ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
After the successful run at their respective film festivals, 1st Ko Si 3rd which premiered at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival in 2014 and Saving Sally which premiered at the Metro Manila Film Festival in 2016, are going to Netflix! The two will be having their online premiere at the giant streaming service on October …
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Written in 2004, first shot in 2005, edited & animated 2006-2009, re-shot from scratch in 2010, re-edited & re-animated from 2011-2015 & finally competed in 2016. Avid Liongoren’s “Saving Sally” was indeed a hardwork for its team, the artists on and off camera. A rare feat in Philippine cinema, live-action and animation combined to tell a simple story but …
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A bittersweet love story dipped in a glaze of sci-fi and fantasy. Starring Rhian Ramos, Enzo Marcos and TJ Trinidad and directed by Avid Liongoren, Saving Sally is an independent film that took 10 years to make due to budget and production issues. It’s part animation, part live-action, a rare feat in Philippine cinema that …
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