I was invited to the press screening of the Ateneo de Davao Human Knights Film Festival. The Human Knights Film Fest is the public screening, competition, and awarding of the film projects of the Communications majors under AdDU Faculty member Ronald Gary Bengil Bautista.

Gary Bautista is himself a multi-awarded indie filmmaker, having won numerous awards in the 5th Mindanao Film Festival for his film Sandugo.

Bautista taught and mentored his students for a semester and the Human Knights Film Festival is the culmination of their class for the second semester of SY 2009 – 2010.

First up was dramedy Tick Tock by JP Curay. Tick Tock is a Bisaya film by Cinesthesia Films, produced by Abby Araullo.

It stars Jessa Mabasag as a girl with only 24 hours to live. The catch? She is young and a virgin. LOLS! The film is funny and a bit sexy peppered by of course, some drama.

The second film was more serious and darker, Hatsu Tamo, a Japanese language film by Jap-Fil Hashiko Nagasaki. It is an emotional suspense movie.

My favorite among the four films was Thy Will Be Done by Kristian Somera. It is produced by Carmelle Jumawan and stars Diana Juaban.

The movie is a thriller with some religious undertones which focuses on the seven deadly sins. The film was borne from a brainstorming session among the group members. The result is a great story. The story is not complicated but the story-telling and the way it was filmed made the movie very interesting and superb.

The final film of the day was Lumon an action adventure film shot like a first person shooting video game. It is directed by Leo Jeorge Baustista and Mark Nicolas Dapitanon.

It stars Emery Juansengpue and the group is mostly composed of males. Hence, the movie’s theme and genre. It is a fun movie to watch.

Congratulations to Gary Bautista and the Human Knights 2010 Filmmakers! Looking forward to your next projects.