The indigenous peoples of the Malaysian state of Sarawak have to contend with forces of tradition and development that often clash. The resultant cultural, economic and political stirrings are not unlike what the Lumads in Mindanao go through. Davao Today associate editor Germelina A. Lacorte, who spent weeks in Sarawak earlier this year as part of her journalism fellowship with the Southeast Asia Press Alliance, chronicles the struggles of our neighboring tribes.
Davao Today contributor Alberto P. Egot Jr. and his team at Durian Cinema are some of the city?s ?guerilla filmmakers.? Here, he tells us what it was like to make a film for the first time.
An exciting experiment: Members of the Durian Cinema team shooting a Badjao community in Davao. (Photo courtesy of Durian Cinema)
“Huling Baylan ng Buhi,” a digital film by independent Davao filmmaker Sherad Anthony Sanchez, won four major awards at the recent Cinema One Originals competition in Manila. Here are pictures of the awards ceremony, courtesy of Dr. Jelieta Ruca, one of the members of the cast.
A group of Tausug artists from Sulu have accused a prominent Davao-based nongovernment group abuse, among them serving them food that was not halal, according to this Sun.Star Davao report.…
The independent digital film “Huling Baylan ng Buhi (The Last Priestess of Buhi)” by 21-year-old Davao filmmaker Sherad Anthony Sanchez won the top prizes, including best picture and best director, in this week’s Cinema One Originals competition in Manila. In an Inquirer story, Robbie Tan, the film producer who was one of the jurors, said “Huling Baylan” is ?a well-conceived symphony of sounds and images, pushing the language of cinema across new boundaries.?
