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A Revelation and Reckoning: Good, Evil, and a World Gone Strange
Tessa Maria Guazon Or indeed, this world has been made strange,cannot take no more and comes to its inevitable end. We are not forgiven or spared. Qiyamah haunts with staggering potency in its handling...
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Conceiving Ruptures
Lisa Ito Brilliante Mendoza’s competing entry to the 69th Venice International Film Festival and official entry to the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival, Thy Womb, has been received in diverse ways since...
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Far from centre yet solidly grounded
Tessa Maria Guazon Numerous questions were thrown our way this year. Those worth answering included queries on the relevance of awards, on why we persist on awarding films viewed presumably only by us,...
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Two opposing views on Paul Sta. Ana’s “Oros”
The Living Dead JPaul S. Manzanilla We have seen this before. Poor people are gambling their lives with whatever they have to survive—guts, wit, and bits of sanity that remains. In fact, the scene...
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Surplus for All Seasons (Review of “Ekstra”)
J. Pilapil Jacobo It is rather amusing that Ekstra can imagine the debacle of its cinema as something like a most excessive accomplishment. The plot tracks the forlorn effort of Loida, a “talent,” to...
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YCC Awarding Cancelled
YCC is cancelling the Awards Ceremonies scheduled for today due to incessant rains and flooding across the city. We are coordinating with awardees for the new date and will update accordingly.
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YCC hands trophies to Qiyamah team
Despite the cancellation of the Young Critics Circle awarding ceremony on August 20 due to heavy rains and flooding, members made sure to hand trophies to Qiyamah director Teng Mangansakan and...
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Awards Rites on September 3
The Young Critics Circle has rescheduled the 2013 Awards Ceremony to September 3, 3 PM at the Jorge B. Vargas Museum, UP Diliman, Quezon City. Historian Dr. Francis Gealogo will be guest speaker.
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YCC Citation for Best Film Editing of 2012
Lisa Ito Ang editing ay tumutukoy sa pagsasaayos ng ugnayan ng panahon at espasyo sa mga eksena ng isang pelikula. Sa pamamagitan ng malikhaing paggamit ng mise-en-scene at montage, may kakayahan ito...
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YCC Citation for Best Sound and Aural Orchestration of 2012
Aristotle Atienza Ang Pinakamahusay na Tunog at Orkestrasyong Awral ay tumutukoy sa paglalapat ng mga aspektong may kinalaman sa tunog sa pelikula: musika, likas na tunog, sound effects habang ang mga...
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YCC Citation for Best Cinematography and Visual Design of 2012
JPaul Manzanilla Ang Sinematograpiya at Disenyong Biswal ay tumutukoy sa mise-en-scene at sa mga kalidad nitong biswal/plastic, disenyong pamproduksyon, pag-iilaw, direksyon ng sining, visual effects...
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YCC Citation for Best Screenplay of 2012
Jaime Oscar Salazar Ang dulang pampelikula ay tumutukoy sa retorika ng pagsusulat para sa pelikula na nagpapahayag ng kasalimuotan ng buhay panlipunan at personal na ligalig sa natatanging estruktura...
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YCC Citation for Best Performance of 2012
Patrick Flores Sa taong 2012, limang estilo ng pagganap ang napili ng kasapian ng Young Critics Circle upang itanghal na pinakamahusay mula sa lahat ng pagsisikap na maisakatuparan ang bisa ng katauhan...
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YCC Citation for Best Film of 2012
Tessa Maria Guazon Nominado para sa Pinakamahusay na Pelikula ang mga sumusunod: Ang Paglalakbay ng mga Bituin sa Gabing Madilim ni Arnel Mardoquio, Kalayaan ni Adolfo Alix, Jr. at Qiyamah ni Gutierrez...
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YCC 2012 Awardees
(l-r): Ditoy Aguila (Best Sound, Kalayaan), Adolfo Alix Jr. (Best Production Design, Kalayaan), Nora Aunor (Best Performance, Thy Womb), Arnel Mardoquio (Best Screenplay, Ang Paglalakbay ng mga Bituin...
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Frisson Break
Review of On the Job (Erik Matti, 2013) J. Pilapil Jacobo On the Job preoccupies itself too much with the techniques of cinema which make “action” a legitimate object of Filipino film that its...
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Statement of the YCC Film Desk on the responses to “Frisson Break”
Criticism involves separation, which takes place not only in the realm of its production where distinctions are established between specific objects of interest, but also in the realm of its reception,...
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The Way of All Flash
Review of Lihis (Joel Lamangan, 2013) Skilty Labastilla Lihis wants viewers to care so much for the travails of its protagonists without bothering to ensure that said protagonists are worth caring for...
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Mga Gawi ng mga Sawi
Francis A. Gealogo, PhD Ateneo de Manila University (Talumpating binigkas sa 2013 Young Critics Circle Awards Ceremony, 3 Setyembre 2013) Maraming salamat sa Young Critics Circle sa pagpapahalaga sa...
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Nobility and Degradation: A Conversation on On the Job
This exchange, begun in the interest of exploring a different format for evaluating films, was conducted from September 4 to 14, 2013 via e-mail. The messages were then compiled into a single document,...
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