My Cinemalaya X, Favorite Scenes, Crazy Awards

* Aptly, my Cinemalaya X started and ended with Short Films.  I had to stop at 13 full-length films and 10 short films.  After heavy disappointments with films from the Director Showcase, I had to stop at 3 films, before my impression of the filmfest drastically change.  The first three New Breed films we saw were either disappointments or borderline tragedy.  But as we saw more films, we were relieved to see original and actually exceptional films


**  Celebrity Sightings:  Tessie Tomas (so astig, she watches almost everyday and sometimes 3 films a day), Nonie and Sharmaine Buencamino, Rafa Sigioun-Reyna, Cris Villongco, R.A. Rivera, Carlos Sigioun-Reyna, Paulo Avelino, Tommy Abuel, Audie Gemora, Marvin Agustin, Marc Abaya, KC Concepcion, Robert Ortega,  Ricky Davao, Angel Aquino, Maria Isabel Lopez, Althea Varga

*** Starting Wednesday, most screenings were packed.  We were thoroughly impressed with the turnout but also the demographics.  There were the usual artistes, the students but we also saw many office workers and to our surprise the #Y group are also audiences this year.

**** We are still deliberating on our predictions and picks for tomorrow's awards night.  For now, we will hand out our annual crazy awards.  But we first start with our favorite scenes from each of the movies we saw.  This is also for us, sort of a retrospect to remember CinemalayaX.

FAVORITE SCENES

Dagitab - Issey and Gab lie on the sand with the sea tides calmly playing along,and in the background,  "...as if we had to dance somewhere in between rainfall and summer"

K'Na the Dreamweaver - K'Na accepts Silaw's love amidst a sea of red abaca strands, then rain starts to fall

Bwaya - aerial shot of 3 boats converging to find the location of the Bwaya

Mariquina - young Imelda asking about her mother, as his father shed a tear while eating fried rice and lumpiang shanghai at their favorite Chinese restaurant

Hari ng Tondo - Emil sees Anna for the first time

Hustisya - Biring offers letters and money in exchange of acceptance at the Manila City Hall

#Y - In montage format, Miles explains the different ways to commit suicide

Sundalong Kanin - Benny raises his rifle but refuses to shoot the Japanese captain, instead choosing to get the chocolates

Children's Show - Using kitchen utensils, Jun stabs his father to death

1st ko si 3rd - Corazon learning Facebook and chatting with 3rd with words "funny" and "beautiful"  highlighted

and now for the Crazy Awards...


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Best Cinemalaya X Trailer

Runner-up: K'Na the Dreamweaver

Best Cinemalaya X Trailer Winner - Bwaya

Best Poster

Runners-up: Asintado & The Ordinary Things We Do

Best Cinemalaya X Poster - Lola

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Best Villain:

Runners-up

Allen Dizon as Johnny in Children's Show

Rosanna Roces as Madame Vivian in Hustisya

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Best Villain

Marc Abaya as Tonyo in Sundalong Kanin

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Best Hero

Runners-up

Buboy Villar as Jun in Children's Show

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Isaac Tangonan as Benny in Sundalong Kanin

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WINNER FOR BEST HERO 

Erlinda Villalobos as Lola in Lola

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BEST DIVA 

 Ricky Davao as Marcel in S6parados

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Coleen Garcia as Janna in #Y

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and the BEST DIVA WINNER is

Bing Pimentel as Tita Tess in Mariquina

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There you go.  Thank you for sharing the crazy with us.   Watch out for our predictions for this year's Cinemalaya Awards