Mike Alcazaren

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Mike Alcazaren

Ian Veneracion, Jasmine Curtis-Smith

A psychological thriller about a counterfeit painter who figures in a freak car accident that renders him color blind; while recuperating, strange things start happening to him.

Sa Maynila

Alan Hilario, Josephine Atienza

An impressionistic portrait of a Philippine metropolis.

Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema

Nick Deocampo, Teddy Co

Lamberto V. Avellana, Mike Alcazaren

With interviews with National Artists Lamberto Avellana and Lino Brocka and myriad talents from the Mowelfund community such as Nick Deocampo and Raymond Red, Beyond Mainstream documents the robust energy of nascent independent filmmaking in the country in the 80s. Based on Nick Deocampo's first book Short Film: The Emergence of a New Philippine Cinema (1985), it features the first Independent Film and Video Festival held in the Wave Cinema in Cubao, Quezon City, the first video theater in the country.