After a rocky few years, cinema from the Philippines is once again bristling with energy and innovation. International interest is rising, and the Tokyo International Film Festival’s 2019 selection reflects some of that. The recent launch of two incentive schemes by the Philippines government may help the country’s production become more international.
The Tokyo festival this year includes a total of eight films and TV episodes from the Philippines across its different sections: “Mananita” in the main competition section; Brillante Mendoza’s “Mindanao” and Erik Matti’s erotic drama “Food Lore Series—Island of Dreams,” in the World Focus section; and Bradley Liew’s “Motel Acacia” in the Asian Focus category.
Philippines films also dominate Tokyo’s Crosscut Asia sidebar, which this year focuses on Southeast Asian fantasy and genre titles: Lav Diaz’ “The Halt,” Antoinette Jadaone’s “Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay,” Matti’s “The Entity...
The Tokyo festival this year includes a total of eight films and TV episodes from the Philippines across its different sections: “Mananita” in the main competition section; Brillante Mendoza’s “Mindanao” and Erik Matti’s erotic drama “Food Lore Series—Island of Dreams,” in the World Focus section; and Bradley Liew’s “Motel Acacia” in the Asian Focus category.
Philippines films also dominate Tokyo’s Crosscut Asia sidebar, which this year focuses on Southeast Asian fantasy and genre titles: Lav Diaz’ “The Halt,” Antoinette Jadaone’s “Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay,” Matti’s “The Entity...
- 10/28/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Six Degrees of Separation From Lilia Cuntapay (2011), Antoinette Jadaone's first feature, revolves around a real-life character named Lilia Cuntapay, a bit player who has become some sort of celebrity for portraying ghouls and witches in a number of Filipino horror movies. It follows the fictional situation of her finally getting a prestigious acting nomination after decades of slaving away namelessly for the film industry. Designed as a hilarious mockumentary that is grounded on fun pop culture elements, the film nevertheless touches on issues that result in very real emotional heft. Beauty in a Bottle, Jadaone's follow-up to Six Degrees of Separation From Lilia Cuntapay, is more straightforward. The film follows three women, a late-thirties creative director, an overweight starlet, and the not-so-pretty girlfriend of a wealthy boy-next-door,...
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- 11/3/2014
- Screen Anarchy
You may not know Lilia Cuntapay's name, but that's okay. Because after more than thirty years in the biz the reality is that most people don't, not even in the Philippines where she plies her trade. But if you're at all fond of horror films from the region you know her face. Oh, yes. That's a fact. Because Cuntapay has, for decades now, been the go-to face that local directors call on when they need a witch or a ghost for a quality shock. And now she gets her very first lead role in a film that's all about ... her.The story follows the life of a "popular" bit player nominated for the first time in her 30-year showbiz career. Wanting to deliver the...
- 10/20/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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