Even if they were having problems with their roaming cell phone service, Filipino filmmakers Senedy Que, Jun Robles Lana, Chris Martinez and Alemberg Ang flooded Facebook and Twitter with updates on the 7th Asian Film Awards held in Hong Kong on Monday night. Thanks to these intrepid indie directors, the Inquirer and the rest [...]
Indie producer Alemberg Ang fell victim to a cyber prankster who passed off his Globe contact on Twitter and Facebook as the phone number of Robert Blair Carabuena, now the subject of a raging hate campaign after slapping an MMDA traffic officer. Ang, who’s selling tickets for the Peta play “Bona,” was deluged with crank calls. “I hope people won’t believe everything they read online. I had to write Twitter and Facebook about it.” Bayani San Diego Jr.
Filipino Alemberg Ang, one of the honorees in the 2nd Inquirer Indie Tribute, is among 78 film producers who will take part in the 12th Rotterdam Lab, part of CineMart, which runs January 28 to February 1. He is the lone Filipino in the international lineup.
Just like the first time, the sequel was a certified game-changer. The 2nd Inquirer Indie Tribute gathered industry leaders, acclaimed actors and independent filmmakers to celebrate the achievements of both the pioneers and the youngbloods, as well as chart the future of the promising genre—proof that last year’s inaugural success was no fluke.
The way producer Alemberg Ang recalls it, he and director Alvin Yapan never planned on releasing a soundtrack for their indie dance film “Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa.” “But there was a clamor from the people who had seen ‘Sayaw’ at the Cinemalaya,” Ang recalls. It won best music score at the 2011 Cinemalaya [...]
