Pamati-i Bala Ang Akon Mga Ihutik nga Binalaybay
(Listen to the Poems I Will Whisper)
Director's Notes
Instead of adapting the jovial tone of the beautiful poem by Karla Quimsing, this film goes the opposite direction and tackles the subject explored from a different quieter perspective by assigning nature as an active observer of formed relationships. The poetry is light and fun but in this interpretation, the filmmaker wants to go 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 play 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.
Elvert JV
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.
Year of release: 2017
TRT: 4 min, 16 sec
Short Experimental, Poetry Film
Shot, edited, produced, sound design and directed by: Elvert Bañares
Poetry by Karla Quimsing
Cast: Amiel Balarida, Jessa Cordera, Jules Berdan
Production Crew: Cymark John Garcisto, Ashe Lance Marañon, Judhea Java, Giannina Anne Perpetua
AWARDS, NOMINATIONS & CITATIONS
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Nominated, Best Short Film, 42nd Gawad URIAN (Philippine FIlm Critics)
Quezon City, Philippines -
Semi-Finalist, Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival
Moscow, Russian Federation, December 27, 2020 -
Semi-Finalist, Lisbon Film Rendezvous
Lisbon, Portugal, June 22, 2021
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
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Official Selection, Charlotte Asian Film Festival 2017
Charlotte, USA -
Official Selection, Midwest Video Poetry Fest 2020
Madison, Wisconsin, USA -
Official Selection, FACINE 25 Annual Filipino International Cine Festival and Competition
San Francisco, USA