SM Masinag’s mall goers had this rare opportunity to meet up close the internationally acclaimed film film director Brillante Mendoza and see his award winning film during the Brillante Mendoza Film Festival.
The festival showcased of Director Mendoza’s 2015 internationally acclaimed film – Taklub, which won the 2015 Cannes Film Festival Ecumenical Jury Prize Special Mention. The festival had students from different colleges and universities mostly the new generation of film enthusiasts as its primary audience.
Taklub is a story of three characters including Bebeth played by Nora Aunor, coping and surviving the aftermath of horrendous Super Typhoon Haiyan or locally named as Bagyong Yolanda, shoot was held on Tacloban, Philippines. The movie was co-produced with the Department of Environment and National Resources.
Another highlight of the festival is the FILM APPRECIATION WORKSHOP after the Taklub screening. In the hour workshop, the audience got a glimpse of the different elements – acting, directing, cinematography, script writing – that went into this magnificent film as discussed by no less than Director Brillante Mendoza himself. The aim of the activity is to guide the audience in understanding and appreciating the film Taklub as a medium of art and communications.
A launch attended by prominent members of the local community – government officials, school officials, students and film enthusiasts – was held the day before the festival. During the program, SM City Masinag paid tribute to Directory Mendoza for the many honors he has brought the country, and members of the media had the chance to interview him up close.
The Brillante Mendoza Film Festival is one of the many exciting projects of the SM Malls and cinemas.
Taklub Synopsis
Taklub is a story of three major characters who experienced the Super typhoon Haiyan – Bebeth, Larry and Erwin, whose lives intertwine. The typhoon caused the city of Tacloban to its horrendous state – leaving the breathing figures in search of their dead ones, of keeping their sanity intact, and protecting what little faith there may be.
Bebeth (Nora Aunor) searches for the remains of her three children in the hopes that any identified records could match a DNA test from those buried at the mass grave. Larry (Julio Diaz) lost his wife, consoled himself by joining a group of devout Catholics carrying a life size cross around city, Erwin (Aaron Rivera) and his elder brother try to hide the truth of their parent’s death from their little sister.
As if grieving form the lost of their loved ones is not enough. a series of turn of events – man made and natural, continue to test the endurance of the characters along with the rest of the people, awaiting for a time to wipe those slow repugnant tears