Linggo, Marso 30, 2014

JERROLD TAROG YOUNGEST DEKADA DIRECTOR AWARDEE FOR PMPC’S 30TH STAR AWARDS FOR MOVIES











By GEORGE VAIL
KABRISTANTE




PMPC (Phil. Movie
Press Club)
Farmed out to other
outlets like Pilipino Mirror, Remate & Remate Tonight Online, Pasabog, Moviestar,
pmpcstarnews, etc.



For his 30th  PMPC (Phil.Movie Press Club) “Dekada” award
for  notable score of works in ten year’s
time, I had to  meet up with the  breed so-called of indie filmmaker to emerge
in a long while Jerrold Tarog whose first serious  film “Confessional” shot in Cebu that
sort  of installed him an enviable niche
made me think he is  child to the
proverbial Queen of the South,  if
Lapu-Lapu’s  genus or something ho-hum.


Director Jerrold Tarog
          No,
the film prodigy whose surname Tarog is one vowel scant ( if you add “o” at
the  end) to  make 
for a  phallic, sexist sounding
thing for  you know what is add or minus
as endemic as the haciendas of his birthright Canlubang, snaking
kilometers  away to rousing UP Rural High
and UP Los Banos where he routinely spent years of his early academic life.
Dekada Director  Awardees: Jerrold Tarog, Joey Javier- Reyes, Maryo J. delos Reyes, Joel Lamangan, Olivia Lamasan, & Mark Meily
          Coming
on with but few words belying the body English of an enfant terrible  from across the table  at Megamall’s Coffee Bean (his suggestion),
the fulsome at times randomly cautious conversationalist  is in ways as absorbing as we self -disclosed
and part probed into each other’s psyche (damn this happens on first meetings)
as vagaries pressing in back of our minds kept us trifle  impervious, unpatronizing to the
bistro’s  delight; oh let this one
though  make up for missing out on what
could have been a heady  coffee social if
only we had time at our disposal.
Presentors all
           Could it be youthful angst, shopworn soul-searching
itch that made him run-off with a peculiar degree in composition from UP’s
conservatory of music which swept  him
off  to 
the league  of Cebu’s Big Foot
film  faculty? Whatever, the outing saw
the fruition of “Confessional,” a whammy in disguise brought to bear upon the
Pinoy’s collective 
imagination. 
“Dekada”
award stood partly for his achievement in movie direction  standing out & and shining as he did at
the awards night alongside  mainstream
awardees namely Directors Chito Rono, Joel Lamangan, Jose Javier- Reyes Maryo de los Reyes, Mark
Meily & Olivia Lamasan.
Zyruz Imperial won Best Theme Song for composition & interpretation
In
some sense ironic that what the rest of the 
aforementioned veteran awardees plodded in a decade or so, Director
Tarog got his almost in fast track fashion taking off with his patina
“Confessional,”  his  unique 
way of  looking at things
filmic  to  “Sana Dati, ” another charming oeuvre yet to
his most recent credit.
Good
that I was able to make him come to the awards night because Director Tarog was
pressed for “Heneral Luna,” his otherwise fresh 
gaze at the famed tactician of the Phil. Revolution whose brilliant
career in the battlefields like Bonifacio was snuffed out during Aguinaldo’s
dispensation who succumbed to and sided with the opportunistic American
warriors well, says our
Ph. History 101.
Tarog
one of the very few prophetic auteur directors in the biz thinks it’s high time
we blotted out the great divide between indie & mainstream filmmaking, even
disclosing ways to market indie products.
By
his own initiative he helped raise his ROI 
for his own “Sana Dati” shown at Aura cinema, the Fort above the
profitable margins into  which the social
media helped keep in mind the vision of indie filmmakers spiritedly in a
territory of their own vis-à-vis mainstream.
Zyruz Imperial in " Dekada XXX"
We
wanted to treat our nominees, winners & presenters to a VIP, exclusive
“party-after” like they do it in the Oscars down Solaire’s chic Eclipse Bar for
photo ops and invigorating getting –to- know -you more chitchat perhaps, but no
way I could accost Director Tarog  to the
party place even tagging along other indie presenters-winners led by Theme Song
Best Singer for an indie film Zyruz 
Imperial who incidentally was on call (talk audition)  for his “Heneral Luna” shoot.
I
understood why the Director had  to beg
off saying he has  to run off late to the
same pressing matters at hand, the filmbio project yet of Gen. Antonio Luna.
By the way, Director Tarog’s
multidisciplinary works in both indie and mainstream include   “Carpool,” “Confessional,” “Astig,”
“Mangatyanan” (The Blood Trail),  “Shake,
Rattle & Roll 12: Punerarya,” “Aswang,” “Shake, Rattle & Roll 13:
Parola,” “Agusan Marsh Diaries,” & his most recent “Sana Dati.” And
counting yet to add on to his portfolio of solid works.
 The rest of the  30th   PMPC  Star Awards for Movies winners are:
 

INDIE MOVIE SOUND ENGINEER OF THE YEAR: ALBERT
MICHAEL IDIOMA (Sonata)

MOVIE SOUND ENGINEER OF THE YEAR: CORINNE DE SAN JOSE (On The Job)

INDIE MOVIE MUSICAL SCORER OF THE YEAR: EMERZON TEXON (Sonata)

MOVIE MUSICAL SCORER OF THE YEAR: CARMINA CUYA (Shoot To Kill:  Boy
Golden)

INDIE MOVIE ORIGINAL THEME SONG OF THE YEAR: “SUKATIN MO ANG MUNDO KO” (Jumbo
Jericho)

MOVIE ORIGINAL THEME SONG OF THE YEAR: “HUWARANG KABATAAN” (Pedro Calungsod,
Batang Martir)

MOVIE CHILD PERFORMER OF THE YEAR: RYZZA MAE DIZON (My Little Bossings)

NEW MOVIE ACTOR OF THE YEAR: VINCE TAÑADA (Otso)

NEW MOVIE ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: ISABELLA DAZA (It Takes A Man And A Woman)

INDIE MOVIE EDITOR OF THE YEAR: CARLO FRANCISCO MANATAD (Badil)

MOVIE EDITOR OF THE YEAR: JAY HALILI (On The Job)

INDIE MOVIE PRODUCTION DESIGNER OF THE YEAR: JUNJUN MONTELIBANO (Sonata)

MOVIE PRODUCTION DESIGNER OF THE YEAR: JOEL BILBAO and FRITZ SILORIO (Shoot To
Kill:  Boy Golden)

INDIE MOVIE CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: JUN GONZALES (Bamboo Flowers)

MOVIE CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: RICARDO BUHAY, III (On The Job)

INDIE MOVIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR: JOSE JAVIER REYES (Ano Ang Kulay Ng Mga
Nakalimutang Pangarap?)

MOVIE SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR: ERIK MATTI and MICHIKO YAMAMOTO (On The Job)

MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR: JOEY MARQUEZ (On The Job)

MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: ANGEL AQUINO (Ang Huling Chacha Ni Anita)

INDIE MOVIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR: CHITO ROÑ0 (Badil)

MOVIE DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR: ERIK MATTI (On The Job)

INDIE MOVIE OF THE YEAR: BADIL (Waray Republik and Film Development Council of
the Philippines)

MOVIE OF THE YEAR: ON THE JOB (Reality Entertainment and Star Cinema)

MOVIE ACTOR OF THE YEAR: VICE GANDA (Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy)

MOVIE ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: KC CONCEPCION (Shoot To Kill:  Boy Golden)

NORA AUNOR ULIRANG ARTISTA Lifetime Achievement Award – MS. RUSTICA CARPIO

ULIRANG ALAGAD NG PELIKULA SA LIKOD NG KAMERA Lifetime Achievement Awards:
RICKY LEE, PEQUE GALLAGA

DEKADA AWARDS (2003-2013):

    ACTRESS: JUDY ANN SANTOS, EUGENE DOMINGO, AI AI DELAS ALAS

    ACTOR: AGA MUHLACH, JOHN LLOYD CRUZ, JERICHO ROSALES, DENNIS
TRILLO, PIOLO PASCUAL, BARON GEISLER

    DIRECTOR: JOEL LAMANGAN, JOSE JAVIER REYES, MARYO J. DELOS
REYES, MARK MEILY, OLIVIA LAMASAN, JERROLD TAROG

DARLING OF THE PRESS: JERRY YAP

MALE STAR OF THE NIGHT: PIOLO PASCUAL

FEMALE STR OF THE NIGHT: TONI GONZAGA

FEMALE CELEBRITY GREAT SHAPE: ALESSANDRA DE ROSSI

FEMALE CELEBRITY SKIN OF THE NIGHT: BELA PADILLA