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Three Shots Film Festival 2021 Announces Official Selection; Here's our Top Five Favorites

MUD Studios Philippines launched the Three Shots Film Festival, a short film competition open to all Filipino students with a very simple rule: to tell a story in just three shots. 

Official selections has been announced on November 3, 2021 completing 20 films that will be available to watch for free at www.mud-studios.net during the festival run. From these 20 finalist, three films will receive special awards and one film will be declared audience choice awardee on the night of November 12.

See the complete list by signing up at the MUD Studios website. All film entries are creative and interesting in their own way but here are The DistantPlay Project's top five favorites:



1. BULAWAN (Dir. Jermaine Tulbo)

Bulawan is beautiful in so many aspects --the actors are good and effective; framings and blockings are perfect as if Tulbo made use of the environment as a theatre space; and the location felt like it was also alive and telling us the story. The screenplay was well crafted that it was intriguing, fun, hopeful, sad and angering in the right parts. And then you'd realize, this fiction is so close to reality.




2. 4PM (Dir. Janina Cortez)

4PM is a one-minute film that stands out because of its simplicity but the symbolism can have different meanings to the people watching it. During these pandemic times, it may signify losing a personality due to adjustment or it may express feelings of existing but not being in the moment.



3. BOOM TIYAYA (Dir. John Thomas Trinidad)

This one scene, a little over a minute film manages to make one smile, hope for the main character's safety, and feel a bittersweet relief in the end. 



4. NILAGA (Dir. Alyssa Maxine Balayo)

What is interesting about Balayo's short film is the sound bytes in the background drawing you to listen which may be the film's very intention. It sends the message that abuses should never be normalized, that such influences all genders; and when abuses are normalized, gender will never dictate who the abuser or victim will be.



5. SAKALING MAKALIPAD (Dir. Rainner Cion)

Sakaling Makalipad is effective in its purpose to be playful and each scene seems like a puzzle to solve: What is the boy throwing a stick at? Why is it so important that he won't just make a new one? In the end the film is heart-warming and actually explores social injustice in a micro perspective.


These are DistantPlay's subjective recommendation that is not an easy trim down because all finalists have their special appeal and highlighted technical/creative strengths. So go ahead and start watching the Three Shot entries at www.mud-studios.net  and support your favorites at https://m.facebook.com/TheMUDStudios/ by voting for them for the Audience Choice award.


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