Jay loves to read books and watch movies, he is a certified cinephile
and one of the very few well-respected film critics here in Mindanao. He writes film reviews
for Edge Davao business daily. Jay maintains a blog (jayclopsatthemovies.blogspot.com) for his reviews of mainstream flicks.
REMTON SIEGA ZUASOLA-
One of the notable younger generation
Cebuano filmmakers. His career into film began after graduating from college where
he studied directing and acting at the International Academy of Film and
Television in Cebu Phillipines in 2006/2007.
He created several short-films particularly “Kurtina Nga
Pula” and “To Siomai Love” which won Best Short Film in the Sinulog 2010 Short
Film Festival and the Cinemanila International Film Festival in 2009 where he also
received the Ishmael Bernal Award for Most Outstanding Young Filipino Filmmaker.
In 2010 he filmed his first feature length film Ang Damgo ni
Eleuteria for CinemaOne Originals Film Fest which received a Jury Prize, Remton
also won an Urian for best direction also for that film.
He is currently a faculty at the University of San Carlos
Film Program, teaching directing and acting. He also established a production
house for advertising clients in Cebu.
MCROBERT NACARIO
A Dabawenyo film editor and cinematographer who has won awards for his works in
regional indie films.
He started as an assistant camera operator for Sherad
Sanchez’s Huling Balyan ng Buhi in 2006 and slowly inched his way as one of the
top cinematographers here in Mindanao.
His works in Limbunan (Bridal Quarters), Cartas de
Soledad, Ang Paglalakbay ng Bituin sa Gabing Madilim and Qiyamah earned him
Urian nominations for cinematography.
For his work in Qiyamah he received the Award for Best
Artistic Achievement in the inaugural Sineng Pambansa National Film Festival
held in Davao City last 2012.
