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Unit II
A Window to
Different Worlds
lesson
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a Window to
Different
Worlds
The film industry is faced with
a lot of challenges.
From 1960s to the years after
the fall of Marcos’s regime,
there was a lack of tax
incentives that could have
helped produce better films.
A new breed of Filipino
directors were brave
enough to direct films
that portrayed revolt,
labor unionism, social
ostracism, and class
division.
These were Lino Brocka,
Peque Gallaga, Ishmael
Bernal, Celso Ad Castillo,
and Marilou Diaz Abaya.
1975 movie Maynila, Sa
mga kuko ng Liwanag
(Manila: In the Claws of
Light)
Muro-Ami
The directors of the new wave either
“tended toward exposing relevant social
topics or hybridizing Filipino topics with
Western techniques” (David 1995, 1-2).
Also called alternative filmmakers, these
directors yearned for more creative
freedom in their works.
Eric de Guia
Raymond Red
Nick De Ocampo
Manny Reyes
Maryo J. Delos Reyes
Sigrid Andrea Bernardo
• also known as Kidlat Tahimik
• famous for his neocolonial
films and his short
documentaries such as
Bubong! (Roofs of the
World! Unite! 2006)
• was one of the first Filipino to
receive a Rotterdam Hubert
Bals Memorial grant and the
first for his short film Anino.
• He is also known for his super-8
films that explored the revolution
against the Spaniards through
the perspective of Andres
Bonifacio in his Bayani (1992)
and the revolution against the
Americans through Macario
Sakay’s eyes in Sakay (1993)
• in his practice of nonfiction
documentary films and short
films, filmed Revolutions
Happen Like Refrains in a
Song (1987)
• “a postmortem on the people
power revolution of 1986,” and A
Legacy of Violence (1990), which
contributed “a view of the
history of the country”
• satirical commentaries on
provincial politics are seen in
Suwapings (1994),
• a story of a citizen’s rebellion
against Barrio Talong’s cajeput
mayor whos plan was to dub a
group of Filipino-Americans as
hometown heroes if they
donate a huge amount of
money to him.
• Bamboo Flowers, the film
production did not only
require knowledge and the
skill in filmmaking,
• the director also had to
understand the people of
Bohol – their lives, beliefs,
and traditions, and their
relationship with nature
because the story revolves
around man and nature.
• Kita Kita is the highest-grossing
Philippine independent film,
garnering ₱320 million in the
box office and was selected by
CNN as the best romantic
comedy film in the last 25
years.
With the coming of digital media
in the late 1990s and early 2000s,
a new wave in digital form
emerged.
Technology in Film
Erik Matti
is the director of the first
full-length Filipino film
shot on green screen
chroma-key that “mixes
elements of action,
comedy, and horror in
order to juxtapose the old
sensibilities of the aswang
legend with contemporary
style” (Soriano 2012).
Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles