The advocacy film, Taklub, has successfully premiered yesterday at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in France as part of the Un Certain Regard selection.
As Director Brillante Mendoza led the Taklub entourage, Senator Loren Legarda said she felt even prouder of this project, which she principally advocated.
The film has received positive comments from social media and good reviews from film critics. Reviews from Toute La Culture and Cinematografo gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and 4.5 out of 5 […]
Brillante Mendoza’s Taklub (Trap) and a restored version of the late National for Film Lino Brocka’s masterpiece Insiang were officially selected to be part of the 68th Cannes Film Festival, which runs till May 24.
Taklub, starring Nora Aunor, tells the story of the survivors of Haiyan/ Yolanda in Tacloban. This is Mendoza’s fourth work selected in Cannes after Foster Child, Serbis, and Kinatay for which he won Best Director.
Meanwhile, this is Aunor’s second time in Cannes after Brocka’s Bona […]
Taklub (Trap) throws its viewers straight in at the deep end: flames, screams, chaos as a futile attempt is made to put out a fire.
Set in Tacloban in the taklubPhilippines, Taklub shows the aftermath of Tycoon Hayan. Living in makeshift huts and shelters, the survivors are left to pick up the pieces and rebuild their homes amid the devastation. Among them are Bebeth (Nora Aunor), Larry (Julio Diaz) and Erwin (Aaron Rivera), each mourning those they lost in the disaster, […]
“Taklub” tells the story of the survivors of super Typhoon Yolanda that hit central Philippines in November 2013. Topbilled by Filipina actress Nora Aunor, the film is being shown in the Un Certain Regard section.
Since its premiere at the Debussy Theater on Tuesday, the film has received rave reviews from critics.
Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter concluded that the film “could very well head onwards for a long festival run after its premiere at the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.”
While […]
“I think it’s a great show,” says Renaud Proch referring to the Philippine Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.
Proch, Executive Director of Independent Curators International (ICI), is one of the guests at the vernissage of the Philippine Pavilion who commended curator Patrick D. Flores for seamlessly weaving together the works of Manuel Conde and Carlos Francisco (for Genghis Khan), Manny Montelibano (for A Dashed State), and Jose Tence Ruiz (for Shoal).
“It’s really nice to see it coming together. It is […]
