Another year, another Metro Manila Film Festival. At may na nanalo na!

The awards
were handed out. Gaya ng inaasahan kung sino ang di masyadong pinilahan, siya pa
ang nagwagi. Kudos to Rainbow Sunset and to all the persons in front and behind the
camera of this movie for winning the well-deserved Best Picture award. Sobrang dami
ng nanuod lalo na sa mga blockbuster film na halos iluwa na ang mga moviegoer.
Achievement para sa lahat pero another year of disappointment sa mga umaasa ng
isang seryoso at makabuluhang MMFF. We miss 2016, ang taon kung kelan pinakinggan
ang nagsusumigaw na hinaing ng madlang uhaw sa kalidad na pelikula.
I�m not against these box office hits. Isa rin ako sa milyong taong napaiyak nila
sa kakatawa. Isang masarap na putahe sa Pasko! Pero kung paulit ulit ulit ulit nang
ulit na putahe pa rin ang kakainin mo, hindi ba parang nakakasawa na rin? Kailangan
mo namang tumikim ng bago kundi manlalata na ang panlasa mo pero kung pare-parehong
putahe naman ang nakahain, susme, awa na! Same formula over and over again.
What we need is DIVERSITY! Limited lang ang slots sa MMFF para sa mga pelikula at
kadalasan na nakakakuha ay almost the same ang genre. May ilang genre na
nakakalusot pero pag viewing season na parang inaping bata. Nakakalungkot.
This year 2018 showered us with many blessings and one gift it gave us is no other
than Darry Yap, the writer and director behind SAWAKAS and Vincentiments. A
visionary filmmaker that delivered some of the best hits of 2018 using social media
as his platforms. His straightforward approach in filmmaking peppered with
profanity, wit and a different kind of humor make us laugh and cry at the same time
while also awakening something inside of us. Something human in nature�
Philippine cinema is in dire need of people like Darryl Yap, people who are not
afraid to deviate from what it is and willing to venture on what it can be.
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