Things About Life

It is so depressing how badly Filipino independent and mainstream film productions are treated in the Philippines. Even though Filipino films have audience watching in the cinemas, most of our Filipino films were pulled out by some operators and was replaced with Hollywood films after the first day.  This is not way to encourage local directors and producers to create more movies. This is also not the way to educate the local movie audience- they need variety in their choices. This is also not the way to help industry workers- they need to be able to put food on their families'tables. The all-business mindset of cinemas operators is killing the industry. We appeal to them to give the local films the chance to show them for one week and not pulled out after the first day or the first three days. I'm hoping that the new guidelines of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) for the theatrical release of films stating that the nationwide opening day w

A heart full of disappointment last theatrical released of our film "Ang Sikreto ng Piso," few months ago. I'm in so much pain and my heart is broken. It felt like the end of the world when I found out that my concept/script for the movie "Ang Sikreto ng Piso," was stolen from me by a producer who I trusted a lot. It's sad to think that I've worked hard with the research, the ideas, the content, the premise, only for everything to be stolen from me. I learned that the producer's team has filmed a material similar to mine and that this is now being screened in schools. The news is so devastating, but I had to be firm and strong. I promised myself that this film, my film, will be seen by more Filipinos. This is the main reason "Ang Sikreto ng Piso," had to be screened at a later date on January 30 this year, instead of our target date last year 2018 as we moved the shooting schedules. I had to hire a new writer and worked together. Than