KEI: A product of UPLB pelikuLAB's short film competition in Aug. 2010, Insiang Saing is one of the first films made by students of AB Communication Arts program, the only arts-related course in a science-oriented University. The program has no film courses; despite this, students now find interest in filmmaking and in mounting activities related to it.
Running for only ten minutes or so, the film's narrative is solid. It can be attributed perhaps to Oscar's training in creative writing under the Comarts program. Although he is more inclined to theater, he showed that film is not a difficult medium to work on. His direction is demonstrated best with the brilliant portrayal of his main actress, Ynik Ante, who won Best Actress for pelikuLAB's short film competition and the recently-concluded Pelikultura: The Calabarzon Film Festival held at UPLB. She plays the role of Insiang, an emotionally-disturbed mother to a female teenager and a wife to a philandering husband.
Ynik's intense acting was also memorable for the audience at Cinemarehiyon 3 last Feb.9 in Davao City. The film was selected to represent the Calabarzon region. Some even remarked a semblance to Nora Aunor's kind of acting.
The film has only been screened thrice as of this writing, but it already garnered distinct recognitions. The film also won Best Editing in Pelikultura--thanks to its editor, TJ Monserrat, an Instructor at the Institute of Computer Science, UPLB, who is himself a filmmaker as well. These recognitions prove that Oscar's freshman film is a gem.
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CAYO: A short film framing the troubled life of a struggling mother.
Running for only ten minutes or so, the film's narrative is solid. It can be attributed perhaps to Oscar's training in creative writing under the Comarts program. Although he is more inclined to theater, he showed that film is not a difficult medium to work on. His direction is demonstrated best with the brilliant portrayal of his main actress, Ynik Ante, who won Best Actress for pelikuLAB's short film competition and the recently-concluded Pelikultura: The Calabarzon Film Festival held at UPLB. She plays the role of Insiang, an emotionally-disturbed mother to a female teenager and a wife to a philandering husband.
Ynik's intense acting was also memorable for the audience at Cinemarehiyon 3 last Feb.9 in Davao City. The film was selected to represent the Calabarzon region. Some even remarked a semblance to Nora Aunor's kind of acting.
The film has only been screened thrice as of this writing, but it already garnered distinct recognitions. The film also won Best Editing in Pelikultura--thanks to its editor, TJ Monserrat, an Instructor at the Institute of Computer Science, UPLB, who is himself a filmmaker as well. These recognitions prove that Oscar's freshman film is a gem.
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CAYO: A short film framing the troubled life of a struggling mother.
Insiang is mother juggling different problems in her life. There’s the problem of money needed for the education of her daughter, the problem with her disloyal husband, and having to feeding him and his mistress, among other things.
Juggling all these things can bring people to their tipping point, and when Insiang finds out that her only daughter, her only hope for a better life, gets pregnant, she reaches the point of no return –insanity. She kills her daughter, and her mind tries to cope with everything by bringing her back to her normal routine, making herself believe that her daughter is just sleeping.
Gripping, simple, effective. Kudos to the makers of the film! Tatak UPLB yan!
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PAM: A woman's descent into madness, in ten minutes. Insiang Saing is a short film that solidly portrays how compounded, negative circumstances can jar sanity and reality into madness. The wholeness of the story made me feel that this short film is a full length movie. Made in Elbi. Kudos!
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