MANILA, JULY 29, 2013 – All eyes are looking forward to the feature film Rekorder, which was directed and written by Mikhail Red (pictured), son of renowned director-cinematographer, Raymond Red.
The movie Rekorder is one of the finalists for the New Breed Category in Cinemalaya 2013, the main competition category of the annual film festival. It tells a story of Maven, a former 1980’s film cameraman who in the present time, works as a movie pirate in Manila. He sneaks a digital camcorder inside movie theaters then illegally records the films. The climax of the story started when he the unusual footage he recorded one night became viral.
Co-written with Ian Victoriano and edited online by welovepost, the movie showed not just the evolution but also the reality in the film industry. It utilized mixed media in several digital formats, as well as shifting perspectives in a post-modern narrative. “It shows how cinema has evolved into the new formats of the modern age and is bastardized through piracy,” said Red in a newspaper interview.
Starring in the movie is Ronnie Quizon, whom Red chosen himself for a significant reason. Red was fascinated by Quizon’s character in his father’s film Kamada.
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Behind Rekorder
The 22-year old director is not new to independent cinema. His is one of the pioneers of modern Filipino independent and alternative cinema and had been recognized not just locally but globally. Raymond Red won the prestigious Palme d’Or of Cannes for his now-classic 2000 short Anino.
Following his father’s footsteps, the younger Red started writing, directing and producing short films at age of 15. But he made his is own identity at the age 17. He took part in Cinemalaya, submitting a short entitled Harang, which bagged Best Screenplay award.
Red followed up with another short film entitled "Hazard," a crime drama involving a moral conflict between father and son, which isn’t about him and his father.
Red shared to Rappler, "Rekorder much more daring, pushing cinematic boundaries further."
Other casts in the movie includes: Suzette Ranillo, Earl Ignacio, Abe Pagtama, Mike Lloren, Joe Gruta, and Belinda Mariano.
Cinemalaya 2013 is currently showing at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Greenbelt 3 and Trinoma from July 26 to August 4, 2013.
