Women Lie Better. Robert
On January 30, 2020, the Philippines, through the Department of Health (DOH), confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in the country. Since then, the number of cases continuously increased in Metro Manil…
Women Lie Better. Robert
On January 30, 2020, the Philippines, through the Department of Health (DOH), confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in the country. Since then, the number of cases continuously increased in Metro Manila which prompted the national government to impose quarantine protocols in various parts of the country. The pandemic has limited the mobility of artists and cultural workers and has greatly affected the booming creative industry of the nation. The year 2020 also marks the culmination of the centennial celebration of Philippine cinema. In this regard, the The National Commission for Culture and the Arts, National Committee on Cinema, in partnership with the University of St. La Salle (USLS Artists Hub), and in collaboration with distributor Solar Pictures, decided to initiate this tribute project for the film community. EKSENA Cinema Quarantine (ECQ) is a feature-length omnibus film project comprised of sixteen short films created by sixteen established filmmakers in the Philippines. With the overall theme of "Filmmaker's life under lockdown," four representative filmmakers from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and the National Capital Region (NCR), created six-to-ten-minute short films. The project will encapsulate the collective experiences of filmmakers during this pandemic and will mark as a significant film that will drive the next one hundred years of Philippine cinema. The sixteen short films are: 1. AKONG PINALANGGA (MY BELOVED) by Julienne Ilagan. A tribute to the people that we fear to lose, and for the ones that we have lost. It is a story about the fear that we have to face as the new normal. 2. ALIMUNGAW: FILMING IN A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY by Bagane Fiola. Can the premonitions of her son and the warnings from her husband's ghost through the ominous wind forewarn her about the year 2020? 3. COUNT by Adjani Arumpac. Drug war and COVID-19 pandemic - both resulting in fatalities - miscounted and uncounted. 4. FROM ITOGON TO LONDON by Guillermo Ocampo. A young entrepreneur meets a group of farmers who inspire him to keep moving forward during the pandemic. 5. GUNAM-GANAM X GUNI-GUNI (RUMI X PHANTASM) by Khavn. The adventures of Gunam-gunam and Guni-guni. 6. HUROP-HUROP KAN KAPADAGUSAN KAN AGI-AGI KAN GAMGAM NA ADARNA (A MEDITATION ON THE POSSIBLE ENDING OF THE MYTHICAL BIRD ADARNA) by Kristian Sendon Cordero. While reviewing footages from his latest film Hinulid, a copy of the Bikol's version of Ibong Adarna, mysteriously arrives at the filmmaker's bookshop. 7. JOY IS MY MOTHER'S NAME by Carlo Enciso Catu. A son reminisces about his mother who passed away during the lockdown. 8. KALAYO (FLAME) by Keith Deligero. A filmmaker's reflection about his life during the pandemic. 9. KNEADING NOTHING by Hiyas Baldemor Bagabaldo. A filmmaker expresses her anxiety while living through the "longest COVID-19 lockdown in the world". 10. KUADRADO (FRAMED) by Kyle Fermindoza. With imagination as the only detour, the drifting of thoughts was inevitable. 11. LONELY GIRLS by Pam Miras. Three girls encounter an unseen terror while being alone during the lockdown. 12. MGA BAG-ONG NAWONG SANG DAMGO KAG KATINGALAHAN (THE NEW FACES OF DREAMS AND MYSTERIES) by Mark L. Garcia. A perspective of what is life through poetry, metaphor, movements, and painted masks. 13. RANDOM PEOPLE by Arden Rod Condez. Ten couples share the truth of love and reignite the magic of romance. 14. SOUL FISH by Zurich Chan. The Chan Family prepares for their son's godmother's birthday albeit being online. 15. THE RIGHT TO LIFE by Arbi Barbarona. A Manobo tribe flees from fear only to find themselves in another dreadful situation: a lockdown due to the pandemic. 16. WALANG KATAPUSANG HURNO (ENDLESS OVEN) by Glenn Barit. Two filmmakers, jobless during COVID-19 pandemic, get a film grant and ponders on buying an oven and the consequences they have to face.
Women Lie Better. Robert
Comedy
Film Details
On January 30, 2020, the Philippines, through the Department of Health (DOH), confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in the country. Since then, the number of cases continuously increased in Metro Manila which prompted the national government to impose quarantine protocols in various parts of the country. The pandemic has limited the mobility of artists and cultural workers and has greatly affected the booming creative industry of the nation.
The year 2020 also marks the culmination of the centennial celebration of Philippine cinema. In this regard, the The National Commission for Culture and the Arts, National Committee on Cinema, in partnership with the University of St. La Salle (USLS Artists Hub), and in collaboration with distributor Solar Pictures, decided to initiate this tribute project for the film community.
EKSENA Cinema Quarantine (ECQ) is a feature-length omnibus film project comprised of sixteen short films created by sixteen established filmmakers in the Philippines. With the overall theme of "Filmmaker's life under lockdown," four representative filmmakers from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and the National Capital Region (NCR), created six-to-ten-minute short films. The project will encapsulate the collective experiences of filmmakers during this pandemic and will mark as a significant film that will drive the next one hundred years of Philippine cinema.
The sixteen short films are: 1. AKONG PINALANGGA (MY BELOVED) by Julienne Ilagan. A tribute to the people that we fear to lose, and for the ones that we have lost.
It is a story about the fear that we have to face as the new normal. 2. ALIMUNGAW: FILMING IN A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY by Bagane Fiola.
Can the premonitions of her son and the warnings from her husband's ghost through the ominous wind forewarn her about the year 2020? 3. COUNT by Adjani Arumpac. Drug war and COVID-19 pandemic - both resulting in fatalities - miscounted and uncounted.
4. FROM ITOGON TO LONDON by Guillermo Ocampo. A young entrepreneur meets a group of farmers who inspire him to keep moving forward during the pandemic.
5. GUNAM-GANAM X GUNI-GUNI (RUMI X PHANTASM) by Khavn. The adventures of Gunam-gunam and Guni-guni.
6. HUROP-HUROP KAN KAPADAGUSAN KAN AGI-AGI KAN GAMGAM NA ADARNA (A MEDITATION ON THE POSSIBLE ENDING OF THE MYTHICAL BIRD ADARNA) by Kristian Sendon Cordero. While reviewing footages from his latest film Hinulid, a copy of the Bikol's version of Ibong Adarna, mysteriously arrives at the filmmaker's bookshop.
7. JOY IS MY MOTHER'S NAME by Carlo Enciso Catu. A son reminisces about his mother who passed away during the lockdown.
8. KALAYO (FLAME) by Keith Deligero. A filmmaker's reflection about his life during the pandemic.
9. KNEADING NOTHING by Hiyas Baldemor Bagabaldo. A filmmaker expresses her anxiety while living through the "longest COVID-19 lockdown in the world".
10. KUADRADO (FRAMED) by Kyle Fermindoza. With imagination as the only detour, the drifting of thoughts was inevitable.
11. LONELY GIRLS by Pam Miras. Three girls encounter an unseen terror while being alone during the lockdown.
12. MGA BAG-ONG NAWONG SANG DAMGO KAG KATINGALAHAN (THE NEW FACES OF DREAMS AND MYSTERIES) by Mark L. Garcia.
A perspective of what is life through poetry, metaphor, movements, and painted masks. 13. RANDOM PEOPLE by Arden Rod Condez.
Ten couples share the truth of love and reignite the magic of romance. 14. SOUL FISH by Zurich Chan.
The Chan Family prepares for their son's godmother's birthday albeit being online. 15. THE RIGHT TO LIFE by Arbi Barbarona.
A Manobo tribe flees from fear only to find themselves in another dreadful situation: a lockdown due to the pandemic. 16. WALANG KATAPUSANG HURNO (ENDLESS OVEN) by Glenn Barit.
Two filmmakers, jobless during COVID-19 pandemic, get a film grant and ponders on buying an oven and the consequences they have to face..