Mindanao Film Festival to showcase Guerrilla Films

 

Guerrilla Filmmaking Workshop attendees with mentor direk Arnel Mardoquio (6th L). Photo: Mindanao Film and Television Development Foundation, Inc.

Local filmmakers gear up to showcase this week short and full-length films in the 9^th Mindanao Film Festival.

This year’s MFF to be screened at Cinema 5 of Gaisano Mall of Davao from December 4-10, 2013 is said to be record-breaking with over 50 entries from across Mindanao.

Among the competing entries are five short films and two animation films as output of the 11^th Guerrilla Filmmaking workshop conducted by the Mindanao Film and Television Development Foundation, Inc (MFTDFI).

Guerrilla films are made by independent filmmakers with low budget, minimal equipment, skeleton crews and mostly unadulterated ambient environment.  The batch 11 filmmaking workshop attendees were given two weeks to submit their film for screening.

One entry is “#Dapaw” is a short narrative film of the experiences of the young teacher assigned in a remote public school. Being the techie-city girl, the main character Jessica Bustamante is astounded as she swirled in the realities of poverty, lack access to social services and the seeming neglect of government in the area her assignment.

 “Panyawan” talks about the waning family values especially the respect for the elderly. Nanay Sally, started a sojourn to visit her three children living in the city. After a long time of not seeing them, she expected warmth and loving affection but to her disappointment she was met with rejection.

  

"Panalipod Onlayn" is a short film that shows the effects of children's privacy when parents expose them too much to the online world.

"This Ring" is a short film about a married couple on the brink of breaking up and is forced to come in terms with their own marriage at their only daughter's wedding. The film was inspired by a recent survey that there is a growing number of broken marriages in Davao City.

“Lutaw” is a story military men and the politics and scandals that hound the institution.

The animation films included “The Mouse who could Fly” depicting the a mouse which conquered the skies and “The Imagination of Mr. Reil”  revolves on a story of a lone man and his imaginary friend who teaches him to appreciate and value the things around him.

The guerilla films are blocked together for its screen on December 5 (1:30PM), December 6 (7:30 PM the Gala Screening) and December 8 (8:00PM).