Rotoscoped film 'Manang Biring' is this year's Cinema One Originals' best film
Nine films vied for major awards for this year's Cinema One Originals Festival during the festival's awarding ceremony on Sunday at ABS-CBN's Dolphy Theatre. Among the nine entries, Carlo Joseph Papa's Manang Biring prevailed as the best film.
Manang Biring is a rotoscoped film that tells a story of a terminally illed woman who does everything she can to prolong her life for a reunion with her estranged daughter.
Since it is an animated film, the challenge in producing it, according to Papa, was during the post production stage.
"The animation really was the hardest part of the film," said Papa.
He also added that the Filipino viewers today are ready for films that offer out-of-the-box concept.
Meanwhile, Ara Chawdry's "Miss Bulalacao" won the best screenplay. Despite using Cebuano as the language of the film, Chawdry was very happy for the recognition her film bagged. "I want to give Visayan people something to be proud about themselves because all of the media consumes puro mga white people, puro mga tagalog," she said.
Among those that received other awards are:
JURY PRIZE- HAMOG ni Ralston Jover BEST DIRECTOR- BOR OCAMPO, DAYANG ASU AUDIENCE CHOICE- BAKA SIGURO DAPAT by Joel Ferrer BEST SOUND- BUKOD KANG PINAGPALA by Jess Carlos BEST MUSIC- MANANG BIRING ( Dino Christopher Parafania) BEST EDITING- HAMOG ( Charliebebs Gohetia) BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN- BUKOD KANG PINAPALA (Harley Alcasid) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DAYANG ASU (Albert Banzon) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS- CHAI FONACIER ( MISS BULALACAO) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR- BOR LENTEJAS (HAMOG) BEST ACTOR- DINO PASTRANO (BAKA SIGURO YATA) BEST ACTRESS- THERESE MALVAR (HAMOG)
-RJ Sangcap
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