Miko Revereza

Last updated

Miko Revereza is an experimental filmmaker from Manila. [1] Revereza lived in the United States as an undocumented immigrant; an experience which informs his work. [2] He holds an MFA from Bard College, but has no undergraduate degree. [3] In 2021, he won the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Filmmaking and his short films have been featured by the Criterion Collection. [4] [5]

No Data Plan was filmed during a cross-country train journey by Revereza and includes audio from conversations with his mother about immigration held on a burner phone. It was listed as one of the best films of 2019 by BFI's Sight & Sound International Film Magazine, Hyperallergic , and CNN Philippines. [6] [7] The film was screened at several locations, including the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art and the National Gallery of Art. [8] [9]

In Nowhere Near, the filmmaker returns to the Philippines to reckon with a "family curse" and the legacy of imperialism. [10] It was included in the Marché du Film de Cannes Docs Showcase. [11] It received funding through a Purin Pictures grant, the Open City Documentary Festival's Assembly Grant, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund Bright Future Award. [12] [13] [14]

Selected filmography

Related Research Articles

Cinéma vérité is a style of documentary filmmaking developed by Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch, inspired by Dziga Vertov's theory about Kino-Pravda. It combines improvisation with use of the camera to unveil truth or highlight subjects hidden behind reality. It is sometimes called observational cinema, if understood as pure direct cinema: mainly without a narrator's voice-over. There are subtle, yet important, differences between terms expressing similar concepts. Direct cinema is largely concerned with the recording of events in which the subject and audience become unaware of the camera's presence: operating within what Bill Nichols, an American historian and theoretician of documentary film, calls the "observational mode", a fly on the wall. Many therefore see a paradox in drawing attention away from the presence of the camera and simultaneously interfering in the reality it registers when attempting to discover a cinematic truth.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hawaii International Film Festival</span> Annual film festival in Hawaii, U.S.

The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pedro Costa</span> Portuguese film director

Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director. He is best known for his sequence of films set in Lisbon, which focuses on the lives of the impoverished residents of a slum in the Fontainhas neighbourhood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adelaide Film Festival</span> Film festival in Adelaide, South Australia

The Adelaide Film Festival is a film festival usually held for two weeks in mid-October in cinemas in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally presented biennially in March from 2003, since 2013 AFF has been held in October. Subject to funding, the festival has staged full or briefer events in alternating years; some form of event has taken place every year since 2015. From 2022 it takes place annually. It has a strong focus on local South Australian and Australian produced content, with the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund (AFFIF) established to fund investment in Australian films.

<i>Paris Is Burning</i> (film) 1990 film by Jennie Livingston

Paris Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it.

The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and June 2020. In addition to the annual festival, Hot Docs owns and operates the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, administers multiple production funds, and runs year-round screening programs including Doc Soup and Hot Docs Showcase.

The Vilcek Foundation is an American nonprofit organization. The foundation's programs include the Vilcek Foundation Prizes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ava DuVernay</span> American filmmaker (born 1972)

Ava Marie DuVernay is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Award, a BAFTA Film Award, and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee of an Academy Award and Golden Globe. In 2011, she founded her independent distribution company ARRAY.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anocha Suwichakornpong</span> Thai film director

Anocha Suwichakornpong is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and producer. She is currently Professor of Film at Columbia University, where she advises thesis students in the MFA Film Program and teaches film directing. She was formerly Visiting Lecturer on Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University.

Black women filmmakers have made contributions throughout the history of film. According to Nsenga Burton, writer for The Root, "the film industry remains overwhelmingly white and male. In 2020, 74.6 percent of movie directors of theatrical films were white, showing a small decrease from the previous year. In terms of representation, 25.4 percent of film directors were of ethnic minority in 2020. Of the 25.4 percent of minority filmmakers, a small percentage was female.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rubaiyat Hossain</span> Bangladeshi film director, writer, and producer

Rubaiyat Hossain is a Bangladeshi film director, writer, and producer. She made the films Meherjaan (2011), Under Construction (2015) and Made in Bangladesh (2019). In 2023, she becomes the second female director to win Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for Made in Bangladesh. Made in Bangladesh was listed in criterion collections hidden-gems of the 2010s. Hossain is currently working on her fourth feature film Difficult Bride. Hossain is also the founder Sultana's Dream, a funding and mentorship grant to empower, promote and support the next generation of women filmmakers and storytellers in Bangladesh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nanfu Wang</span> Chinese-born American filmmaker (b. 1985)

Nanfu Wang is a Chinese-born American filmmaker. Her debut film Hooligan Sparrow premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2017. Her second film, I Am Another You, premiered at SXSW Film Festival in 2017 and won two special jury awards, and her third film, One Child Nation, won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Wang is the recipient of a 2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Filmmaking, from the Vilcek Foundation.

Cinema of Sudan refers to both the history and present of the making or screening of films in cinemas or film festivals, as well as to the persons involved in this form of audiovisual culture of the Sudan and its history from the late nineteenth century onwards. It began with cinematography during the British colonial presence in 1897 and developed along with advances in film technology during the twentieth century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sophy Romvari</span> Canadian actress and director

Sophy Romvari is a Canadian film director, writer, and actress. She attracted widespread acclaim for her short film Still Processing (2020). The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival and was later released online by Mubi.

Minimalist cinema is related to the art and philosophy of minimalism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Open City Documentary Festival</span> Documentary film festival in the UK

The Open City Documentary Festival is a London-based documentary film festival run in early September. Its mission is to create an open space to support the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers. The festival offers awards in three categories: Open City Award, given by the Open City jury; Emerging International Filmmaker Award, for first or second-time feature filmmaker; and UK Short Award, for engaging short-forms of a documentary.

Juan Pablo González is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and editor known for his 2018 film Caballerango, and the 2022 Sundance award winner Dos Estaciones. His work primarily focuses on the Los Altos region of Mexico, where he's from.

Still Processing is a 2020 Canadian short documentary film, directed by Sophy Romvari.

<i>El Father Plays Himself</i> Venezuelan film

El Father Plays Himself is a 2020 internationally co-produced documentary film directed by Mo Scarpelli, an Italian-American filmmaker. It premiered at the 51º Visions du Réel and it’s a co-production between Venezuela, United Kingdom, Italy and the United States. The movie follows the filming of La Fortaleza, a movie about a son who goes back to his native country to tell the story of his father, who at the same time plays the main character in the film.

<i>Fuccbois</i> 2019 film

Fuccbois, also referred to as F#*@bois, is a 2019 LGBT film directed by Eduardo Roy Jr. It was Roy's last film prior to his death in 2022. Following Ace and Miko, two aspiring actors who also compete in swimsuit competitions, the film stars Kokoy de Santos, Royce Cabrera, and Ricky Davao. The film was played at the 2019 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival.

References

  1. ↑ "Miko Revereza". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  2. ↑ Nguyen, Minh (2021-10-21). "One Work: Miko Revereza's "No Data Plan"". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  3. ↑ Christian, Daniel (2018-09-13). "Miko Revereza | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine | Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  4. ↑ "Miko Revereza". Vilcek Foundation. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  5. ↑ Hunt, Aaron E. "A Moment When I Forgot My Home: A Conversation with Miko Revereza". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  6. ↑ Bolisay, Richard (Jan 6, 2020). "The best Filipino films of 2019". CNN Philippines Life. Archived from the original on January 6, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  7. ↑ Hyperallergic (2019-12-17). "Best of 2019: Our Top 12 Documentaries and Experimental Films". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  8. ↑ No Data Plan: A Conversation with Miko Revereza, 4 August 2020, retrieved 2022-05-25
  9. ↑ "No Data Plan preceded by Disintegration 93-96". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  10. ↑ "NOWHERE NEAR". Marché du Film. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  11. ↑ "NOWHERE NEAR". Marché du Film. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  12. ↑ Shackleton2020-05-01T00:10:00+01:00, Liz. "Thailand's Purin Pictures unveils projects in spring 2020 funding round". Screen. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ "News: Assembly 2019 Winner Announced - Miko Revereza". Open City Documentary Festival. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  14. ↑ "HBF spring selection 2019". iffr.com. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.