Film Title: Sagip sa Ika-7 Hakbang (Rescue On The 7th Step)
Writer, Director: Jonah Anonuevo Lim
Synopsis:
"Sagip sa Ika-7 Hakbang" shows a father's inability to accept a dyslexic son and the trials the family go through. From the time the dyslexic child is taunted in school for not being able to write his own name properly, to the discovery of the disability, the film brings us to various emotions that eventually make us all understand the struggles one has to overcome especially with an angry father and a submissive mother.
Cast & Crew:
Directed by:
Jonah Anonuevo Lim
Executive Producers:
Jonah Lim
Jose and Dorothy Lim
Ma. Lourdes Luces
Filipino Friends in Toronto
Produced by:
Paul Lee (Canada)
Jonah Lim
Jojo Victorio
Starring:
Berl William Angeles Jr
Gina Lumauig
Rocky Arboleda
Keanu Medalla
John Ver Jimenez
Ma. Teresa Tinio
Therese Carlos
Ezekiel Gersin
Ethan Salgado
Screenplay by:
Jonah Lim
Shirley Mariano
Assistant Director
Ardijen Jimenez
Director of Photography
Jonah Lim
Camera Operators
Jonah Lim
Jonathan Eric Suelto
Paul Tuico
Production Designer
Menk Cruzat
Original Music and Score
Jorem Lim
Gideon Roy Lim
Randall Harp (United States)
Philippine Premiere, Thursday, March 5, 2009, 6:00 pm University of the Philippines Film Institute (Cine Adarna)
Nominee, Best Feature Film category
2008 Sabaoth International Film Festival
Milan, Italy
Trailer:
The Day You'll Stay", theme song of the film.
Poster:
Press Release:
Dyslexia, a neurological learning disability that is often misinterpreted by parents and educators as a simple case of being slow, lazy or stupid, is the focus of an advocacy independent film that will be premiered on Thursday, March 5, 2009, 6:00 pm at the University of the Philippines Film Institute (Cine Adarna).
"Sagip sa Ika-7 Hakbang" shows a father's inability to accept a dyslexic son and the trials the family go through. From the time the dyslexic child is taunted in school for not being able to write his own name properly, to the discovery of the disability, the film brings us to various emotions that eventually make us all understand the struggles one has to overcome especially with an angry father and a submissive mother.
Written and directed by Jonah Anonuevo Lim, the film was a finalist for the feature film category at the Sabaoth International Film Festival in Milan Italy last November 2008. Lim, a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication in Film, has also an MFA from Chapman University in California. He has won various film awards abroad including Best Foreign Film at the 2005 WYSIWYG Film Festival in San Francisco, USA for his film “Kaibigan.”
Will Angeles stars as the angry father refusing to accept his son's disability; his wife is played by Gina Lumauig, and Rocky Arboleda plays Miguel, the son who struggles through dyslexia.
"Sagip sa Ika-7 Hakbang" hopes to educate people and help them accept and overcome dyslexia, said to afflict approximately 15% of school children.
The film is co-sponsored by the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication Alumni Association.
For more information you may call 9818500 local 2678 or 0905 287 1613 or email at ginalumauig@yahoo.com.
