Synopsis: Lies + Lies = Truth.
Ryan Pastor knows this by heart. As a small time filmmaker, he knows how sound and images can be manipulated to say anything. And he's tired of the lies—the lies at work, in his relationships, the lies one must keep in society just to exist. On a whim, he decides to go to Cebu to document the Sinulog festival. There he stumbles upon a truth he didn't
ask for and is reluctant to touch. One of his subjects, a former politician who may or may not be dying, decides to confess his sins—all the crimes he committed while in office—before Ryan's camera.
What follows is a story of revelations and bitter truths, of buried secrets and sweet lies. CONFESSIONAL takes you to the heart of a criminal...or an honest man.
Cast & Crew: Cast: Publio Briones III, David Barril, Greg Fernandez, Owee Salva, Donna Gimeno
Director: Jerold Tarog and Ruel Dahis Antipuesto
Screenwriter: Ramon Ukit
Cinematographer: Ruel Dahis Antipuesto
Editor: Pats Ranyo
Music Jerold Tarog with Arodasi
Best Film in the First
Features Section - 10th Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian & Arab
Cinema, New Delhi
Winner: 2007 Cinema One Best Picture, Best Screenplay,Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Supporting Actors, Star Cinema Special Award
Sreening:
Indie Sine, Robinsons Galeria, August 13 - 19, 2008
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About the Filmmakers
RUEL DAHIS ANTIPUESTO always wanted to study film, but since time andmoney never got together, he just took the plunge. He made so many mistakes along the way that he ended up teaching in a film school. He won the grand prize in the 2006 Sinulog video documentary competition, and was cinematographer on the award-winning short, Carpool. Confessional is his feature directorial debut.
JERROLD TAROG took film theory courses while working on his Music Composition degree at the University of the Philippines and had a short encounter with the International Academy of Film and Television in Cebu.
He got three Gawad Urian Award nominations in 2007 for the scores of Kubrador, Kaleldo, and Manoro, and bagged the Cinemalaya prize for musical score for Kadin. His short, Carpool, won first prize at the 19th Gawad CCP. Confessional is his first feature film.
