Filmmaker's Poetics

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Excerpts from the filmmakers’ poetics presentations where they told the stories behind their moving images in their own words.

Rox Lee

Gawad Alternatibo winning films

Lizard, Honorable Mention in the Experimental (Film) Category, 1987

Ekis, 3rd Place in the Experimental (Film) Category, 1987

Prayle, 2nd Place in the Feature (Film) Category, 1988 (co-directed with Joey Agbayani, Noel Lim, Patrick Purunggan, and Raymond Trinidad)

Juan Gapang, 3rd Place in the Experimental (Film) Category, 1988

Words and Outtakes, 3rd Place in the Animation (Film) Category, 1988

Kalamay, 2nd Place in the Experimental (Film) Category, 1988 (co-directed with Anthony Maculangan)

Moron’s Hobbies, 2nd Place in the Feature (Film) Category, 1989

Spit, 2nd Place in the Animation (Film) Category, 1989 (co-directed with Benjie Lontoc, Jr.)

Optik, 2nd Place in the Experimental (Film) Category, 1989 (co-directed with Anthony Maculangan, Wilfredo Calderon

Silent Sketches, 1st Place in the Experimental (Film) Category, 1992

Box No. 2, Special Jury Prize in the Documentary (Film) Category, 1992

Animagination Silent Shorts, 2nd Place in the Animation (Film) Category, 1998

Planet of the Noses, 3rd Place in the Animation (Film) Category, 2001

Tronong Ginto, 1st Place in the Experimental Category, 2004

Manila Scream, 3rd Place in the Experimental Category, 2016 (co-directed with Blair Camilo, Bob Macabenta)

Alyssa Suico

Gawad Alternatibo winning films

Pilipinas, 3rd Place in the Experimental category, 2012

Our Lives and Other Fairytales, 3rd Place in the Documentary Category, 2018

KHAVN DELA CRUZ

Gawad Alternatibo winning films

Amen, 2nd Place in the Feature (Film) Category, 1998

5 Shorts, Honorable Mention in the Experimental Category, 1998

Kukunin na ng Meralco ang Likod Namin, Honorable Mention in the Experimental Category, 2000

The Twelve, Citation in the Full Length Category, 2001

Greaseman, 1st Place in the Experimental Category, 2002

Barong Brothers, Honorable Mention in the Experimental Category, 2004

JOE CUARESMA

Gawad Alternatibo winning films

Edjop, 1st place in the Documentary category, 1987

Kaigorotan… People’s Vision, Honorable Mention in the Documentary Category, 1987

I.R. Loss of Roots, 3rd Place in the Documentary Category, 1989

The Greening of Libertad, Honorable Mention in the Documentary Category, 1993

Too Young to Suffer, Best Work in the Children Category, 1995

Gawad CCP para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video, or Gawad Alternatibo for short, is the longest-running independent short film festival in Southeast Asia.

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