A one of a kind experience happened last Friday, August 7, 2015 which I consider as one of the best event in my life, it is the Cinemalaya (Broadening Horizons). Why? Because it fascinates me to know more about something that is related to my passion and interest. Also, it was my first time to attend an event like this. So we travel all the way from Mandaluyong to CCP because it also happened to be our Lay Apostolate outreach program. When we already reached CCP, we were astonished by hundreds of different kinds of people, Media, Directors and Production Staff, Students and some are just ordinary citizen who wants to be amazed through watching the nominated short films. As time went by, we have no idea on which place to go (because we all know how big CCP is) then we walked around and it took us almost half an hour until we saw some of my block mates on their line to balcony 1 so we just followed them and then the usherettes gave us tickets and they let us enter the balcony right away. And we can’t deny the fact that we are all excited and we can no longer wait for the opening ceremony to start. I remembered when me and my friends had fun creating movie titles that has a relation to our personal life such as “Anika sa pelikulang Martyr” because they happened to know my story about my ex- boyfriend whom I still love until now (HAHAHA OKAY!).
Going back, so the long wait is finally over and the program has already started by a few reminders followed by the Philippine National Anthem and the opening remark by the President of Cinemalaya. The orchestra who never failed to give us goosebumps really did great, most especially when the video summary of Cinemalaya for the past 10 years has been also played, at first I thought the song was recorded but then I realized that it was them who are performing live. The video presentation was also breathtaking, seeing the films was merely amazing and we can’t stop reacting every time our favorite films was showed or our favorite actors/actresses was also seen in the video. Also, seeing Tulad ng Dati film directed by our very own Sir Mike Sandejas was very inspiring.
The ever so great man, who won the Cannes Best Director Award, who has been nominated to different film awards such as Golden Lion, Asian Film Awards, Silver Lion etc, it’s none other than Mr. Brillante Mendoza was introduced to tell us more about the Opening film which is “Taklub” or (Trap) after that, the film has finally started. We’re all waiting for Ms. Nora Aunor as expected to see her wonderful talent in acting. While watching the film, at first, I admit that I felt sleepy maybe because some parts of the film for me are boring. I even told myself that only those who are victims of the typhoon can appreciate this film but I was wrong. This film is so inspiring, most especially for the people who wants to give up when life gets hard. As seen in the character of Ms. Nora Aunor known as Bebeth, she never gave up to her family and the hope to see her children’s wake. Also, her carinderia has been open to her fellowmen every time they have gathering or meeting about how the government could help them about their current situation/dilemma, she also never fails to take good care of her daughter, which every mother should do. She can’t deny the fact that she is still in pain, hoping that her children’s body could be found someday. Another character that inspires me is Larry who was portrayed by Julio Diaz, who recently won in Gawad Urian Awards as Best Actor. Larry is inspiring in so many ways because his faith remained even though he encountered different challenges in his life, which every Filipino should characterize. The most important thing that
I’ve learned in watching this film is that never give up on your own life, it is like a one of a hell roller coaster ride. You should know how to survive this ride. Life was never easy, but it also depends on how we are going to live. Seize it, take care of it! We should consider ourselves lucky because we’re not able to experience such things as what happened to the people of Tacloban, they don’t have any idea on how are they going to start again with their new life. Some people say “YOLO” or You Only Live Once, we should cherish and enjoy every single day/moment that we’re still alive, because we will never know when this life will be taken back again from us.
-Alvaro, Anika
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