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ni Roldan Castro
KONTROBERSIYAL ang pagtatapos ng Cinemalaya X noong August 10. Sey nga nila, hindi umulan sa huling araw ng Cinemalaya. Pero dinaanan naman ito ng bagyo dahil may malaking isyu na hinarap ang Cinemalaya.
Nabasa namin sa Facebook Account ni Direk Jun Lana na ”Cinemalaya, you’re supposed to be on the side of the Filipino filmmaker”.
Sumisigaw umano ang mga filmmaker ng foul dahil in-upload ng Cinemalaya ang kanilang mga pelikula na entries last year sa Youtube ng walang pahintulot. Pero agad dinG na-delete nang ulanin sila ng reklamo at aklas ng mga filmmaker.
Mababasa sa Twitter Account ng ni Direk Jerrold Tarog na, ”What a dick move, Cinemalaya. After all the support we’ve given. Sorry pero bastusan na ito.
“Dear audiences: we devoted our careers to make films for YOU. Until the Cinemalaya films are taken down pls help us by NOT downloading them,” tweet pa niya.
Post naman ni Direk Aloy Adlawan sa kanyang Facebook Account: ”Apparently, I’m not the only one shaken up, unable to sleep with this Cinemalaya fiasco. My heart really broke when I saw more than 20 of our Cinemalaya films from the past 2 years uploaded on Youtube in some staff’s personal channel, which were supposedly uploaded from the Cinemalaya website without our consent. I don’t know how Cinemalaya can undo this ‘crime’ specially if these films had already been downloaded. Rape and Massacre are the two words that come to mind right now.#CinemalayaCrimes”
May post naman sa Cinemalaya Foundation na nasa Facebook. Galing ito kay Cultural Center of the Philippines Culture and Arts officer Minda Casagan.
“Only half an hour ago we got wind of the fact that Cinemalaya films were uploaded by Janssen Agbada, technical personnel of the Cinemalaya website yesterday. We apologize for this situation which we had no idea of nor were we aware of what or who caused or gave instruction for her to upload the films. Please rest assured we have reached Janssen already and we will make sure her YouTube account will be disabled or shut down to avoid further damage. Again, our apologies for this situation…”
Noong naturang awards night ay balak umanong magprotesta at ‘wag kunin ang tropeo ng Cinemalaya pero nanaig pa rin ang respeto.
Mababasa pa rin sa post sa Facebook Account ni Direk Adlawan, na ”Sa gutom ko, hilo at stress during the ceremony, naiuwi ko ‘yong Balanghai trophy, which we’re supposed to return pala to the staff so that they could print our names on it. Or maybe I was just paranoid na kunin sa akin ‘yong trophy at mai-upload sa Youtube. But seriously, it has been a rollercoaster of emotions since last night’s fiasco. Some people suggested that we use the venue of the awards night to protest and not accept the awards but that would be even more unfair to all those who worked hard on their films. (For the record, nobody gave up their Balanghai in protest.) While I am still reeling from the uploading of our films without our consent, I now think this is an opportunity for all the Cinemalaya filmmakers to unite and dwell on real issues confounding a festival that we love and we built. (I personally have been part of it 4 times in its 10 years since Batch 1 with my film Roomboy.) The problems in the past have been drummed down because personalities clashing became bigger than the issues. And sitting down to discuss and resolve the issues have never been efficiently facilitated to carry out genuine reforms. There is a great wall now dividing the Cinemalaya leadership and the filmmakers what with the recent Youtube fiasco. Which gives us all the perfect opportunity to assemble. Direk Francis Xavier Pasioncapped the awards night best during his speech after Bwaya won Best Film for New Breed: Cinemalaya should respect the Filmmakers and the Filmmakers should respect Cinemalaya. I’d like to add a little more to it, Cinemalaya Filmmakers should respect each other. The future of Cinemalaya starts here.”
Mga nagwagi sa Cinemalaya
Narito naman ang buong listahan ng mga winner sa 10th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.
Director’s Showcase—Best Actress: Nora Aunor (Hustisya); Best Actor: Robert Arevalo (Hari ng Tondo); Best Supporting Actress: Cris Villonco (Hari ng Tondo); Best Supporting Actor:Nicco Manalo (The Janitor); Best Film: Kasal; Best Direction: The Janitor (Michael Tuviera);Best Screenplay: The Janitor (Aloy Adlawan/Mike Tuviera); Best Editing: The Janitor (Tara Ellenberger); Best Cinematography: Kasal (Mycko David); Best Musical Score: Kasal (Richard Gonzales); Best Prod Design; Kasal (Harley Alcasid); Best Sound: The Janitor(Mike Idioma); Audience Choice: Hustisya; NETPAC Award: Hustisya; at Special Citation for Poster: Asintado.
New Breed Category—Best Actress: Eula Valdez (Dagitab); Best Actor: Dante Rivero (1st Ko Si 3rd); Best Supporting Actress: Barbie Forteza (Mariquina); Best Supporting Actor: Miggs Cuaderno (Children’s Show); Best Film: Bwaya; Best Direction: Dagitab (Giancarlo Abrahan V); Best Screenplay: Dagitab (Giancarlo Abrahan V); Best Editing: Children’s Show(Gerone Centeno); Best Cinematography: Bwaya (Neil Daza); Best Sound: Children’s Show (Jonathan Hee /Bryan Dumaguina); Best Musical Score: Bwaya (Erwin Fajardo); Best Prod Design: K’Na The Dreamweaver (Toym Imao); Special Jury: K’Na The Dreamweaver; Audience choice: Sundalong Kanin; NETPAC Award: Bwaya; Canon Cinematography Award:Children’s Show.
Special Citation (Ensemble Acting): Elmo Magalona, Kit Thompson, Sophie Albert, Coleen Garcia (#Y) Shorts Category—Best Direction: Lola (Kevin Ang Tan); Best Screenplay: Lola (Kevin Ang Tan); Best Short Film: Asan si Lolo Me Audience Choice —Lola; Special Jury: The Ordinary Things We Do.
