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I WAS WALKING ON THE STREETS OF CHINATOWN
I WAS WALKING ON THE STREETS OF CHINATOWN
by RYAN CAPILI
16:49 minutes | Narrative | PG
FILM SCHEDULE
August 5, 2023 6:15 PM Philippine International Convention Center
August 6, 2023 6:15 PM Philippine International Convention Center
August 6, 2023 12:30 PM Ayala Malls
August 7, 2023 3:30 PM Philippine International Convention Center
August 7, 2023 8:00 PM Ayala Malls
August 8, 2023 3:30 PM Philippine International Convention Center
August 9, 2023 12:30 PM Ayala Malls
August 10, 2023 5:30 PM Ayala Malls
August 11, 2023 12:45 PM Philippine International Convention Center
August 11, 2023 5:30 PM Ayala Malls
August 12, 2023 12:45 PM Philippine International Convention Center
August 12, 2023 12:30 PM Ayala Malls
CAST:
Joaquin Prudente
PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR/SCREENPLAY/PRODUCTION DESIGN/SOUND/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/LINE PRODUCER – Ryan Capili
CINEMATOGRAPHER – Christopher Amba
EDITOR – Ryan Capili, Joshua Gayuma
LOGLINE
A film director returns to his hometown to shoot his latest film, only to find it transformed by the relentless passage of time.
SYNOPSIS
A film director goes back to his hometown, Chinatown, to make an autobiographical film. When he visits the place, he is greeted by abandoned and demolished places he once grew up in. He wanders through the streets of his hometown and realizes things have changed. What he once knew are all gone and replaced by ongoing constructions of high-rise buildings. He stays on the newly-built bridge and contemplates on how he would make his film.
FILMMAKER’S PROFILE
Born and raised in Batangas, RYAN CAPILI is a writer and managing editor at Sinegang.PH. He is currently a student from De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde, studying Digital Filmmaking and specializing in Cinematography. His film “damgo sa kahitas-an” won the Best Film at the Manila Student Film Festival, organized by the International School Manila in 2023. His experimental-documentary film “an elegy for the memories” has been screened at the Cinema Rehiyon 15, the UP Cinema’s Piling Obrang Vidyo, the Bakunawa Film Festival, and the 35th Gawad Alternatibo.
DIRECTOR’S NOTES
I was never acutely aware of my privilege more so than when the pandemic hit. While I was fortunate enough to be comfortable, countless others were struggling and literally fighting for their lives. That awakened feeling has turned into some sort of guilt of having privilege in this exaggerated class divide.
We all saw this out-of-touch apathy with a lot of the privileged, but it made me ask myself if I’m also guilty of that same ignorance. In this unequal world, how could you not feel guilt for having more and not doing anything about it? I realized that what really just separates all of us is luck.
Some are just lucky enough to have a life on the right side of the tracks, and it feels like there’s not much we can do in this reality of exploitative class systems. It may seem that we feel helpless and we have no choice in that sense, but I’d like to believe that we at least have a choice to treat each other with empathy, not apathy. To be compassionate and not ignorant. To use whatever privilege we have not for our own benefit, but to help uplift others.
FILM STILLS
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