Cinemalaya movies now on HD Format

RAIN or shine, the show goes on for Cinemalaya. Typhoon “Basyang” forced the six-year-old indie film fest to cancel screenings on Wednesday because of the Luzon-wide power outage. The fest resumed on Thursday and is set to present its awards ceremony tonight (Sunday night) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. This year marks a milestone since all the competition films, shorts and features, were projected in High Definition format, said competition director Laurice Guillen.

“HD is the minimum requirement for digital films in festivals abroad,” Guillen explained. Last year, one entry was shown in HD – Pepe Diokno’s “Engkwentro,” which won two top prizes in Venice. “But Pepe did it on his own,” Guillen said. “This year, we arranged with our sponsor, Outpost, to have all our entries shown in HD.” read more