Erik Matti on the State of Filipino Filmmaking and Cinema | The Rolling Stone Interview

On the Job” and ”Honor Thy Father” director Erik Matti has had enough backhanded compliments to Filipino films. In this episode of Rolling Stone Philippines’ The Rolling Stone Interview, he shares his usual clapback — “Ayaw namin ‘yon! I want you to go out and say, ‘Tangina ganda ng movie talaga’ — as well as his learnings from the film festival circuit, the Denis Villeneuve film he could’ve directed, and what it will take for Filipino cinema to move forward.

Director: Kenneth Dimaano
Producer and Sound Engineer: Anton Molina
Associate Producer: Renzo Lumanog
Video Editing and Color Grading: Jomar Allan
Camera Operators: Excel Enriquez, Kieran Punay, JR Ramirez
Gaffers: FTW Photo & Video Services
Host and Writer: Sai Versailles

0:00 Start
0:47 Erik Matti on Buy Bust the Series
1:13 Erik Matti on watching films with his dad growing up
1:51 Erik Matti on conversations with his dad about cinema
3:03 Erik Matti on the state of Philippine and global cinema today
7:02 Erik Matti on creating Upstream and the future of streaming
11:46 Erik Matti on making On The Job
16:19 Erik Matti on mixing local stories with universal appeal
21:44 Erik Matti on local film festivals
23:56 Erik Matti on participating in the MMFF
27:30 Erik Matti on navigating the local film industry

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