Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Movie Review: QC Shorts - QCinema 2017 Shorts Competition





A six year old girl gets lost in a cemetery in her mother's hometown. Despite the language barrier, a local stranger helps her find her way back home. 

A sweet film that remind us that still there is no place like home and pays tribute to our lost loved ones that still guide us somehow in our life.



My Verdict: 3.5/5 





Two young girls travel through time to assassinate a barangay dictator to revise history. This is Babylon.


Political satire as its best with its wazak aesthetic that is wildly entertaining and hilariously funny.

My Verdict: 4/5 



A woman mourns the drowning of a young activist that took place years ago. She sinks into herself and recreates a story that coalesces memory, delirium, and forgetting.


The scenery presented in this short film let you feel the emotion of the story and the message of its statement that its like to convey.



My Verdict: 4/5 



Blind musicians, CINDY, 61, and DAVID, 63, strive to provide for themselves as they work as singers at public transit stations. However, when one of the blind singers in the organization suffers a heart attack, the duo is forced to perform separately. Apart, they grow anxious for each other and realize that their partnership goes beyond musical. Not letting one day pass, Cindy disappears from her assigned post. The two end up in a search, hoping to find each other despite the absence of sight.


A heartwarming short film that tells us the story behind the blind singers that we usually met on our busy city street. What we felt on their songs transcribe well on this emotionally powerful short film.



My Verdict: 4.5/5 



A writer is approached by a strange man who claims to be a character in her story. The man tries to make sense of his situation as they walk along an empty street, but lurking underneath the words are their most violent, bodily, desire.


I think I need a second viewing for this short film for me to fully understand its story.



My Verdict: 3/5 




In a busy pub in Quezon City, a grieving old man and a lively old woman learn that two halves make one whole.


An animated local film dedicated to our groovy grandfather and grandmother that will surely give you a fair share of fun.



My Verdict: 3.5/5 




Kiko, constantly being hired by Lily to upload videos on Deep Web for a pay-per-view website, was given a task to upload a mysterious video which origins they do not know of, but would be a sure hit once it is up. Ever since he viewed the video, he's been receiving ghost calls and constantly feels like someone is watching him.


A short film with the courage of its texture that challenge audience perception.



My Verdict: 3/5 




Astri is a 16-year old transwoman in a relationship with 17-year old Tambulah. Although it’s an unusual sight at the community where they live, nobody bothers them. Subsisting on the coins people throw at them when they perform their traditional dance at the sea. Everything is perfect except that Sama Bajao traditions and a pact made long ago require Astri to marry a woman she hardly knows


A closer look of badjao story with a modern twist that is well executed.



My Verdict: 4.5/5 





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