Here is the list of the award recipients at the recent Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino. Congratulations participants!
https://www.fdcp.ph/media/ppp4samaall-awards-night-full-list-winners
And certainly we wish to congratulate Law Fajardo’s Kintsugi (Broken) team for receiving Best Editing at the awards night; you deserve it and definitely the beautiful film by itself is a validation of the whole team’s efforts.
The film, as expected, received mixed reviews— and perhaps in a world where people are always looking for the next viral, over-the-roof content, where the message often has to be bombarded into the audience’s consciousness through any means possible, there will be some who cannot see or appreciate the beauty in simplicity and subtlety. It is admittedly time-consuming to ponder and look deeper into what is offered before us, and it is easy enough for some self-styled critics, with their biases and personal contacts to please and promote, to dismiss other people’s hard work. Thankfully there are many others who pause to look closely and fairly at films such as Kintsugi, and give their verdict justly; they understood that Kintsugi is like that saying—-‘still waters run deep‘—there is a lot of passion beneath something that appears tranquil, and we commend Fajardo and his team for having a different vision and style and taking on the risks they knew it entailed.
Says Fajardo, “Congratulations to everyone behind the films screened at the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino! We hope that next year we get to see each other face to face, and enjoy these festivals—and our daily lives—more freely. We are sorely tested now but definitely we will be stronger.
To the Kintsugi Team, good job—it was worth it. We thank those who watched the film, please keep supporting Philippine filmmakers and Merry Christmas!”
As before, congratulations to all! Let us respect artistic differences and always aspire to create high-quality work.
Many of us did not expect that our lives would be changed in various ways by the crisis which has, so far, refused to leave our land—we are in different situations and the trials can be harder for others, we have lost friends and loved ones. Our people do not deserve this. Still, let us not lose hope; stay strong Filipinos!
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