FINAL What Isn't There Press Kit BLACK 040713

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PRESS KIT NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS Philippine Independent Film Festival

Transcript of FINAL What Isn't There Press Kit BLACK 040713

PRESS KITNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS

Philippine Independent Film Festival

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CONTACThttp://www.whatisntthere.com/

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SYNOPSISNow twenty years old, he is back in Manila for Christmas. While always festive in the Philippines, for his family it is tinged with sadness, marking the anniversary of his twin brother’s death. Against the backdrop of the vibrant local music scene, his childhood best friend tries to reconnect with him, while he unexpectedly finds a chance at his first, real romantic relationship.

Gibson Bonifacio stopped speaking when he was a child.

Gibson reconsiders and redefines his relationship with his family, with himself, even with his dead brother: the only person he talks to.

TECH SPECSRUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 55 min, 35 sec.COUNTRY: Philippines

LANGUAGE: Tagalog & English

SUBTITLES: English

FORMAT: HD (Color)

ASPECT RATIO: 1:1.85 (16x9)

NEWSRenowned commercial and music video director Marie Jamora finally presents her long-awaited feature-length film debut with ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISN’T THERE). A project almost ten years in development, the film is composed of images, characters, scenes and dialogue Jamora has been collecting since college and her years studying Film at Columbia University. She assembled a cast of prodigious talents, most from a series of open auditions and Cinemalaya casting sessions, fortunately getting her first choice performer for each major role. She initially thought her twin leads would be one actor playing both roles, but was blown away when the Roco twins came in to audition for her. She thought it would never have been possible to find amazing twin actors in the exact age range she needed. Her crew consists of trusted friends and professionals she has worked with in the past, including Hong Kong cinematographer Ming Kai Leung (her classmate at Columbia). “This is my dream film,” said the director, “one I’ve been thinking about for years, and there is nothing better than being able to make it with some of my best friends, who also happen to be damn good at their jobs. I have never been so happy on a set in my life.”

They enjoyed a successful run during July’s Cinemalaya Film Festival, with positive word of mouth created by fans, receiving favorable reviews, and almost every screening selling out as a result. At the close of the festival the film took home two prizes: Best Original Musical Score and Audience Choice (New Breed), an award determined by votes from the Cinemalaya audience. No mean feat, considering this was the best-attended Cinemalaya yet, with a 12% increase in viewership over last year. Over the span of the festival the hashtag #AngNawawala was found to be trending on Twitter twice. The film’s afterparty ANG NAGWAWALA (roughly translated to: “GOING WILD”) was also a massive hit with a thousand people in attendance, with all the bands on the soundtrack performing, sometimes with the film’s actors onstage to dance along.

At the beginning of 2013, Rappler.com, an extremely popular Filipino news and social site) held their Social Media Awards 2012 on Facebook, having the masses vote for their favorite TV shows, films, musicians, and celebrities. WHAT ISN’ T THERE was on a list along with The Avengers, Argo, The Dark Knight Rises, and Twilight, and, based on the number of votes, WHAT ISN’T THERE won “Best Film of 2012.” The film was also named one of the 12 “Must See Pictures of the Year” by Clickthecity.com, the Filipino version of Time Out NY, and one of the “Top 20 Pinoy Films of 2012” by Twitch writer, Oggs Cruz on another popular site and TV network, ABS-CBN.com. Our leading lady, Annicka Dolonius, has also been named one of the 10 “Best Screen Actresses of 2012” by the No.1 business daily newspaper in the Philippines, The Business Mirror.

The 2013 SLAMDANCE Film Festival will be the international premiere of the film. The team is very excited as it is the only Asian full-length film in the festival, and it is the first Filipino film that has ever been in competition for the Slamdance Narrative Feature Competition.

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Our third world country is known for poverty-centric films, but I have always wanted to make a Filipino coming-of-age-slash-suburban family drama featuring upper middle class characters. I wanted to tell a modern story located in Manila and set against the backdrop of the indie music scene. We wanted to share something personal with the audience -- to showcase a different side of our hometown, inhabited with characters that aren’t usually seen in contemporary Philippine cinema. I am a filmmaker that has grown up watching American TV shows and movies, and this is the film that I have been dreaming to make for more than ten years.

The idea about twins, identity, and selective mutism is something I have been writing about since my senior year in college. I even workshopped a draft at Columbia film school in 2003. And yet, I only felt ready to undertake the film after a friend’s drunken dare at a New Year’s Party in 2011.

“Ang Nawawala” has two definitions when translated into English. On one hand, it could mean, “What’s Missing,” and on the other hand, it could also mean, “The Lost,” and both speak of the emotional states of all the people in our film. My co-writer, Ramon De Veyra, came up with both Filipino and English titles, and I immediately connected to “What Isn’t There” because I felt it encompassed everything we were trying to achieve.

Before he passed away, one of our country’s greatest film critics, Alexis Tioseco, stated it best when he published his Wishlist for Philippine Cinema:

“I wish someone, anyone, would make a good, thought-provoking film about the Philippine upper-class.” “The Letter I Would Love to Read to You in Person,” Rogue Magazine, July 2008

Ramon and I were friends with Alexis, who died much too early in his life, and who adored Filipino films. I am not sure if we made the particular motion picture he speaks of, but we certainly tried our best.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

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CAST BIOGRAPHIES is the son of legendary Filipino film actor, Bembol Roco (whose most current film, Brillante Mendoza’s THY WOMB, won at the Venice Film Festival), and the younger identical twin brother of Felix Roco. He started acting when he was 15 years old, featured in the countless television shows like QPIDS, SUPER INGGO, FANTASTIKIDS, SUPERTWINS, PANDAY KIDS, SISID, LEGACY, MAKAPILING KANG MULI, and he is now busy shooting INDIO. He has starred in the films OTSO-OTSO PAMELA-MELA WAN, SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL XI, Joel Lamangan’s MANO PO 6, Danny Anonuevo’s REKRUT (Montreal World Film Festival, Star Awards nominee, and Cinemalaya Film Festival winner), and Dante Nico Garcia’s MADALING ARAW, MAHABANG GABI. ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISN’T THERE) is Dominic’s first leading role.

DOMINIC ROCO (GIBSON)

started acting when she was 19, starring in Auraeus Solito’s award-winning PISAY (PHILIPPINE SCIENCE) (winning at the Vesoul Asian Film Festival, Cinemalaya Film Festival, and Star Awards) her first role garnering her a Golden Screen Award nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress. Being of Swedish-Filipino descent, she then did music video, TV commercial, and modeling work for the next few years. After doing ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISN’T THERE), she signed a 5-year exclusive contract under MSB Talent Management and with GMA Artist Center, one of the biggest television networks in the Philippines. Her latest TV appearances include ONE TRUE LOVE and PAROA. She is currently filming her next indie project, Jade Castro’s political comedy called JUANA CHANGE THE MOVIE.

ANNICKA DOLONIUS (ENID)

FELIX ROCO (JAMIE) is older than his identical twin, Dominic, by two minutes. They started their acting career both at 15 years old: both on all the same television shows, but Felix got his feature film breaks earlier. He starred in Roman Olivares’ UPCAT, which then led to his role in Pepe Diokno’s Venice Film Festival winning ENGKWENTRO (CLASH), earning him Best Actor nominations from the Golden Screen Awards and the Gawad Urian Awards in 2010. He continues to guest-star on a variety of television shows like DARNA, 100 DAYS TO HEAVEN, ROSALKA, and ANGELITO: BATANG AMA. He was also in Joel Lamangan’s multi-award winning SAGRADA FAMILIA and DUKOT (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards, Film Academy of the Philippines, Star Awards). He was recently in Adolfo Alix’s MATER DOLOROSA (Cinema One Originals), and will be seen in Mark Meily’s EL PRESIDENTE in December (Metro Manila Film Festival).

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is a legendary Filipino film-television actress, host, and commercial model, who holds the distinction of winning BOTH the Filipino Academy of Movies Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) awards for Best Lead Actress for Carlos Siguion Reyna’s HIHINTAYIN KITA SA LANGIT (Bangkok’s ASEAN Film Festival) and Best Supporting Actress for Laurice Guillen’s UNA KANG NAGING AKIN in 1991. She was also declared by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Foundation Entertainment Award as the Box Office Queen of 1994 for starring in that year's highest-grossing film: Carlo J. Caparas’ THE MAGGIE DELA RIVA STORY (GOD…WHY ME?) For her 1993 film, Joe Mari Avellana’s KUNG MAWAWALA KA PA, she also won Best Actress from the Metro Manila Film Festival and the FAMAS Awards. In 1994, she won Best Actress from the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) Star Awards for her role in Jose Javier Reyes’ BUHAY NG BUHAY KO. In her career, she has also received multiple nominations (for both lead and supporting roles) from the prestigious Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP) Gawad Urian Awards.

In 1996, she was cited in The Manila Times as the 10th Best Filipino Actress from 1970 to 1996. In addition, in 1999, The Manila Standard named her as one of the Top 10 Actresses of the 1990s.

Dawn took a respite from films after her 1997 movie Emmanuel Borlaza’s TO SAUDI WITH LOVE. Six years later, she made her comeback in the 2003 family ensemble-drama FILIPINAS, going back to television acting. In 2010, she returned to the musical theater stage after 12 years, taking the lead role in Stephen Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. She currently stars in the #1 TV show in the Philippines, on ABS-CBN'S WALANG HANGGAN and will be doing more films, commercials, and TV shows in the next year.

DAWN ZULUETA (ESME)

BOBOY GARROVILLO (WES) is a singer, songwriter, and member of the celebrated and multi-awarded Philippine pop group, the APO Hiking Society, who have released 25 albums. They have toured all over the world, even having a sold out performance at Carnegie Hall. He has been acting since the 1970s, his most notable role being the bumbling Yakuza agent in Mike de Leon’s award-winning comedy, KAKABAKABA KA BA?, where he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by the Gawad Urian Awards. He hosted the primetime TV variety show, SANGLINGGO NA PO SILA, which ran for 9 years, and did theater work, doing the lead roles in the Tanghalang Pilipino stage plays of PINOY AGONISTES and ANG SINUNGALING. He is currently acting in various television dramas like DIVA, ALICE BUNGISNGIS & HER WONDER WALIS, ASO NI SAN ROQUE, and has starred Dante Nico Garcia’s MADALING ARAW, MAHABANG GABI and Wenn V. Deramas’s THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH U MARE! In 2012, a musical film inspired by and using APO Hiking Society songs was also just released, Chris Martinez’s I DO BIDOO BIDOO: HETO NAPO SILA!

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started acting on television when he was 10 years old, but his breakthrough performance was when he was 13, starring in Mario O’Hara’s acclaimed WOMAN OF BREAKWATER, and earning himself nominations for Best Child Actor from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences and Best Supporting Actor from the Gawad Urian Awards. In 2005, he was nominated Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Screen Awards, this time for Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil’s MGA PUSANG GALA (Best First Feature at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival). A year later, he won Best Actor at the Cinemalaya Film Festival and the Golden Screen Awards for his role as an Ifugao boy dreaming of a pair of shoes in Benji Garcia’s BATAD SA PAANG PALAY. In 2007, he got another Gawad Urian nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Jade Castro’s award-winning ENDO. He has also starred in Rommel Sales’ SLOW FADE (Metro Manila Film Festival), Lee Meily & Nelson Caguila’s PINTAKASI (Golden Screen Awards and Metro Manila Film Festival winner), Joaquin Valdes’ DAGIM (Star Awards, Gawad Urian Awards), and Danny Anonuevo’s REKRUT (Montreal World Film Festival nominee). Currently, he is acting in television shows and mainstream films.

ALCHRIS GALURA (TEDDY)

is most known for her work with Brillante Mendoza, her first film was SERVICE (Cannes Film Festival) in 2008. She then did Mendoza’s KINATAY (Cannes Film Festival Best Director winner), CAPTIVE (Berlin International Film Festival), and THY WOMB (Venice Film Festival 2012). She was also in Park Chan-Wook’s critically acclaimed THIRST (Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize winner). She has starred in over 40 films, more notably Chris Martinez’s THE WOMAN IN THE SEPTIC TANK (Asian Film Awards, Vancouver Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival), Erick Salud’s LIGO NA U LAPIT NA ME (Golden Screen and Cinemalaya Award winner), and Alvin Yapan’s THE RAPTURE OF FE (Cairo International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival). In 2008, she was voted Most Beautiful Actress at Cannes, and she is also the only Filipino actress who is a member of the Asia Pacific Actors Network at Pusan. In 2011, she was nominated for Best Actress at the Gawad Urian Awards for her role in Alvin Yapan’s GAYUMA (PILGRIM LOVERS). This year, she will be shooting a film in Denmark with Frederikke Aspock.

MERCEDES CABRAL (SIMONE)

KELVIN YU (MAC) has been the bassist for the popular rock band, the Itchyworms, for the last 15 years. In 2006, they won Album of the Year for their second record, “Noontime Show.” In 2007, they won the Best Alternative Music award at the 19th Awit Awards for their hit single “Akin Ka Na Lang.” His first role was as a Chinese henchman in Mario Cornejo’s 2005 Cinemalaya Film Festival and Gawad Urian Award- winning film, BIG TIME. He then acted as the title character of Marie Jamora’s Columbia University thesis film, DEXTER CALLIOPE AND THE ADARNA BIRD. He also plays bass for his other band, the 9-piece hip-hop juggernaut, Corporate Lo-Fi, and is often confused by IMDb as the Asian-American actor, the other “Kelvin Yu.”

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JENNY JAMORA (COREY)

MARC ABAYA(MICHAEL)

SABRINA MAN (PROMISE)

is an acclaimed actress in the Philippine theater scene. She was nominated for an Aliw Award for her performance in THE BLUE ROOM (New Voice Company) and has traveled around Asia for performances in THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, ASPECTS OF LOVE (NVC), and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (Atlantis Productions). Most recently, she was a lead in the world stage debut of Paul Fleischman’s MIND’S EYE. She took acting courses with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and The Actors Centre in London, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. She heads Talent Development for the Philippine Theater Actors Guild and is launching her own theater company in July.

is the eldest son of one of the most important film directors in the history of the Philippines, Marilou Diaz-Abaya. He started out as a musician for his high school band, Shirley Beans, before he became the frontman and guitarist for one of the most successful and multi-awarded Filipino bands, Sandwich, in 1998. From 2003-2007, he was a popular VJ for MTV Philippines when he decided to form another band, Kjwan (who won the 2007 IKON Southeast Asian music competition and an International Achievement Recognition Award from the Awit Awards). He left Sandwich in 2005, and started acting in films and television commercials. Since then, he has starred in Mo Zee’s ELEGIE, Ming Kai Leung’s THREE BOYS, Mateo Guez’s OFF WORLD (2010 ReelWorld Film Festival winner for Outstanding Canadian Feature Film), Rommel Sales’ i-LIBINGS, Jerrold Tarog’s ASWANG, and Cesar Montanos’ THE TURNING CRADLE. In 2010, he won Best Supporting Actor in the Cinema One Originals Film Festival for his role as a charismatic tribe leader in Joaquin Valdes’ DAGIM. He is currently doing very well as a television soap actor.

started out as Best Talent in Little Miss Laguna as well as Li’l Earth Angel-Air in Miss Philippines Earth when she was 7 years old. Her first film was Paul Sta. Ana & Alvin Yapan’s HULING PASADA (Cinemalaya Film Festival winner) in 2008. Since then, she has been nominated as Best Child Performer by the Metro Manila Film Festival for her roles in Rico Gutierrez’s SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL XI, Joel Lamangan’s MANO PO 6, and Jose Javier Reyes’ MY HOUSEHUSBAND: IKAW NA! She has been in the television shows PIDOL’S WONDERLAND, LUNA MYSTIKA, DARNA, BLUSANG ITIM, BANTATAY, PANDAY KIDS, ALICE BUNGISNGIS & HER WONDER WALIS. She is currently one of the hosts of the hit kids show, TROPANG POTCHI.

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As a Director, her undergraduate short film adaptation of a Roald Dahl short story, PATA ‘YAN/PATAYAN (A POUND OF FLESH/THE KILLING), won Best Narrative Short at the Ateneo Video Open. Her Columbia experimental short film, DIRTY LAUNDRY, was in exhibition at the Cinemanila International Film Festival. Her 2004 Columbia short film, QUEZON CITY, about a man who keeps his life in street syndicates hidden from his unsuspecting wife, was in competition at the Cinemanila International Film Festival, the University of the Philippines Cineastes INDEO Short Film Festival (winning Best Actor), and was in exhibition for IFP West’s Buzz Cuts in NYC and the Women In Film Festival in Singapore. In 2007, she produced Ming Kai Leung’s thesis short film, THREE BOYS, and in 2008, she challenged herself by directing the first season of PROJECT RUNWAY PHILIPPINES, building the show from the ground up. The show got nominated for Best Adaptation of an Existing Format at the 14th Asian Television Awards. She is currently an in-house director at Gung Ho Films, and has been a film teacher at the Ateneo de Manila University for the past five years. WHAT ISN’T THERE is Jamora’s debut feature film, which won grants from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. In the 8th Cinemalaya Film Festival last July 2012, it won the Audience Choice Award, as well as Best Original Score in the New Breed Category.

FILMMAKER BIOGRAPHIESMARIE JAMORA (DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER/CO-MUSIC SUPERVISOR/CO-EDITOR)is an award-winning music video director from the Philippines, who has also been a drummer for her bands Boldstar and Blast Ople for more than a decade. Since 2001, she has directed 45 music videos for multi-awarded Filipino musicians, which have had over 30 nominations and 8 wins from the MTV Pilipinas Awards, NU107 Rock Awards, Awit Awards, and the MYX Music Awards. In 2005, she received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film from Columbia University, NYC.

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RAMON DE VEYRA (CO-WRITER/CO-PRODUCER/CO-MUSIC SUPERVISOR)

has been writing professionally since he was 16. He has written many articles for both newspapers (mainly The Philippine Star, the nation's leading daily paper) and magazines (currently he is contributing editor to Esquire Philippines). He has written for television, both reality shows (the first season of PROJECT RUNWAY PHILIPPINES, the lifestyle magazine show MAD MAD FUN) and fictional narrative (the college band dramedy RAKISTA). He has written several film scripts, two of which were produced, and is at work on the next.

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MING KAI LEUNG (DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY) was born and raised in Hong Kong, and obtained his MFA degree in Film at Columbia University, NYC. In 2009, he attended the Asian Film Academy and won an Outstanding Performance Award presented by Technicolor. His first feature as a DP, MUNDANE HISTORY, was part of the New Current Competition of Pusan Film Festival 2009. It also won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2010, Transilvania Trophy at the Trans Transilvania International Film Festival, Grand Prix at Era New Horizon International Film Festival, Poland. It was also part of the Debut Cinematographers’ Competition at Plus Camerimage Film Festival in Poland. The past year, he has been shooting feature films in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and New York.

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is Co-owner and Executive Producer of Brainchild Creative Solutions Corporation. He is an alumnus of the Communication program of the Ateneo de Manila University where he received the Dean’s Award for Screen Arts. His early films earned him awards from The KODAK Filmschool Competition, the Gawad CCP (Cultural Center of the Philippines), and the Ateneo Video Open. He has spent the last ten years directing and producing music videos, commercials, and corporate videos for Brainchild and other production groups. He has also produced TV serials namely Pesos & Sense (GMA NEWS TV) and Street Smart (National Geographic Channel). He also produced Rommel Sales’ SLOW FADE (Metro Manila Film Festival, Cinemabuhay International Grant).

BERNARD DACANAY (PRODUCER/POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR/CO-COLORIST/2nd UNIT CINEMATOGRAPHY)

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JOHN SY (PRODUCER) is a not-so accidental movie producer. He is a serial entrepreneur with exposure in Southeast Asia and North America, with start-up experience as a founder and/or a proactive investor. He has just launched Roughcutblender.com, which is a new blend in films coming soon.

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TRINKA LAT (PRODUCER/PRODUCTION DESIGNER/SET DECORATOR) is Co-owner of Brainchild Creative Solutions Corporation, as well as a production designer, set decorator and interior stylist. She has done PD for Jim Libiran’s HAPPYLAND (Cinemanila International Film Festival 2010, London Reel Gate International Film Festival 2012), Cesar Apolinario’s BANAL (Metro Manila Film Festival winner, Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences nominee), and Quark Henares’ SUPERNOYPI and ‘WAG KANG LILINGON. She produced the National Geographic Philippines’ TV show, STREET SMART. Internationally, she has done set dressing work in Germany, working on Tom Tykwer’s THREE and Leander Haussman’s HOTEL LUX. She also production designed the National Geographic USA documentary, THE HUMAN FAMILY TREE, and art directed the Discovery Channel UK documentaries, I SHOULDN’T BE ALIVE and MY KID SURIVIVED. https://twitter.com/trinkalat

DAPHNE O. CHIU (PRODUCER/LINE PRODUCER) is an alumni of The International Academy for Film and Television, Cebu. She was Associate Producer for Ian Loreños’ THE LEAVING ( ) (Cinemalaya Best Cinematography, Best Production Design & Best Supporting Actress 2010), LP/PM for Rommel Sales’ i-LIBINGS (i-FUNERALS). She was Producer/Production Manager for Antoinette Jadaone’s SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION FROM LILIA CUNTAPAY (Cinema One Originals 2011 Awards, Gawad Urian Awards, 17th Busan International Film Festival, Luang Prabang Film Festival, and the Udine Far East Film Festival. Currently, she is in pre-production for three new feature films. https://twitter.com/palasyonidaphne

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BEST OF 2012 LISTS13

“Best Film of 2012” Rappler’s Social Media Awardshttp://www.rappler.com/

http://www.clickthecity.com/movies/?p=17227

One of 12 “Must-See Pictures of the Year”

One of 10 “Best Screen Actresses of 2012”

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/01/02/13/top-20-pinoy-films-2012

“Top 20 Pinoy Films of 2012”

http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/lifestyle/show/7259-the-best-screen-actresses-of-2012

http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/lifestyle/show/7599-the-best-screen-actors-of-2012

http://8list.ph/site/articles/the-gr8list-2012-movies-108.html

One of 10 “Best Screen Actors of 2012”

One of 8 “Gr8 2012 Movies”

REVIEWS & ACCOLADES“It is paced like a rock star, relaxed when it needs to be but quick at the edges.”

“The visuals are absolutely lovely, revealing an angle of the city that is patterned, orderly, the absolute opposite of the maniacal chaos of the various slums and squatters' colonies that have been featured tirelessly in other films about Manila.”

“Marie Jamora and co-writer Ramon De Veyra has carefully conjured a coming-of-age tale that withdraws from the traditions of the genre. Instead of the raging hormones of burgeoning maturity or the delightful impulses of first love, ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISN’T THERE) maps the redemption of lost years spent making sense of a childhood trauma that resulted in the most enduring of heartaches.”

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“Plastered wall to wall with incredible music—most of which was recorded live for the film—WHAT ISN’T THERE has an aray of fun, humorous moments and beautiful visual imagery.

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"This is what sets this movie apart, its ability to crawl under your skin and stay with you long after the credits have ended. There is no enemy here. There is no real hero. What we don’t see, or in this case hear, onscreen, we end up feeling for ourselves."

www.philstar.comTHE PHILIPPINE STAR

"ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISN’T THERE) tells a small story and lets it grow into something wonderful. It is a movie made up of the small moments that mean so much, the pregnant pauses and meaningful silences that fill up so much of our lives. It is all strangely unfamiliar. Cinema tends to favor confession and confrontation, where all the crying and screaming can happen. ANG NAWAWALA takes place after all that is done, and people are just trying to cope. It pulls this off with style to spare, pointing at a world full of strange wonder, good music, and loves yet to be found."

“It is Dawn Zulueta’s silence that is most arresting in this picture. She wears the history of her character on her face, making it apparent in every single scene just how much she’s holding in. It’s a stunning performance.”

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“For a film that took a decade to make, Miss Marie Jamora, it was worth the wait.”

“The film also demonstrates that sometimes, amid the beautiful music, or underneath the silence of unspeakable emotions, we find peace in what it isn’t there. But if we see, listen, and feel close enough, we will find happiness in what is before us.”

www.mb.com.phTHE MANILA BULLETIN

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"It's heartfelt and stylish, and unabashedly the zeitgeist film for the members of this post-punk, post-slacker, post-everything generation who suffer—like all of us—the irony, the heartbreak, the long process of growing up and letting go."

“Dominic Roco is a revelation as the damaged boy, the left behind twin, compelling without having to say anything.”

“This is Dawn Zulueta's best work ever.”

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“A story that makes for one of the most memorable coming-of-age stories to come out of the local independent film pool.”

THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

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“ANG NAWAWALA (WHAT ISN’T THERE) is easily a film that speaks about the things that go unsaid among friends, among family, and among lovers. At the same time, it talks about the loudness of life, of love and the connections that ring through our ears long after the original sound has faded away.”

“ANG NAWAWALA is a film that is anything but silent. Instead, there is a resounding loudness to it that hopefully doesn’t end in this excellent feature film debut.”

“This picture’s unique charm clearly lies in its subtle and fleeting moments.”

“The entire film is actually a mixtape of life’s youthful moments. This cathartic piece of cinema comes to terms with the biting realities that help shape people.”

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FULLY BOOKED MAGAZINE

“Every shot appears to have been colored and designed in the same manner with which we revisit our memories: wherein evocative objects come to the fore and images shift between hypersaturated and diluted color schemes.”

“[Jamora’s] work onscreen clearly represents her strong grasp of the all-inclusive and unbounded nature of art, translating this generation’s inundation with media and commoditized culture into something coherent and sincere.”

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BUSINESS WORLD

LAGARISTA

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“Among the standout portrayals by relative newcomers that caught our attention at the 2012 Cinemalaya Fest was the confident performance turned in by Annicka Dolonius in Marie Jamora’s ANG NAWAWALA. Dominic Roco did well in his protagonist role, but it was Annicka who made a deeper impression with her quietly insightful and completely believable portrayal.” THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACKThis is compilation of some of the best contemporary Filipino rock music, ranging from veterans, popular bands, underground favorites, and brand-new acts.

There are two editions: VINYL and DIGITAL.

There are 9 LIVE TRACKS, performances that were recorded during the shooting of the film, and have been specifically remixed and remastered for the soundtrack.

ONLY 500 VINYL RECORDS TO BE SOLD!!

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1) THE LIMITED EDITION VINYL = $30We have specifically remastered the 13 songs for the vinyl record, and it is a mix of SONGS and SCORES from the film.

There is also a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD that contains all 20 songs, the 19 musical scores, and the SOUNDTRACK SWATCH (seen on the right), which is our digital booklet, and which you can assemble yourself.

It also includes a WHAT ISN’T THERE poster hand-drawn by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre.You can pre-order the vinyl record through email: <[email protected]>

2) THE DIGITAL EDITION = $11.99a) You can buy it on iTUNES. Just search “ANG NAWAWALANG SOUNDTRACK”

You will get 20 songs + 2 BONUS scores!

b) You can also buy it on CDbaby. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/angnawawalangsoundtrackFor the FREE SOUNDTRACK SWATCH, you can download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?3vcijsiz6u3ktklThe Assembly Instructions are here: http://angnawawala.tumblr.com/post/36867156819/happy-gibson-bonifacio-day-did-you-know-that#notes

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https://vimeo.com/55829184INTERNATIONAL TRAILER

TEASER TRAILER https://vimeo.com/44600151

FEATURETTE #1: The Ride So Far https://vimeo.com/48942665

FEATURETTE #2: We Made A Movie https://vimeo.com/49734220

MUSIC VIDEOS:https://vimeo.com/54597240 Flying Ipis - “This Song Is About You (Live)”

Ciudad - “There’s A Lonely Road To Sunday Night” https://vimeo.com/47853131

Mikey Amistoso, Diego Mapa, & Jazz Nicolas - “What Isn’t There”https://vimeo.com/49496582

Tarsius - “Deathless Gods (Live)” https://vimeo.com/43332210