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The
film centers on the life of 14-year-old farm boy John (Jansen
Magpusao), who is wrongly accused of stealing an iPad. As he defends
himself, he gets into a brawl with a classmate, and his whole life is
changed when a video of the incident spreads online. With no one but his
strong-willed mother Marites (Meryll Soriano) on his side, a victim of
cyber-bullying must go up against fake news, corrupt law enforcement,
and incompetent local politicians to prove his innocence.
A film of firsts, “John
Denver Trending” is the first feature film directed by Arden Rod
Condez and features an ensemble cast who are mostly first-time actors,
including Jansen, who won the Cinemalaya 2019 Best Actor award. It is
also the first film that used Kiniray-a, the native language of
Antiquenos, and was shot in Pandan, Antique, the director’s hometown.
The cast also includes Glenn
Mas, Sunshine Teodoro, Sammy Rubido, Vince Philip Alegre, Jofranz
Ambubuyog, Christian Alarcon, Zandro Leo Canlog, Luz Venus, Andy
Yuarata, Estela Patino, at Renato Sagot.
Aside from Best Film, it also won the NETPAC
Jury Prize, Best Actor, Best Editing, Best Cinematograpy, and Best
Original Score at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2019. It
also bagged major awards at the Vesoul International Film Festival in
France including Special Jury Prize, Audience's Choice Award, and
Critics' Choice Award, as well as several recognitions from various
international film festivals. “John Denver Trending” is now in competition in the 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards and will be up for nominations.
Critic Wanggo
Gallaga of ClickTheCity favorably wrote about the film’s relevance to
today’s society, saying that it is “a well-crafted and heartbreaking
drama that understands the concept of restraint… captures a very real
situation in today’s world of online witch hunts and slander.”
Allan Hunter of Screendaily also commended the
film’s storytelling, indicating “the defiance in Soriano’s mother and
the anguish of Jansen Magpusao’s demonised, ostracised teenager lend
real heartache to a film that speaks to a generation who live by social media.”
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