After the success of horror film “Deleter,” actor Nadine Lustre and filmmaker Mikhail Red have teamed again on genre film “Nokturno.”
“Nokturno” revolves around a curse brought on by Filipino folklore characters known as Kumakatok, who are tall, thin and have long, pale fingers. They wear veils that obscure their faces and come knocking in the dead of the night. Those who answer the door are cursed to die or lose a loved one in three days.
Lustre plays Jamie, an overseas Filipina worker who returns to her isolated home province when rumors of mysterious killings brought about by a primal curse begin to circulate. She must reunite with her estranged mother Lilet, played by Eula Valdez (the lead in Red’s 2018 Rotterdam title “Neomanila”), and face her family’s troubled past in order to survive the curse of the Kumakatok.
The cast also includes Bea Binene, Wilbert Ross, J.J. Quilantang...
“Nokturno” revolves around a curse brought on by Filipino folklore characters known as Kumakatok, who are tall, thin and have long, pale fingers. They wear veils that obscure their faces and come knocking in the dead of the night. Those who answer the door are cursed to die or lose a loved one in three days.
Lustre plays Jamie, an overseas Filipina worker who returns to her isolated home province when rumors of mysterious killings brought about by a primal curse begin to circulate. She must reunite with her estranged mother Lilet, played by Eula Valdez (the lead in Red’s 2018 Rotterdam title “Neomanila”), and face her family’s troubled past in order to survive the curse of the Kumakatok.
The cast also includes Bea Binene, Wilbert Ross, J.J. Quilantang...
- 10/1/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Top Filipino director Mikhail Red (“Deleter”) will commence esports based film “Friendly Fire” imminently.
Red is currently serving on the international jury at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema and will commence the film as soon as he returns to the Philippines from France.
“Friendly Fire” stars Loisa Andalio (“The Goodbye Girl”) and Coleen Garcia (“Kaluskos”). The film will follow Sonya (Garcia), a visionary female CEO who wants to put Philippine esports on the map. She scouts a young female player Hazel (Andalio) from a random internet cafe, sees the potential in her and trains her.
“It’s not your usual crime thriller that most of my films are, it’s something fresh for me and exciting. I like to think of it as my most wholesome project, because it’s more inspirational and it’s a genre I’ve always wanted to try – the sports movie and the underdog sports story,...
Red is currently serving on the international jury at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema and will commence the film as soon as he returns to the Philippines from France.
“Friendly Fire” stars Loisa Andalio (“The Goodbye Girl”) and Coleen Garcia (“Kaluskos”). The film will follow Sonya (Garcia), a visionary female CEO who wants to put Philippine esports on the map. She scouts a young female player Hazel (Andalio) from a random internet cafe, sees the potential in her and trains her.
“It’s not your usual crime thriller that most of my films are, it’s something fresh for me and exciting. I like to think of it as my most wholesome project, because it’s more inspirational and it’s a genre I’ve always wanted to try – the sports movie and the underdog sports story,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Production is set to begin in late 2022.
Acclaimed Filipino actress Sharon Cuneta is set to star in and executive produce an adaptation of Marivi Soliven’s award-winning novel The Mango Bride.
Production is set to begin in late 2022 on the feature film from Singapore and London-headquartered IP firm 108 Media and Los Angeles-based Bold MP.
The story follows two Filipino women – Amparo, a quiet socialite born into a wealthy family, and Beverly, a wide-eyed mail-order bride – who migrate to California and discover hidden truths as their lives intertwine.
Filipino-Canadian Martin Edralin, whose similarly-themed feature debut Islands was selected for SXSW 2021, is directing.
Acclaimed Filipino actress Sharon Cuneta is set to star in and executive produce an adaptation of Marivi Soliven’s award-winning novel The Mango Bride.
Production is set to begin in late 2022 on the feature film from Singapore and London-headquartered IP firm 108 Media and Los Angeles-based Bold MP.
The story follows two Filipino women – Amparo, a quiet socialite born into a wealthy family, and Beverly, a wide-eyed mail-order bride – who migrate to California and discover hidden truths as their lives intertwine.
Filipino-Canadian Martin Edralin, whose similarly-themed feature debut Islands was selected for SXSW 2021, is directing.
- 2/21/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Anil Kapoor Thriller Lands At Netflix
Netflix has taken rights on revenge thriller Thar, which stars Anil Kapoor and Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor in the story of a man who embarks on a journey to avenge his past. The project marks the directorial debut of Raj Singh Choudhary, who also wrote the screenplay. Fatima Sana Shaikh and Satish Kaushik complete the principal cast. Anil Kapoor Film Company is producing. Netflix will release in the summer. “As an actor and a producer, I have always strived to push the envelope and disrupt the status quo with innovative content. Thar is a manifestation of this obsession and I’m thrilled to have a partner as supportive and collaborative as Netflix to take this story as far and wide as it can go,” said Kapoor. “At Netflix, we are huge fans of films, just like our members. Bringing to them the most entertaining and...
Netflix has taken rights on revenge thriller Thar, which stars Anil Kapoor and Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor in the story of a man who embarks on a journey to avenge his past. The project marks the directorial debut of Raj Singh Choudhary, who also wrote the screenplay. Fatima Sana Shaikh and Satish Kaushik complete the principal cast. Anil Kapoor Film Company is producing. Netflix will release in the summer. “As an actor and a producer, I have always strived to push the envelope and disrupt the status quo with innovative content. Thar is a manifestation of this obsession and I’m thrilled to have a partner as supportive and collaborative as Netflix to take this story as far and wide as it can go,” said Kapoor. “At Netflix, we are huge fans of films, just like our members. Bringing to them the most entertaining and...
- 2/21/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Acclaimed Philippines actor Sharon Cuneta (“Caregiver”) will star in and executive produce the feature film adaptation of Marivi Soliven’s award-winning novel “The Mango Bride.”
The novel chronicles the lives of two Filipino women — Amparo, a quiet socialite born into a wealthy family, and Beverly, a wide-eyed mail-order bride — who migrate to California and discover hidden truths as their stories meet and intertwine. It was published in 2013 in English by Penguin Random House, in Filipino by National Book Store and in Spanish by Grupo Planeta. The novel won the highest literary prize in the Philippines – the Grand Prize of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards.
Filipino-Canadian filmmaker Martin Edralin, who tackled a migration theme in the Canadian Screen Awards nominated and SXSW-winning feature “Islands,” will direct. Rae Red (“The Woman and the Gun”) is adapting the novel as a screenplay.
Justin Deimen and Micah Tadena will produce for Singapore and London headquartered 108 Media.
The novel chronicles the lives of two Filipino women — Amparo, a quiet socialite born into a wealthy family, and Beverly, a wide-eyed mail-order bride — who migrate to California and discover hidden truths as their stories meet and intertwine. It was published in 2013 in English by Penguin Random House, in Filipino by National Book Store and in Spanish by Grupo Planeta. The novel won the highest literary prize in the Philippines – the Grand Prize of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards.
Filipino-Canadian filmmaker Martin Edralin, who tackled a migration theme in the Canadian Screen Awards nominated and SXSW-winning feature “Islands,” will direct. Rae Red (“The Woman and the Gun”) is adapting the novel as a screenplay.
Justin Deimen and Micah Tadena will produce for Singapore and London headquartered 108 Media.
- 2/21/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Rae Red has made a name for herself through her script-writing work in Mikhail Red’s films like “Eerie“, “Neomanila” and “Birdshot“. Since 2016, she has also started directing films, with “The Girl and the Gun” being her second feature and the third overall.
On the occasion of “The Girl and the Gun” screening at New York Asian Film Festival, we speak with her on the story of the film, the non-linear narrative, violence in Quezon City, the various issues poor people in the Philippines face, and many other topics.
How did the story for “The Girl and The Gun” come about? It seems very grounded in reality. Is it based on any true incidents?
A lot of the characters from the movie are based on real people. There’s Kian Delos Santos, an Ejk victim back in 2017. The character of Jun played by Elijah Canlas was inspired by him. Lean Alejandro,...
On the occasion of “The Girl and the Gun” screening at New York Asian Film Festival, we speak with her on the story of the film, the non-linear narrative, violence in Quezon City, the various issues poor people in the Philippines face, and many other topics.
How did the story for “The Girl and The Gun” come about? It seems very grounded in reality. Is it based on any true incidents?
A lot of the characters from the movie are based on real people. There’s Kian Delos Santos, an Ejk victim back in 2017. The character of Jun played by Elijah Canlas was inspired by him. Lean Alejandro,...
- 9/7/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
If your work and personal lives were slowly going down the drain through various avenues and you find something that could take care of some of your worries, albeit unethically, would you use it? That is the conundrum the lead character finds herself in in Rae Red’s solo directorial debut “The Girl and the Gun”.
“The Girl and the Gun” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
The protagonist, an unnamed Girl, isn’t having the best of lives. Living in Quezon City, she works at a department store but rarely gets to spend her earnings on herself, with most of them going to a demanding mother in the province and on her rent. Even when she is reprimanded by her unnecessarily strict boss for wearing torn stockings or when her colleagues invite her out for drinks, she is unable to meet those demands financially. In spite of her best efforts,...
“The Girl and the Gun” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
The protagonist, an unnamed Girl, isn’t having the best of lives. Living in Quezon City, she works at a department store but rarely gets to spend her earnings on herself, with most of them going to a demanding mother in the province and on her rent. Even when she is reprimanded by her unnecessarily strict boss for wearing torn stockings or when her colleagues invite her out for drinks, she is unable to meet those demands financially. In spite of her best efforts,...
- 9/1/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The New York Asian Film Festival has been a major highlight of the movie calendar since it first launched in 2002, but celebrating this annual orgy of contemporary Asian cinema has always felt a bit like bragging about an experience that most people out there will never get to have. Not only is Nyaff the country’s best-curated and most fearless showcase of new films from Japan to Indonesia and all points in between, but most of these great films never find more permanent homes in the United States (though anyone willing to sift through the recesses of Amazon Prime or explore niche-driven streaming platforms like AsianCrush and Rakuten might find some titles that haven’t completely fallen through the cracks).
Miss a masterpiece like Li Wu’s “Buddha Mountain” or Clement Cheng and Derek Kwok’s “Gallants” and you may never have a chance to see it again; miss the...
Miss a masterpiece like Li Wu’s “Buddha Mountain” or Clement Cheng and Derek Kwok’s “Gallants” and you may never have a chance to see it again; miss the...
- 8/24/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The 19th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) has announced the names of the recipients of its Rising Star Award and Action Cinema Award, as well as the international jury members who will select the winner of the Nyaff “Uncaged” Competition Award during the upcoming virtual edition, running from August 28-September 12 on the Smart Cinema USA app. Tickets for this year’s special virtual edition go on sale August 23.
The 2020 Screen International Rising Star Award goes to South Korean actress Lee Joo-young for Baseball Girl, making its international premiere and screening throughout the festival. The award recognizes her daring choice of roles across her already diverse body of work, as well as her fierce commitment to every performance, whether in indie cinema, where she already stands as a star, or the TV drama scene. These notable traits are exemplified by her tour-de-force turn as the eponymous underdog female athlete in Baseball Girl.
The 2020 Screen International Rising Star Award goes to South Korean actress Lee Joo-young for Baseball Girl, making its international premiere and screening throughout the festival. The award recognizes her daring choice of roles across her already diverse body of work, as well as her fierce commitment to every performance, whether in indie cinema, where she already stands as a star, or the TV drama scene. These notable traits are exemplified by her tour-de-force turn as the eponymous underdog female athlete in Baseball Girl.
- 8/24/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Talent stars in festival selection Baseball Girl, one of several South Korean films this year.
The 19th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) will honour South Korea’s Lee Joo-young with the 2020 Screen International Rising Star Award at its upcoming virtual edition.
Lee stars in Choi Yun-Tae’s Baseball Girl, which receives its international premiere and screens throughout the festival from August 28-September 12 on the Smart Cinema USA app.
Baseball Girl centres on a talented high school athlete who battles chauvinism to make it into the team.
Lee, who stars in Netflix drama Itaewon Class, made her screen debut in...
The 19th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) will honour South Korea’s Lee Joo-young with the 2020 Screen International Rising Star Award at its upcoming virtual edition.
Lee stars in Choi Yun-Tae’s Baseball Girl, which receives its international premiere and screens throughout the festival from August 28-September 12 on the Smart Cinema USA app.
Baseball Girl centres on a talented high school athlete who battles chauvinism to make it into the team.
Lee, who stars in Netflix drama Itaewon Class, made her screen debut in...
- 8/19/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
(above) Still from “They Say Nothing Stays The Same,”Joe Oagiri, 2019, Japan
The 19th edition of the Lincoln Center’s New York Asian Film Festival will be virtual this year, and will go from August 28 to September 12, 2020. This year’s focus is on women filmmakers, under the title “Women Transforming Film.” In this year’s line-up, Nyaff spotlights titles directed and led by women — including “Heavy Craving”, “Lucky Chan-sil”, “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,”, “My Prince Edward”, and “Victim(s)”.
A generous share of the program is devoted to new filmmakers, including striking directorial debuts and sophomore efforts. This edition reflects today’s particularly kinetic innovations, much informed by social media and the hyper information highway. An impressive cross-section of work highlights new ideas in storytelling and tackles social mores and personal demons, including “John Denver Trending”, “Beauty Water”, “Detention”, and “IWeirDo”, to name a few. Work by first and second-time directors...
The 19th edition of the Lincoln Center’s New York Asian Film Festival will be virtual this year, and will go from August 28 to September 12, 2020. This year’s focus is on women filmmakers, under the title “Women Transforming Film.” In this year’s line-up, Nyaff spotlights titles directed and led by women — including “Heavy Craving”, “Lucky Chan-sil”, “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,”, “My Prince Edward”, and “Victim(s)”.
A generous share of the program is devoted to new filmmakers, including striking directorial debuts and sophomore efforts. This edition reflects today’s particularly kinetic innovations, much informed by social media and the hyper information highway. An impressive cross-section of work highlights new ideas in storytelling and tackles social mores and personal demons, including “John Denver Trending”, “Beauty Water”, “Detention”, and “IWeirDo”, to name a few. Work by first and second-time directors...
- 8/11/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Powered by Chinese streaming technology, the New York Asian Film Festival will this year move from the real world to the virtual. With strong focuses on women filmmakers and Korean movies, the 19th Nyaff will run Aug. 28-Sept 12.
The opening film is the North American Premiere of “The Girl and the Gun” (aka “Babae at Baril”), directed by Rae Red, starring Janine Gutierrez, and produced by Iana Celest Bernardez and Bianca Balbuena. Other female-centric picks include “Heavy Craving” from Taiwan, “Lucky Chan-sil” and “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” both from South Korea, “My Prince Edward” from Hong Kong, and “Victim(s)” from Malaysia.
The virtual festival will play out on software supplied by Smart Cinema, a three year old Chinese operation, backed by former Wanda executive Jack Gao. Its U.S. arm is a joint venture with pioneering distributor of Asian films WellGo USA.
“I’m sure people will pick up on...
The opening film is the North American Premiere of “The Girl and the Gun” (aka “Babae at Baril”), directed by Rae Red, starring Janine Gutierrez, and produced by Iana Celest Bernardez and Bianca Balbuena. Other female-centric picks include “Heavy Craving” from Taiwan, “Lucky Chan-sil” and “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” both from South Korea, “My Prince Edward” from Hong Kong, and “Victim(s)” from Malaysia.
The virtual festival will play out on software supplied by Smart Cinema, a three year old Chinese operation, backed by former Wanda executive Jack Gao. Its U.S. arm is a joint venture with pioneering distributor of Asian films WellGo USA.
“I’m sure people will pick up on...
- 8/10/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Osaka Asian Film Festival is held yearly under the theme of “From Osaka to All of Asia!” We are pleased to announce the line-up of the 15th edition of Oaff.
The number of selected films is 64 in total, the highest number ever for the festival, and they include 14 World Premieres, 12 International Premieres, and 3 Asian Premieres. Films from 23 countries and regions, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Poland, France, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, the USA, Mexico and Japan, will be screened.
Opening Film
The Garden of Evening Mists
by Tom Shu-yu Lin (Malaysia) Japan Premiere
Closing Film
Kamata Prelude
by Nakagawa Ryutaro, Akiyama Mayu, Yasukawa Yuka, Watanabe Hirobumi (Japan) World Premiere
Competition
This section will present 15 films chosen from films completed on or after 1st October 2018 and unreleased in Japan. The international jurors will choose the winners of the Grand...
The number of selected films is 64 in total, the highest number ever for the festival, and they include 14 World Premieres, 12 International Premieres, and 3 Asian Premieres. Films from 23 countries and regions, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Poland, France, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, the USA, Mexico and Japan, will be screened.
Opening Film
The Garden of Evening Mists
by Tom Shu-yu Lin (Malaysia) Japan Premiere
Closing Film
Kamata Prelude
by Nakagawa Ryutaro, Akiyama Mayu, Yasukawa Yuka, Watanabe Hirobumi (Japan) World Premiere
Competition
This section will present 15 films chosen from films completed on or after 1st October 2018 and unreleased in Japan. The international jurors will choose the winners of the Grand...
- 2/8/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Second edition of Lab in Manila will also support Filipino series and animation projects.
Full Circle Lab Philippines (Fcl), a project development initiative launched by Matthieu Darras and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (Fdcp), will start accepting projects from across Southeast Asia at its next edition.
Fcl is also expanding into Filipino series, due to the growing demand for episodic content from VOD platforms, and animation IP stories in development, designed to encourage original narratives from Filipino animators.
Scheduled to take place April 15-22 in Manila, the Lab expects to support at least 20 projects – six features, four animation...
Full Circle Lab Philippines (Fcl), a project development initiative launched by Matthieu Darras and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (Fdcp), will start accepting projects from across Southeast Asia at its next edition.
Fcl is also expanding into Filipino series, due to the growing demand for episodic content from VOD platforms, and animation IP stories in development, designed to encourage original narratives from Filipino animators.
Scheduled to take place April 15-22 in Manila, the Lab expects to support at least 20 projects – six features, four animation...
- 1/17/2020
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
New section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors competing with five indie filmmakers from Southeast Asia.
The Philippines’ QCinema International Film Festival is launching a new competition section, Asian Next Wave, that will focus on emerging filmmakers from the Southeast Asian region.
The new section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors, who received production funding from the festival, competing with five indie filmmakers from other countries in Southeast Asia.
The three local films in competition are Rae Red’s Babae At Baril, Arnel Barbarona’s Kaaway Sa Sulod and The Cleaners from Glenn Barit, while Southeast Asian titles include Mattie Do’s The Long Walk,...
The Philippines’ QCinema International Film Festival is launching a new competition section, Asian Next Wave, that will focus on emerging filmmakers from the Southeast Asian region.
The new section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors, who received production funding from the festival, competing with five indie filmmakers from other countries in Southeast Asia.
The three local films in competition are Rae Red’s Babae At Baril, Arnel Barbarona’s Kaaway Sa Sulod and The Cleaners from Glenn Barit, while Southeast Asian titles include Mattie Do’s The Long Walk,...
- 10/7/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
After making a handful of award-winning shorts, Filipina filmmaker Antoinette Jadaone made her feature debut in 2011 with “Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay” that received considerable festival play, including at Busan in 2012.
Her 2014 film, “That Thing Called Tadhana” is one of the highest grossing independent films in the Philippines. In addition, Jadaone has directed several studio-backed mainstream romantic comedies and dramas. Her “Fan Girl” that was at the Busan international Film Festival’s 2018 Asian Project Market is in post-production now. She returns to the project market with “Boldstar”, a project that was conceptualized in 2016 and is being realized now.
“Around 20 years ago, the soft porn genre was all the rage in Philippine cinema,” Jadaone told Variety. “We had what we call ‘boldstars,’ the female protagonists in these usually low-budget, but high-grossing, ‘bold’ films. Then the rom-com genre began to rise to popularity, and the boldstars were replaced by the quirky leading ladies.
Her 2014 film, “That Thing Called Tadhana” is one of the highest grossing independent films in the Philippines. In addition, Jadaone has directed several studio-backed mainstream romantic comedies and dramas. Her “Fan Girl” that was at the Busan international Film Festival’s 2018 Asian Project Market is in post-production now. She returns to the project market with “Boldstar”, a project that was conceptualized in 2016 and is being realized now.
“Around 20 years ago, the soft porn genre was all the rage in Philippine cinema,” Jadaone told Variety. “We had what we call ‘boldstars,’ the female protagonists in these usually low-budget, but high-grossing, ‘bold’ films. Then the rom-com genre began to rise to popularity, and the boldstars were replaced by the quirky leading ladies.
- 10/5/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Bqff 2019With humour and the message of love, 'Chedeng and Apple' succeeds in adding to the discourse on the rights and welfare of the Lgbtqia+ community in the Philippines. Shiba KurianIf the 1991 Hollywood movie Thelma & Louise was fierce, the Filipino comedy film Si Chedeng at si Apple (Chedeng and Apple), which runs on a similar plotline, is fiercer and whimsical too. The film hit the right note during the ongoing Bangalore Queer Film Festival (Bqff), where it was screened on Friday. Chedeng and Apple revolves around two women - peas in a pod, witty, vivacious, spirited - who set off on an action-packed journey. The titular characters, played by Gloria Diaz and Elizabeth Oropesa respectively, are in their 60s. Chedeng's husband has passed away, while Apple has just murdered her abusive husband after he burnt her thighs with a singed knife. While one might wonder where the plot is headed,...
- 8/3/2019
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
From the creative team behind American Serial Killer in Manila, Filipino director Mikhail Red, producer Pamela Reyes and co-writer Rae Red have offered ScreenAnarchy an exclusive first look at their new project. Birdshot, a Philippine-Qatar co-production supported by the Doha Film Institute, Cj Entertainment, Asian Project Market and Produire au Sud and starring Arnold Reyes, Mary Joy Apostol, Ku Aquino and John Arcilla. When a young farm girl accidentally shoots and kills an endangered Philippine eagle, the authorities begin a manhunt to track down the presumed poacher. However, their investigation instead leads them to an even more horrifying discovery. Hot off the presses, there's no word on when or where Birdshot will premiere yet, but we have the brand new teaser trailer, as well...
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- 7/10/2016
- Screen Anarchy
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