ways: for the world, a pandemic-led move away from cinema screenings to at-home virtual theaters and streaming-first releases; for Letterboxd, a move away from US-led release dates in our annual calculations. This has opened the way for notable films from around the world to be included on our lists far sooner than their oft-delayed American releases (which had resulted in, for example, Brazil’s Bacurau not making the 2019 Letterboxd Year in Review).
Both of these factors help to explain why we have two Filipino independent features leading our midway Top 25. “Cleaners and Ode to Nothing are exactly the kind of small Filipino films that would have struggled to get national distribution in theaters in the before times, despite the buzz that they garnered,” writes Manila-based film critic Philbert Dy in his companion essay to the Top 25, in which he explains how the Philippines’ particularly long and harsh Covid lockdown has “led to smaller, quirkier films being made accessible to more Filipinos, whose consumption of cinema were once beholden to the whims of conglomerate cinema owners”.
‘Cleaners’, written and directed by Glenn Barit.
When we shared the good news with him, a delighted Cleaners director Glenn Barit specifically shouted out his nation’s film lovers: “It is a testament to a vibrant Filipino film community still actively watching and supporting films of our own. Especially with a film like ours set in a small city far from the capital, it is amazing to read in reviews that it resonates with a lot of people (sometimes even outside our country).”
From this year forward, our mid-year rankings include films that have been released in any country, with at least a limited theatrical, streaming or video-on-demand run, and a minimum of 1,000 views on Letterboxd. These new rules allow us to celebrate the love for Katie Found’s lesbian romance My First Summer—released in Australia in March—without having to wait for the US to catch up. It joins indie highlight Shiva Baby, Michael Rianda’s animated hit The Mitchells vs The Machines and Heidi Ewing’s swooning romance, I Carry You With Me, on the Top 25 in putting young, queer characters on the screen.
‘My First Summer’, written and directed by Katie Found.
As expected, many films on the list have suffered pandemic delays. We use premiere dates to mark the year of record for each film, so A Quiet Place Part II will always be attached to its March 2020 red-carpet screening, despite the fourteen-month hibernation that followed. This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection by Mosotho director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese screened at 2019’s Venice Film Festival and had a very long festival run until Mubi picked it up for streaming in the UK this year. The film’s lead, Mary Twala, passed away a year ago, July 4, 2020 (see her also in Beyoncé’s Black is King). Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s Our Friend—one of the eight women-directed films on the list—went to TIFF, London, and AFI before being released this January without screening once in 2020.
More than half of our Top 25 films are directed by BIPOC directors, nearly a dozen of whom are of Asian descent, illuminating a key benefit of the new eligibility system. Challenging the US for the most represented country is India with five films in the list, taking advantage of Amazon’s distribution deal and creating greater accessibility for Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam-language films at home and abroad.
‘Red Post Post on Escher Street’, written and directed by Sion Sono.
Also among the Asian directors making the list are legends Tsai Ming-liang and Sion Sono. Tsai’s Days recently received a limited run in Spain (it will be brought to the US by Grasshopper Films this August), while Sono’s Red Post Post on Escher Street had a quick VOD run in February courtesy of Japan Society Film.
Produced in the US and directed by Japanese-Brazilian Edson Oda, Nine Days qualifies due to an exclusive run at the Singapore arthouse theater The Projector in May—it’ll be released in the US later this month. Finally, Asian American director Jon M. Chu makes the list with his adaptation of Quiara Alegría Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights. We are also happy to see a couple of Letterboxd members in the halfway 25: Cleaners’ Barit and Chad Hartigan (Little Fish). If you’d like to discover more 2021 releases by our member-filmmakers, we have a list for that.
The Top 25 is, of course, solely made up of narrative feature-length films. On the documentary front, Flee is currently the highest-rated non-fiction feature of 2021. Neon is expected to release the film in the US for an awards run later this year, but it’s eligible now due to a release earlier this month in director Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s homeland of Denmark.
‘Flee’, directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen.
Fellow Sundance Film Festival winner Summer of Soul (or… When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is currently the year’s highest-rated documentary in general, but was 48 hours shy of eligibility for the halfway list, releasing in theaters and on Hulu on July 2. The runners-up are: Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In, directed by the notorious football manager’s son; David Attenborough’s The Year Earth Changed, directed by Tom Beard; and rock-docs TINA and (in his doc-directing debut) Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers.
In other categories, It’s a Sin is the highest-rated narrative miniseries at the midway point, Can’t Get You Out of Our Head by Adam Curtis is the highest-rated documentary miniseries, Bo Burnham: Inside is the highest-rated comedy special, Blackpink: The Show is the highest-rated music film, Save Ralph is the highest-rated animated short film, and Four Roads, by Alice Rohrwacher, is the highest-rated live-action short film.
With Cannes underway and more festivals to come, it is still a long road to the 2021 Year in Review for these films—but given the journey most of them have already travelled, it is pleasing to celebrate the filmmakers’ success. Ang galing ninyong lahat!
On top of its meticulously bonkers production process, our highest-ranked film, Cleaners, had a long journey to its first theatrical distribution, and it’s far from over. The film premiered at the QCinema International Film Festival in October 2019, to raves from Filipino Letterboxd members, and it still holds a firm grasp on its high rating nearly two years later. Ultimately, the first non-fest release for Cleaners occurred when Singapore’s Asian Film Archive screened it for a week in April, thus qualifying the film for our 2021 lists.
‘Ode to Nothing’, written, directed and edited by Dwein Baltazar.
Ode to Nothing has been on an even longer journey. The film also debuted at the QCinema Festival, but in 2018, and finally arrived on local streaming services iWantTFC and KTX.PH earlier this year.
Being celebrated by their countryfolk on Letterboxd is one thing, but how can those of us outside the Philippines see these top two films? Perhaps we need to give our local distributors a nudge. As Cleaners director Barit explains: “We are a team of three first-time filmmakers and producers. We are still learning the ropes of film distribution and marketing—and it’s been very hard. I just want to shamelessly say that our doors are wide open for distribution and acquisition; we are not yet available on any streaming platforms locally or internationally [winks nervously].”
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TOKWIFI - QCinema 2019
As Limmayug carries firewood back to his home village, something falls from the sky: a 1950s television, with a hysterical showbiz star trapped inside it. She is Laura Blancaflor. The frightened man saves the television -- nay, saves Laura -- from the flames of the impact. Worlds apart in their language and methods, the two try their best to engage each other. But for Limmayug, a citizen of an off-the-grid mountain town, Laura’s TV talk seems too contrived and, alas, during commercial breaks, uncontrollably tactless as well.
QCinema 2019 - QCShorts Competition
TOKWIFI
Director: Carla Pulido Ocampo
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Cleaners (2019) dir. Glenn Barit
Best Film, QCinema International Film Festival 2019
Best Screenplay, Asian Next Wave Competition - QCinema 2019
Audience Choice Award, Asian Next Wave Competition - QCinema 2019
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Our official poster, designed by the talented Jamme Robles 🌿
Catch this short film along with the five other shorts of this year’s QCinema this coming Oct 13-22, 2019
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QCinema 2019 review: Kaaway Sa Sulod (The Enemy Within)
QCinema 2019: Kaaway Sa Sulod (The Enemy Within) review by Jim Paranal
Sina Commander Lai at Lt. Raiza Umali (Dionne Monsanto sa dual role) ay dalawang babaeng nasa magkaibang panig na magkaiba ang paniniwala at ipinaglalaban.
Si Commander Lai ay miyembro ng NPA (New People’s Army na nais madakip ang isang makapangyarihang heneral na merong korapsyong kinasasangkutan. Samantala, si Lt. Raiza Umali ay isang matapat na officer ng Philippine Army para tugisin ang…
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Cleaners (2019) dir. Glenn Barit
A coming-of-age anthology film about highschool classroom cleaners for the school year 2007-2008. Set in the backdrop of a catholic school in Tuguegarao City, the characters each deal with different pressures of being clean, proper and pure while slowly discovering that the world is dirty and superficial to begin with. The different stories range from the taboo of shitting in school to navigating local political dynasties.
Winner, Best Picture, QCinema 2019
Watch here: https://upstream.ph/movies/cleaners
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QCINEMA 2019 FILMS IN REVIEW PART 1
BY THE GRACE OF GOD
Napakaganda ng pelikulang ‘By the Grace of God” na dinirek ni Francois Ozon.
Ang pelikulang “By the Grace of God” ay tungkol sa tatlong lalaking inabuso ng pari na pinagbuklod ng isang adhikain na mabigyang hustisya ang pang-aabusong ginawa sa kanila ng pinagkatiwalaan nilang pari noong bata pa sila. Mabibigyan pa ba sila ng hustisya makalipas ang ilang dekada? Mapapaalis ba nila ang pari sa kanyang ministeryo para hindi na ito gawin sa ibang bata?
Maaari siyang maikumpara sa Academy Award-winning film na "Spotlight" (2015).
Matapang na tinalakay sa pelikula ang epekto ng pang-aabuso ng pari sa mga kabataan at kung paano naapektuhan ang mga buhay nila na dala-dala nila hanggang sa kanilang pagtanda. Mahusay ang ensemble of actors.
Gustong gusto ko ang eksena na inamin ng isang biktima sa harap ng pamilya niya na minolestiya siya ng pari. Kahit ang eksenang nagalit ang kapatid ng isang biktima dahil parang nakatutok lang sa kanya ang lahat dahil sa nangyari sa kanyang pang-aabuso.
Maski ang closing scene na tinanong ng anak sa tatay niya kung naniniwala pa siya sa Diyos.
Nakakagalit ang eksena na nagharap ang isang biktima ng pangmomolestiya at ang pari mismo na gumawa ng pang-aabuso. Nakakalungkot ang sinabi ng isang biktima na sinira ng pari ang imahe ng pagiging ama sa kanya.
Nakakagalit din ang eksena na mismong ang cardinal ay gusto pang palitan ang term na "pedophile" na "pedosexual".
Habang pinapanood ko ang pelikula, napapaisip ako na hindi natin masisisi kung bakit ang mga naging biktima ng pang-aabuso ay nawawala ng pananampalataya sa Diyos.
Ang simbahan ang naging sandigan ng pananampalataya na inaasahan nating magbibigay gabay sa atin. Kung ang mga pinuno ng simbahan tulad ng mga pari ang siya pang magiging dahilan para mapalayo tayo sa Diyos dahil sa kanilang pang-aabuso, paano pa tayo o maski ang iba ay maniniwala sa kredibilidad at integridad ng tagapalaganap ng salita ng Diyos?
Ngayon ulit ako nakaramdam ng galit sa panonood ng pelikula dahil sa mga dinanas na pang-momolestiya sa mga biktima at aksyon ng simbahan.
Bilang manonood, engaged ako sa mga tauhan. Hanga din ako sa pagdirek ni Francois Ozon.
BABAE AT BARIL
Isang gabi, isang mahiyaing saleslady (Janine Gutierrez) ang nakakita ng baril na babago sa kanyang buhay.
Opening scene at opening credit pa lang plus napakagandang soundtrack ay nakuha na ang interes ko. Tarantino-esque ang style at fast-paced ito. Idagdag pa ang mahusay na cinematography ni Tey Clamor.
Magaling si Janine Gutierrez sa pelikulang ito. Hanga ako na dalawang magandang pelikula ang nagawa niya ngayong taon. Nauna muna ang Elise (2019). Maaaring maihalintulad sa character ni Michael Douglas sa pelikulang Falling Down (1993) ang character na ginampanan ni Janine Gutierrez dito sa pelikula. Kumbaga, siya ang female version.
Mahalaga ang paggamit ng plant and pay-off device sa pelikula. Dito natin natuklasan kung paano napasakamay kay Janine ang baril.
Isa na naman itong pelikula na may #MeToo Movement na tema. Ang baril ang nagsilbing kapangyarihan ng bida laban sa mga nang-aapi sa kanya.
Sana tumutok na lang talaga ang kwento sa karakter ni Janine kasi hindi ako interested sa ibang kwento na connected kahit sa ibang character kung bakit at paano nakuha ang baril.
Kung ang “Gusto Kita With All My Hypothalamus” ay ipinakita ang Quiapo at Recto, sa “Babae at Baril” naman ay pinakita ang Cubao.
KABUL, CITY IN THE WIND
"Kabul, City in the Wind" somewhat reminds me of "The Kite Runner". Mabuti na rin na nabasa at napanood ko ang "The Kite Runner" kasi nabigyan ako ng idea regarding Afghanistan.
Ito ang docu na sinundan ang buhay ng isang amang bus driver at mga batang lumaki at naninirahan sa mapanganib na sitwasyon sa Afghanistan.
Ito ang maganda sa mga docu dahil kahit hindi tayo nakakapunta sa mga lugar tulad ng Afghanistan ay nabibigyan tayo ng realidad sa mga pinagdadaanan ng mamamayan ng kanilang bansa.
Sa bawat tunog ng putok ng baril o pagsabog ng bomba, nandoon ang takot kung makakaligtas ba ang mga case studies sa docu.
Nakakatuwa ang 2 old couple na nasa likuran ko kasi apektado sila sa mga bata sa docu. Mga walang takot ang mga bata na naglalaro sa ruins.
Tulad ng kasabay ko manood, nakuha ng docu ang aking simpatiya sa mga case study ng docu na ito sa Afghanistan.
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A not-so-good photo of Janine Gutierrez during the screening of the movie "Babae At Baril". Aside from Janine Gitierrez, other casts are Felix Rocco, Elijah Canlas, JC Santos, abd Sky Teotico with special participation of Ruby Ruiz, Allan Paule, and Archie Adamos and will be shown in selected cinemas from October 15 to 22, 2019 #BabaeAtBaril #QCinema #CignalEntertainment #EpicMedia (at Gateway Mall Cubao Q.C) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3tJqBWnu_r/?igshid=15f99vb9pqds9
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3, 2, 1, Action!
Filmmaking was my first love since I was a kid that’s why I was so happy when i was given the chance to work in the industry. But due to some ~reasons~ i had to leave the scene.
Yesterday, I attended the Gala premiere of Cleaners, an official entry to the QCinema International Film Festival 2019 under the Asian Next Wave Category.
I felt nostalgic seeing these filmmakers whom i look up to and the people i used to work with before. Nakakamiss. I got a bit emotional— experiencing my first love again, it hurts so good.
I want to experience filmmaking again—being sleep deprived and stressed because of series of shootings. I want to revive my passion. I want to go back to the industry but I still don’t know when.
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'Cleaners' wins Top Prize in QCinema 2019, and more from the festival
Glenn Barit, Che Tagyamon, Rae Red, Janine Gutierrez among the winners at this year's QCinema International Film Festival. Read here:
In what many audiences deem as one of the best QCinema edition by far, Cleaners is undoubtedly one of the best films to come out of the main competition, and one of the best debut films of newcomer filmmaker Glenn Barit, with his innovative technique of photocopied stills which are then manually colored in highlighter pens and then animated, is just an added bonus to a nostalgic coming-of-age…
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Judy Free (2019) dir. Che Tagyamon
Best Short Film - QCinema International Film Festival
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Episode 47.2 - QCinema 2019, in review part 2 (with Richard Bolisay and Engelbert Rafferty)
Episode 47.2 – QCinema 2019, in review part 2 (with Richard Bolisay and Engelbert Rafferty)
Our coverage of QCinema 2019 continues! Join us, critic Richard Bolisay and cinephile Engelbert Rafferty as we talk about the rest of the Asian Next Wave section and more! Part 2 of a 2 part series. Enjoy!
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Spoilers are present for all films discussed!
This episode covers the following: Suburban Birds, Cleaners, QC Shorts, and our favorite non-competition films.
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Episode 47.1 - QCinema 2019, in Review (with Richard Bolisay and Engelbert Rafferty)
Episode 47.1 – QCinema 2019, in Review (with Richard Bolisay and Engelbert Rafferty)
The gang talks about the recently concluded QCinema International Film Festival! Which films did they like? Which films didn’t quite make the cut? Critic Richard Bolisay and cinephile Engelbert Rafferty join us for this episode. Part 1 of a 2 part series.
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This episode covers: Kaaway sa Sulod, Nakorn-sawan, Babae at Baril, Ave Maryam,…
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