So the Visayan film Panaghoy sa Suba was released in 2004. It garnered a lot of awards and worldwide recognition in various film festivals like Cannes. But yet, almost three years later there is no DVD? How am I supposed to watch this film? Should I get a pirated copy of this DVD? Yes, it would be illegal but if and when a legit DVD is released, I'll be sure to buy a copy to express my gratitude in making non-Tagalog films.
Speaking of non-Tagalog films, I discovered a Chavacano film on YouTube called El Amor di Pilar (Pilar's Love). The film is produced by brothers Patrick & Paco Almaden of Monad Studios. The plot surrounds a widower from Manila who goes to Zamboanga and falls in love with the sister of his deceased wife. The film does have Tagalog in it but there is a lot of Chavacano in it.
The next non-Tagalog film was brought to my attention last night by Jason Laxamana of his film studio Kalalangan Kamaru; he is a 20 year-old Angeles City (Pampanga) native as well as a broadcast communications student at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He is creating what looks like a horror film in Kapampangan called Anak ning Kapri (Child of Kapre). It's Laxamana's goal to make this film completely in Kapampangan, right down to the credits! Kudos to him!
I can't wait to see both of them. :-D In any case, the clips are below. Enjoy!
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Last night a friend asked me what my province was. I replied Laguna. Then she asked me what "Lakay" meant. I've never heard of that word in Laguna, told her I just hear it in Manila--there's a student org in UP named Lakay. So, my question is, since you appear to be a linguist, what is "lakay"? Thanks.
Congratulations for being nominated in the 2007 Philippine Blog Awards.
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Congratulations on being one of the finalists for the Philippine Blog Awards! I'm helping promote the event by conducting an interview of the finalists via e-mail. If you're interested, please contact me at my e-mail jhay AT jrocas DOT com DOT ph and I'll send you the details.
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Congratulations for being a finalist for the Philippine Blog Awards 2007 under the Socio-Political Category.
I'm Jun Asis of magandangbalita.com and mabutingbalita.net, part of the organizing team for the Awards Night.
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