The creativity and resilience of aspiring and professional Filipino filmmakers were again celebrated and showcased at the recently concluded Nespresso Talents 2021 national category. Given the global health crisis, the participants carried on the tradition of capturing their milieu and mindset through vertical short films. Completing the Top 3 was Special Delivery of Gerald Foliente, which got the jurors’ approval for “it’s very timely,” said direk Quark. The way it captured the pandemic was done “in a very unique and ingenious way,” added he. Doing vertical short films is like getting out of one’s comfort zone, said direk Quark, who, like most filmmakers, have been trained to make narratives through the horizontal format.

Source: Philippine Star July 16, 2021 15:56 UTC