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THE NOMINEES LIST 2018
How can one define the spectrum of a list that purports to include only the best?
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness is a period piece of visual poetry set in the aftermath of the Balangiga massacre. It stars three non-actors-- a grandfather and two children. One of the children is a toddler. All three give powerful performances and help define the world the movie created with messages on patriotism, the savagery of war, children as victims and many more.
On the other hand, Love You To The Stars and Back is a big studio movie that uses the rom-com genre as a springboard. But the filmmaker brilliantly traverses and breaks formulaic elements to come up with a film that is sincere and affecting as it poses questions on love, mortality, and relationships. Needless to say, the performances in this film are highly commendable.
Yield is a powerful documentary that follows the lives of a number of children over a span of a couple of years. The cinema verite documentary derives its power not only from its subjects but also from the use of cinematic elements to drive home its statement on the helplessness of children and the physically afflicted in the midst of poverty.
