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By Gabriel Cardinoza Philippine Daily Inquirer F INALLY, a full-length movie in the Pangasinan language has been produced, thanks to the pioneering work of Christopher Gozum, a multiawarded independent filmmaker, who is the movie’s director, producer, scriptwriter, sound and video editor, and colorist. Shot entirely in Pangasinan, “Anacbanua (The Child of the Sun),” will have its premier at the 11th Cinemanila International Film Festival on October 15-25. The one-hour, 44-minute film is among the finalists in the Digital Lokal Section (Philippine digital films) of the competition. Gozum, who was born and raised in Bayambang town, said he used the Pangasinan language in the film because it is the breadth and soul of every Pangasinense. “If a [Pangasinense] stops speaking his native tongue right at the very heart of his homeland or even away from home, he will start to smell like a rotten fish. He is also as good as dead because he had lost his soul,” Gozum said in an e-mail interview.

T he 11th Cinemanila International Film Festival announces its finalists for the Digital Lokal Section (Philippine digital feature films in competition), Young Cinema Section (Philippine shorts in competition and exhibition), and SEA Shorts (Southeast Asian shorts in competition and exhibition). They are as follows: The finalists for this year’s Digital Lokal are: * “69 1/2” by Ted Manotoc * “Anacbanua” by Christopher Gozum * “Ang Beerhouse” by Jon Red * “Biyaheng Lupa” by Armando “Bing” Lao * “Dolores” by Lito Casaje * “Iliw” by Bona Fajardo For Young Cinema Competition the finalists are: * “Dalaw” by Janus Victoria * “Harang” by Mikhail Red * “Ito ang Gabing Babalikan Kita Pagkatapos ng Tatatlong Taon nang Hindi Maiiyak at Masasaktan” by Antoinette Jadaone * “Limang Libo” by Ice Idanan * “Save Me!!!” by Ramon del Prado * “Stations” by Emmanuel Quindo Palo * “To Siomai Love” by Remton Siega Zuasola For Young Cinema Exhibition are: * “The Artist Is In” by Marcus Adoro * “Ang Ibig Sabi

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