Ahead of Reel Asian’s kickoff, The Globe and Mail spoke with Martin Edralin about family, food and Filipino cinema
? There’s been criticism from filmmakers about a lack of resources, working under tight budgets …
How did you go about casting? These are all amateur performers, but everyone feels natural on-screen. We had 22 days, which was honestly more than I thought we could do in the beginning. But translating the script was the biggest challenge – it was written in English, and in hindsight I should have translated it to Tagalog. Before every scene, I’d sit with the actors trying to translate it. While they’re all English speakers, there are different interpretations.It’s been very strange. For SXSW, I was at a desk the entire week, sending e-mails and doing interviews and approving social media.
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