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To commemorate the decade coming to a close, we look at 25 films that best defined this era of Philippine cinema. This decade in cinema will be identified as a summation of multiple moving parts - from the landscape and technological shifts, movements born of movies, and new ideologies shaped by cinema. Lastly, and also closely related to what I just previously mentioned, in the 2010s, we witnessed the dissolution of the “mainstream-indie” dichotomy.Īre the “mainstream” and “indie” labels even applicable nowadays, when budgets and industry don’t significantly differ? If it’s a matter of sensibility, how can we distinguish when “independent” filmmakers are directing studio-backed movies, while established actors and filmmakers from the big networks are also increasingly going “indie”? And let’s not even delve into the question of whether it’s based on notions of quality.
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In this decade, we saw how a niche, arthouse interest became “eventized,” a tradition larger audiences would dabble in and flock towards to - to an extent - in the context of Cinemalaya. In this decade, we witnessed how these small budget movies moved from being shot with consumer digital cameras to some of the most high-end cameras in the industry, providing some of the most arresting visuals on screen. Though one may argue that this current “Third Golden Age” (the first two being the ‘50s and the mid-’70s to ‘80s) was ushered in the 2000s - the frequent signpost being Auraeus Solito’s 2005 “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros” - it was in the 2010’s that we saw, arguably, the current peak of Philippine cinema. Manila (CNN Philippines Life) - We’ll always look back at this decade as a transformative era for Philippine cinema.