Well-traveled indie film makes it to Shangri-La
By Bayani San Diego Jr.
It’s curiously “serendipitous,” Benito Bautista said, that his indie film “Boundary” will open at the Shangri-La mall on December 5, at the start of the Christmas season.
It’s curiously “serendipitous,” Benito Bautista said, that his indie film “Boundary” will open at the Shangri-La mall on December 5, at the start of the Christmas season.
Filipino-American filmmaker Benito Bautista’s “Boundary” won the top award, the Grand Jury prize for best narrative feature, at the recently concluded Guam International Film Festival. The indie drama, which stars Ronnie Lazaro and Raymond Bagatsing, previously won the Netpac prize at Cinemalaya and Special Mention at Cinemanila. Meanwhile, a sold-out crowd watched the Guam fest’s [...]
Benito Bautista’s “Boundary” will compete at the Guam International Film Festival, set Sept. 27-30. Last year, “Boundary” won the Netpac prize at Cinemalaya and special mention at Cinemanila. The indie drama stars Ronnie Lazaro as a taxi driver who crosses paths with a mysterious passenger played by Raymond Bagatsing. Its website says [...]
It has been a heady ride so far, much like commuting in a taxicab on the chaotic streets of Manila. Still, winning the Netpac [Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema] prize for his film “Boundary” at this year’s Cinemalaya was “heartwarming and momentarily surreal,” says Benito Bautista. Cinching the prize was the farthest thing [...]
Actor Raymond Bagatsing can very well relate to Filipino-American filmmaker Benito Bautista, director of his latest independent film “Boundary,” big winner in the Netpac [Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema] competition at the recent Cinemalaya fest. Like Bautista, Bagatsing has just returned to the country after living in the United States for a while, [...]
