10/21, 13:00 · Baj Pomorski – hall A
Ang Babae sa Septic Tank chronicles a day in the life of three ambitious, passionate but misguided filmmakers as they set out to do a quick pre-prod at Starbucks, a courtesy call to their lead actress, Eugene Domingo, and an ocular inspection of their film’s major location, the Payatas dumpsite. Director Rainier, Producer Bingbong and Production Assistant Jocelyn are well-to-do, well-educated film school graduates who are dead set on making an Oscar worthy film. They believe they have a winning script, the energy and the drive to make their dreams come true. In the course of one day, they brainstorm and exhaust all possible treatment of their project: the story of Mila, a mother from the slums, who out of desperation to survive, has sold her child to a pedophile.
Director: | Marlon Rivera |
Screenplay: | Chris Martinez |
Music: | Vincent De Jesus, Albert Michael Idioma, Addiss Tabong |
Cinematography: | Larry Manda |
Editing: | Ike Veneracion |
Cast: | Eugene Domingo, JM De Guzman, Kean Cipriano |
Awards: | Najlepszy Scenariusz, Nagroda Publiczności, Najlepsza Aktorka, Najlepszy Reżyser, Najlepszy Film / Best Screenplay, Audience Choice Award, Best Performance of an Actress, Best Director, Best Film – Cinemalaya (2011) |
Marlon Rivera took his Bachelor of Arts in Communications at the Ateneo de Manila University in 1987. He has been a copywriter, producer, production designer, make-up artist, stylist, assistant director for TV commercials. He has written for concerts, TV shows and documentaries. For seven years, he taught Visual-Verbal Communication in the Viscom Department of the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines. in 2009, he and Chris Martinez set up Martinez-Rivera Films to produce 100 for Cinemalaya.