Nag-premiere na sa Vancouver International Women in Film Festival ang pelikulang isinulat at idinerek ng isang Filipino Canadian filmmaker. Kuwento ito ng pagmamahalan at mga hamong kinahaharap ng isang gay couple. Nagpapatrol, Rowena Papasin. #TFCNews Like and follow TFC News Facebook: https://facebook.com/TFCNewsNow Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFCNewsNow Website: https://mytfc.com/news News website: https://news.abs-cbn.com/tfcnews Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch full episodes on iWantTFC for FREE here: http://iwanttfc.com Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abscbnnews #TFC #TheFilipinoChannel #TFCNewsBritishColumbia #ABSCBNNews #TVPatrol #VancouverInternationalWomenInFilmFestival #VIWFF

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Excited ang batang Filipino-Canadian filmmaker na si King Louie Palomo dahil kabilang ang kanyang short film na Stay sa anim na offering ng Vancouver International Women in Film Festival na kasabay sa pagdiriwang ng International Women's Day.

May mga nauna ng proyekto si Palomo na nagpremier sa iba-ibang festival sa Vancouver pero espesyalan niya ito dahil ito ang kanyang unang in-person screening pagkatapos ng pandemia.

Bida rito ang kilalang Canadian drag queen na si Kendall Gender.

After all this long, long years even of creating this story and making this film, shooting the film, editing the film, pero yun po yung para sa akin yung pinaka-importante part ng aspect ng filmmaking is to see the audience reaction.

Ikinukwento sa Stay ang istorya ng isang drag queen na hindi sinasadyang umibig sa isang batang artist.

Ayon kay Palomo, bagamat universal naman ang mga kwento ng paghahanap ng pag-ibig, gusto niyang ipakita sa kanyang pelikula ang pagmamahala ng isang gay couple.

I just want the audience to see two gay people falling in love without having a problem or having an issue with the LGBTQIA community on how we love, who we love and who we are as a person.

Matapos mapili noon si Ken Wise na ang drag persona ay si Kendall Gender upang gampanan ang bidang papel ni Caleb sa Stay, saka naman nag-lockdown sa COVID-19 ang Canada.

Ayon kay Wise, marami silang parehong karanasan ni Caleb na kilala naman sa drag name niyang Ivy Diamonds sa pelikula.

There's a lot of scenes that I have actually been in those situations before. I remember them very specifically. So it was obviously playing a character to an extent but definitely things that I've been through as a person.

Ayon naman sa co-writer ng pelikula na si Stephanie Cardona, gusto niyang ilarawan sa kanyang pagsusulat na hindi naman naiiba sa mga ordinaryong tao ang mga queer people.

Dagdag ni Cardona na isang immigrant at isa rin queer filmmaker na masaya siya dahil nabigyan siya ng Canada ng pagkakataon na ikuwento ang ganitong mga istorya.

Being able to be here in these spaces and able to share and feel safe and feel accepted and loved is amazing. It's why I love this country and why I hope that we continue to push forward with queer issues and see more projects like this come to life because we need it.

Galing sa iba-ibang bansa ang iba pang mga pelikulang kasama sa festival at nakatoon ang mga ito sa kwento ng mga kababaihan. Ang Stay lang ang nag-iisang pelikulang nagtampok sa queer community at hindi nakalagpas sa mga filmmakers ang kahalagahan na mapabilang sila sa festival sa araw na nakalaan para sa selebrasyon ng mga kababaihan.

If you are celebrating Women's Day, you have to be able to include trans women as well, right? You can't just be specifically talking about cisgendered women. It has to be under the entire umbrella. And I think that right now in the social climate that we're in when it comes to trans rights and the states and all that kind of stuff, it's very important to remember to support your trans brothers and sisters and women of all different types and walks of life.

If you go back to the Philippines, the gay community is still not accepted. There's progress but still we're not there. We also can fall in love. It's normal for us to fall in love and it doesn't matter who we love. At the end of the day, it's love and acceptance.

Pangarap ni Napalomo at kanyang co-writer na si Cardona na gawing isang full-length film ang Stay pagdating ng araw. Para sa TFC News, Rowena Papasin, ABS-CBN News, Vancouver.

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