Hail Marie - A Filipino Comedy-Drama Film

[@TheSaberbs]

Return of the King 👑

[@michellepaja-cook2948]

Great job! The score, the framing, it’s all very well done! Can’t wait to see your future projects 💕

[@zflipside]

Lovely short film!

[@noelbasallo10]

for sure si Joseph kapampangan habahahaha

[@sarahrodenbaugh8259]

Hi! Great film!! Congrats on your win last year at TIFF! I was wondering if that was your premiere festival? Congrats again!

[@HarleyMaranan]

Hi there! Thanks so much for watching, and I'm glad you enjoyed the film! To answer your question, no. Hail Marie actually premiered at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. :)

[@sarahrodenbaugh8259]

@@HarleyMaranan Amazing! Congrats again!

[@Oliver_Lim]

It's normal to adopt the culture you happen to be in. But as they say, an apple doesn't turn into an orange and vice versa. They could thrive in other places, too, but they remain the same plant. It's impossible for someone to be completely altered by cultural influences when your DNA says otherwise. Pressure doesn't often come from physical force, but prejudice and misjudgment and discrimination and humiliation of one's identity. And the more I feel the pressure around me the more I embrace my culture more and more. It's like being a foster kid for instance, but the foster family has children of their own also. It could sometimes create discomfort between children and when jealousy arise among the real children, the family would always have their real children's back because it makes more sense. What makes it wrong is when the parents tolerate bad behaviors for the very reason that they're blood related. Empathy often comes naturally from people your own kind when it comes to things only your own kind could understand such as racism and discrimination. It could come from all sides, even Filipinos could be prejudiced towards others, too. There's great similarity and at the same time, a huge difference between real Filipinos and Filipinos who grew up or spent many years in another country. Their humor, outlook, and general view of the world or understanding of euphemisms vary. I look at myself as someone from another place who chose to live in another place, and I'm not apologetic for my differences, like choices of media contents to watch, or eating with a spoon and fork, unless it's a steak and potato, but if rice, you can't eat fork with it. And why would I be apologetic for it? I don't care if people couldn't stand it. Although there are so many Filipino cultural traits that might be considered inappropriate in other countries like jokes on appearances in movies or shows, which is generally considered acceptable in Filipino culture, but extremely trashy in Western standards and I don't often meant the actors playing those roles, but just the general style of humor. On the other hand, they also have traits that are quite unique and almost unrivaled. Generally, I refuse to forge relationships with people dictating me what to do, just because it benefits them more than the other way around, regardless of their ethnicity.

[@8bittimetraveler834]

Are you serious? Males watch cringe stuff like this in the Philippines?

[@Oliver_Lim]

Apparently. Filipinos are less sexist as it turned out.

[@8bittimetraveler834]

@@Oliver_Lim They're like women.

[@Oliver_Lim]

@@8bittimetraveler834 I suppose that's a compliment. At least I think so, and I'm a man.