Personal Notes

In 2017, I promised myself that if I'm trapped in a place; bored or challenged by circumstances, I'd shoot a film in the absence of books or any form of activity. In short, ayoko ng walang ginagawa, haha! So, this "mobile-sintas" series of mine was created. These are little personal films shot and edited using whatever phone that's available for use - whether mine or someone else's. 'Sintas' is a Hiligaynon word which means 'film'. Hiligaynon is a language spoken by more than 9 million Filipinos in Visayas and Mindanao regions. Iloilo province has the largest population of Hiligaynon speakers.

This film is the sixth in my mobile-sintas series. The films under the mobile-sintas are usually not submitted to film festivals with the exception of the 'Ang May Akda' micro-trilogy, 'Patibsok' and 'Red Sky, Purple Lake' which toured more than 20+ international film festivals combined.

In 2017, I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting the members of Teatro Ubunto in San Carlos City and my workshop with them has been one of the most inspiring. I shot  one 'mobile-sintas' with Titus who is now in college.

Elvert JV 

synopsis
An emotional fragment of one afternoon in a life of a teenage boy. His imagination allows him to interact with his surrounding.  

Year of release: 2017
TRT: 1 min, 18 sec
Cast: Titus Justin Vinluan
Shot, written, edited and directed by: Elvert Bañares 

Trivia: Shot in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. this is the sixth in the mobile-sintas series and this belongs to the few works that were just made available online and weren't shown in any formal venues or festivals. The title is in Cebuano as this is the main language used in San Carlos.