Aparisyon

Aparisyon (transl.Apparition) is a 2012 Filipino psychological drama by Isabel Sandoval[lower-alpha 1]. The film is Sandoval's sophomore feature. It is a story about nuns in the period immediately preceding martial law. It is one of the official entries for the New Breed Full Length Feature Category in Cinemalaya 2012.

Aparisyon
Official poster
Directed byIsabel Sandoval[lower-alpha 1]
Produced by
  • Jerome Kerkman
  • Jhun 'McHertz' Macias
  • Merrick Clint Goho
  • Markane Earle Goho
Screenplay byIsabel Sandoval[lower-alpha 1]
Story by
Starring
Music byTeresa Barrozo
CinematographyJay Abello
Edited by
Production
company
Distributed byGoldmine Entertainment Productions
Release date
  • July 21, 2012 (2012-07-21) (Philippine Independent Film Festival)
  • March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20) (Philippines)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryPhilippines
Language
  • Filipino
  • Tagalog
  • English

Aparisyon was invited to film festivals around the world, including Deauville Asian Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. At the Hawaii International Film Festival, the film won the NETPAC Award "for its courageous exploration of religious faith, guilt and forgiveness through masterful storytelling and visual imagery". The film was also nominated for the New Currents Award at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival.

Synopsis

Set in 1971, the sisters of the Adoration monastery in a remote town in Rizal lead quiet and peaceful lives. Remy (Mylene Dizon), an extern nun or someone who is able to leave the monastery from time to time to do errands for the nuns, learns from her mother that her activist brother is missing. She asks Mother Superior Ruth (Cuyugan-Asensio) for an indefinite leave of absence to help her family search for her brother. When her request is turned down, she starts secretly attending meetings of families with missing relatives. Lourdes (Jodi Sta. Maria), who joined the monastery just recently, decides to become an extern too to go with Remy to attend a meeting. They fall victim to violence on their way back.

Cast

  • Jodi Sta. Maria as Sister Lourdes
  • Mylene Dizon as Sister Remy
  • Fides Cuyugan-Asensio as Mother Superior
  • Raquel Villavicencio as Sister Vera
  • Maria Monica Reyes as Sister Emilia

Awards

2012

8th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival

  • Best Sound
  • Nominated-Best Film

Deauville Film Festival

  • Audience Award
  • Nominated-Best Film

Hawaii International Film Festival

Pusan International Film Festival

  • Nominated-New Currents Award
2013

Young Critics Circle

  • Nominated
    • Best Performance by Male or Female, Adult or Child, Individual or Ensemble in Leading or Supporting Role (Fides Cuyugan-Asensio)
    • Best Editing (Jerrold Tarog and Isabel Sandoval)
    • Bes Screenplay (Vincent Sandoval and Jerry Gracio)

Gawad Urian Awards 2013


References

    Notes

    1. Credited as Vincent Sandoval.
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