Trailer, Pamati-i Bala Ang Akon Mga Ihutik Nga Binalaybay (Listen to the Poems I Will Whisper)
Experimental I Philippines I 4:16 min I 2018
Cast: Amiel Balarido, Jessa Cordera, Jules Berdan
based from the poem "Ang Ilongga Nga Nagsakay Sa Habal-Habal" by Karla Quimsing
in collaboration with Cymark John Garcisto, Asher Lance Marañon, Judea Java, Giannina Anne Perpetua
concept, cinematography, editing and direction: Elvert Bañares
synopsis:
An interpretation of the Hiligaynon-language poem "Ang Ilongga Nga Nagsakay sa Habal-Habal" (The Ilongga Who Rode a Motorcycle Taxi) by Filipino poet Karla Quimsing that talks about a girl who rode a local motorcylce taxi with a driver she likes. The filmmaker went the opposite direction, choosing a male voice (the poem's a female) and creating scenarios that seems to paint an alternate world, a dream or, perhaps, fragments of thoughts - which oftentimes happen during a long travel home - wherein both have a relationship, imagined or otherwise, accidental or bound to happen, that shall pass through the test of time as they share one locale wherein the spatial relationships are only between them and nature. How the environment and its neglected spaces plays a vital role in molding the personal spaces of the characters is vital to the understanding of time-spanning relationship presented in this film poetry.
Nominee, Best Short Film, 42nd Gawad URIAN 2019 (Philippines)
Official Selection, Midwest Video Poetry Fest 2020 (USA)
Semi-Finalist, Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival 2020 (Russian Federation)
Official Selection, Charlotte Asian Film Festival (USA)
Official Selection, Lisbon Film Rendezvous (Portugal)
Official Selection, FACINE 25 (USA)
Official Selection, Roxas Sintas, Capiz (Philippines)
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