the honor guards who stood 9 hours to escort the remains of former president Cory Aquino

What a feeling… It was a very great opportunity for us to be able to meet these brave gentlemen’s who stood out 9 hours straight in a moving vehicle just to escort the remains of our late president Cory Aquino. Yes they are normal people but what they did is very remarkable and I am 100% sure that what they did will mark our history. Imagine? Standing in a moving vehicle 9 hours straight without rest, food, call of nature and surrounded by thousands of people?? Very unrealistic… it is a job well done!

kumain ka na ba? tara... "KAIN TAYO"

Wow… I remember the days when we are making this film. It is a project that is required for us to be able to pass in our subject FILM APPRECIATION and it took us almost 2 months to finish it. There are three of us in the group. MAC productions came from the first letter of our names which is Meg, Aubrey and Charles. I play the role of a director, scriptwriter, screenwriter and editor. The other two (meg & charles) acts in front of the camera. (I think that is the consequence that I gave for having the most difficult role in the group). Budget was not that hard for us to find because since there are three of us in the group, all of our film costs had been divided into three so it was not that “mabigat sa bulsa”… but one thing that we really face in making this film are the “pagod and puyat” cause asides from this subject FILM APPRECIATION we also have other academics and extra curricular activities that we have to consider. Editing was also a problem because at that time we were only using the Pinaccle movie editor. Very unfortunately, that was the only movie editor we have in our broadcast studio back then. So, the editing was a little “unreal” the effects were so obvious that it was just edited it is fake so I guess it did not get a great impact in our audience. But luckily, for some who knows nothing in this field were impressed by our film. Well if I could just turn back the time I may have established the things that I would like and others to see in this film and never to make the same mistakes again. But it was a great experience though… there’s no such thing as mistakes, these are lessons…

with CARLO J. CAPARAS

WHAT DOES A CARLO J. CAPARAS CAN SAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN QUESTIONING HIS NATIONAL ARTIST AWARD?

1. I deserve this award. These people - those who keep on clucking like chickens over [the award] - they are all ‘political slaves.
2. They are just using me to hit at the president [Arroyo].
3. These people are making it appear as if I asked for [the award]… I didn’t ask for it
4. They also say that the president went through the selection blindly by picking me…it is so unfair…the president saw my hard work…saw how much I contributed to society through the arts…through my work… and decided to give me the award.
5. A Presidential Award is given by the President. Why are we questioning her powers? The president does her selection with great deliberation…she studies these things carefully.
6. I don’t know why these people are doing this to me…it saddens me that our industry had been invaded by elitists…sectoral artists who refuse to see the merits of my work only because I came from the masses
7. Until today, my works have been sustaining a great sector of our ailing industry. I ask this question of other National Artists: Have you helped anyone in your work? I did. I helped so many. Not only did my works entertain, it also provided jobs for many.

FILM CONGRESS PANEL 2 (CINEMALAYA CINCO)

PANEL 2: INDIE FILM MAKING IN NCR:
BEST PRACTICES AND PROSPECTS

COREEN JIMENEZ,(WRITER, FILMMAKER) currently the Managing Partner and Artistic Director of Arkeo Films. A producer, writer and editor of mostly Arkeo Films artistic works.

ADOLFO B. ALIX JR.,(FILMMAKER, BICYCLE PICTURES) he started as a screenwriter for various films and television programs before debuting as a director in 2006 with Donsol, a finalist in the 06 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. His latets film, MANILA, co-directed with Raya Martin, premiered in the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

ARLLEN C. CUEVAS (FILMMAKER, CINEMATOGRAFIA)PRODUCERS for BIGFOOT Entertainment, doing comeercials and AVP's.

RONALD ARGUELLES (PROJECT HEAD AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, CINEMA ONE ORIGINALS) The project head and executive producer of Cinema One Originals.

RAYMOND LEE (FILMMAKER, UFO PICTURES)
A SCREEN WRITER, producer and teacher. Writing credits includes ANAK, TANGING YAMAN, MILAN, D'ANOTHERS.

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Piolo Pascual in an interview right after his indie film launching "MANILA" at the Cinemalaya Cinco Film Festival. "Ibang Piolo ang nakita dito"..