14th Cinema One Originals Film Festival (2018) in 15 venues | October 12-21, 2018

Original. The word, and all its permutations, has been a significant part of the festival name for the last 13 years. Originality has always been the one thing Cinema One Originals has championed and pushed for.

“I Am Original” is the tagline of the 14th Cinema One Originals. It is both a declaration, by the filmmakers and the performers, and a promise, that this year’s films will not be merely awesome but rather flawsome, a word coined to exemplify this year’s festival. Originality is never about perfection. Perfection is boring. Originality is about freshness of voice, an unwavering sense of self and the uniqueness of being human, flawed but awesome.

In the spirit of celebrating and upholding Filipino originality, Cinema One Originals will be supporting another kind of local outside of cinema through its partnership with the local ecommerce website, www.karton.ph. The wide and diverse range of authentic and handcrafted Filipino products at Karton.ph range from gourmet and artisanal food and beverages; to natural and organic wellness and beauty products; to books, home décor, paintings, accessories, bags and more. Some of these proudly Pinoy made products from the website will be on sale during the festival.

14th Cinema One Originals Film Festival (2018): Opening Film, Shorts, World Cinema, Restored Classics, FPJ Films, Best of C1 Originals

Cinema One Originals 2018 Full Trailer

One of this year’s Cinema One Originals filmmakers is making his third film for the festival. Two are returning to the festival a second time. Two are stalwarts of the independent scene, one making his long-awaited second film, the other making his ninth. Another is making his second feature after a much-acclaimed debut. Three are making their first features.

9 Directors talk about the story of their film

Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2018

Full-length Narrative Section (9 Films)

Crime seems to be a common thread in most of this year’s films but from very different vantage points and perspectives.

1. A Short History of a Few Bad Things 

by Keith Deligero

A Short History of a Few Bad Things by Keith Deligero (Cinema One Originals 2016 Best Director for “Lily”) may be the most straightforward, a noir procedural that has sociopolitical underpinnings.

Full Trailer: A Short History of a Few Bad Things 

2. Double Twisting Double Back

by Joseph Abello 

What Home Feels Like director Joseph Abello fancifully describes his second film Double Twisting Double Back,” set in the world of gymnastics, as a sports crime film.

Full Trailer: Double Twisting Double Back

3. Hospicio

by Bobby Bonifacio

In Hospicio, Bobby Bonifacio’s belated return to filmmaking, is a sort of sequel to his Numbalikdiwa, that begins with a botched crime and ends in the hospice of the title, which turns out to be haunted.

Full Trailer: Hospicio

4. Paglisan

by Carl Papa

Carl Papa (director of Cinema One Originals 2015 Best Picture, Manang Biring) returns with another animated feature, Paglisan, about a couple struggling to keep their marriage alive in the wake of one of them suffering from early onset dementia.

Full Trailer: Paglisan

5. Mamu And A Mother Too

by Rod Singh

In Rod Singh’s Mamu And A Mother Too, a middle-aged transgender finds herself becoming surrogate mother to her transgender niece. 

Full Trailer: Mamu and a Mother Too

6. Pang-MMK

by John Lapus

And in John Lapus’ Pang-MMK, a young man visits his estranged father’s funeral with unexpected results.

Full Trailer: Pang-MMK

7. Never Tear Us Apart

by Whammy Alcazaren

And on the further, stranger end of the spectrum, Whammy Alcazaren’s (director of the 2013 Cinema One Originals film, Islands) almost indescribable Never Tear Us Apart somehow manages to make sense of combining Third World espionage with old country folklore.

Full Trailer: Never Tear Us Apart

8. Asuang

by Rayn Brizuela

Even weirder is Rayn Brizuela’s Asuang, which comes on like an odd superhero inversion. 

Full Trailer: Asuang

9. Bagyong Bheverlyn

by Charliebebs Gohetia

And in Charliebebs Gohetia’s Bagyong Bheverlyn, a heartbroken woman hears that a super typhoon with the same name is fast approaching and realizes it’s a typhoon made of her own feelings and the only way to stop it from wreaking havoc on the country is to find happiness.

Full Trailer: Bagyong Bheverlynn

Cinema Venues:

Cinema One Originals is under the festival partnership program of the Film Development Council Of The Philippines (FDCP). Catch all the films on October 12-21 in TriNoma, Glorietta, Gateway, Santolan Town Plaza, Powerplant; in Cinelokal theaters—SM North Edsa, SM Megamall, SM Manila, and SM Sta. Mesa, and in alternative cinemas—FDCP Cinematheque Manila, UP Cine Adarna, Cinema ’76 (San Juan & Anonas), Black Maria Theater, and Cinema Centenario.

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Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2018 Full Schedule

Catch all of #IAmOriginal movies of #C1Originals Festival 2018 on October 12-21!

You can download the high-res images here: http://bit.ly/c1origsschedule

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Ticket prices are at P200 each in major and alternative cinemas and P150 for students and at SM CineLokal theaters.

Festival passes are available ktx.abs-cbn.com. Visit @CinemaOneOriginals (FB), @c1origs (Twitter) and @c1originals (IG) for more updates. #C1ORIGINALS #IAMORIGINAL

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