{"id":59174,"date":"2015-08-17T23:10:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T15:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59174"},"modified":"2025-01-16T14:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T19:18:09","slug":"pusong-bato-wins-best-short-film-in-cinemalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/17\/pusong-bato-wins-best-short-film-in-cinemalaya\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pusong Bato\u2019 wins best short film in Cinemalaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_59177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59177\" style=\"width: 939px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Pusong-Bato.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59177\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Pusong-Bato.png\" alt=\"(Screengrab from the movie's trailer)\" width=\"939\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Pusong-Bato.png 939w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Pusong-Bato-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Screengrab from the movie&#8217;s trailer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 \u201cPusong Bato,\u201d directed by Martika Ramirez Escobar, was named the best short film at the 2015 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival held last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo see that the identity of the filmmaker is coming through the movie is a major consideration,\u201d Cinemalaya jury member Carlitos Siguion-Reyna said in a Philippine Daily Inquirer report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAside from the story and the quality, it is also the impression that the jury gets from the film, whether or not it connects with its audience,\u201d Siguion-Reyna added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPusong Bato\u201d was about the amorous relationship of a woman with a rock. Among 10 finalists, the unique romantic movie prevailed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe deliberated and eventually came up with a compromise. The winners were those that stood out,\u201d Cinemalaya jury member Mes de Guzman said in the same report.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy motilium online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/motilium.html\">https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/motilium.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Escobar, for her part, was overwhelmed receiving the award.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis soft online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-soft.html\">https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-soft.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been going to the CCP (Cultural Center of the Philippines) to watch films at the Cinemalaya for five years.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy amoxil online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/amoxil.html\">https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/amoxil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> I\u2019m overwhelmed that I\u2019m receiving this now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 \u201cPusong Bato,\u201d directed by Martika Ramirez Escobar, was named the best short film at the 2015 Cinemalaya Philippine &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":59177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-59174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","tag-rewrite","mauthors-cyra-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284657,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59174\/revisions\/284657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}