#teri malvar

[theghastlybones]

Sometimes in life, we lost the ones who are very important to us.

[theghastlybones]

Why do some people force what they want on you?

[wwacomics]

Manila’s street children, derisively called batang hamog or “children of the haze,” are an inescapable part of the city landscape. It is that same landscape that Ralston Jover takes a camera to in Hamog, a film that finds humanity in the hazy smoke and smog. Part of that clarity of Hamog comes from 16-year-old actress Therese “Teri” Malvar. She’s relatively new to acting, having made her debut only three years ago in Ang Huling Cha-Cha ni Anita (Anita’s Last Cha-Cha), but if her work in Hamog is any indication, we’re bound to see decades of excellent performances from Malvar. She’s already won Best Actress at this year’s Moscow International Film Festival, and she’ll be awarded the Screen International Rising Star Award at the New York Asian Film Festival. I spoke with her on the night of the film’s premiere at NYAFF, and I can honestly say every minute was a delight.

Read more in  “She’s So Different From Who I Am, and That’s What I Love About Her”: An Interview with Hamog’s Teri Malvar

[aposteraffair]

Ang Huling Cha Cha ni Anita (2013)

Director: Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo

Angel Aquino, Teri Malvar

ANITA'S LAST CHA CHA is a feature length Filipino film about the magic of first love through the eyes of a child, and how a little cha-cha can make a dream come true. In this fantastical tale, twelve-year-old Anita falls in love with the new woman in town. Amidst whispers speculating the intentions of this mysterious and beautiful new arrival, a girlhood crush blossoms during yearly traditional fertility dance in Obando, Bulacan, Philippines.

Help the film here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ang-huling-cha-cha-ni-anita-anita-s-last-cha-cha