Synopsis: Ever wanted something so bad that you would do anything just to get it? ”Tambolista” focuses on one boy’s simple dream of owning his very own drum set. Set in the different slums of Manila, the film is taken from the point of view of 14-year-old Jason. A boy on the verge of manhood whose biggest passion is playing drums. When his older brother Billy (Coco Martin) impregnates his girlfriend, the brothers and their streetsmart friend Pablo (Sid Lucero) try to come up with any means possible to get money to pay for the abortion. These three men show how the struggle to survive amidst their lives of poverty can also be a struggle for keeping their humanity in this intimate portrait of two brothers living in deprivation. The movie also shows how life is similar to the beat of drums, both having high and low points.
Cast & Crew:
Cast: Jiro Manio, Coco Martin, Sid Lucero, Anita Linda, Fonz Deza, Ricky Davao, Susan Africa, Simon Ibarra, Mosang and Ms. Anita Linda
Screenwriter: Ave Regina S. Tayag
Executive Producer: Ronald Arguelles
Supervising Producer: Alvin Yapan
Line Producer: Arleen Cuevas
Associate Line Producer: Maxie Evangelista
Editor: Aleks Castañeda
Director of Photography: Albert Banzon
Music: Khavn dela Cruz
Production Designer: Jeck Cogama
Sound Engineer: Ditoy Aguila
37th Rotterdam International Film Festival: Official Selection
Munich International Film Festival 2008
Official Selection, Jecheon International Film and Music Festival
Official Selection, Nuevos Autores de Cine Asiatico – Madrid 2008
In Competition- 10th Barcelona Asian Film Festival
ASEAN Section, Bangkok International Film Festival 2008
In Competition, Asiaticafilmmediale Roma 2008, Opening Film, Philippine International Film Festival in Geneva 2009
Best Actor – Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2007
Pinakamahusay na Editing - URIAN Awards 2008;
Pinakamahusay na Direktor (Nominee), Pinamahusay na Pangunahing Aktor (Nominee), Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktres (Nominee), Pinakamahusay na Pangalawang Aktor (Nominee), Pinakamahusay na Musika, (Nominee), Pinakamahusay na Sinematograpiya (Nominee), Pinakamahusay na Tunog (Nominee) - URIAN Awards 2008
Digital Movie of the Year (Nominee), Digital Movie Director of the Year (Nominee), Supporting Movie Actor of the Year (Nominee), Digital Screenplay of the Year (Nominee), Digital Movie Editor of the Year (Nominee) – Star Awards for Movies 2008
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This black-and-white film has already had several successful screenings abroad including the Rotterdam Film Festival (The Netherlands), Barcelona Asiatica International Film Festival (Spain), Munich International Film Festival (Germany), and Cinema Asiatica Nuovo (Madrid, Spain) and Jecheon Internation Music and Film Festival (Korea).
The film, which competed in the 2007 Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival, bagged the Best Actor award (for Sid Lucero). It also earned nominations in the 24th Star Awards for Movies in the categories Supporting Actor of the Year (Sid Lucero), Digital Movie Director of the Year (for director Adolf Alix Jr.), and Digital Original Screenplay of the Year (for Ave Regina Tayag).
Direk Adolf has made a name for himself through writing stories and screenplays, making this as a stepping-stone for gaining bigger responsibilities in the movie industry. He has worked closely with famous stars for movies such as Donsol (Angel Aquino and Sid Lucero), Siquijor (Iza Calzado and Ian Veneracion), and Batanes (Iza Calzado and Ken Zhu of F4 fame).
He also wrote the script for Beautiful Life (Dina Bonnevie and Gloria Romero), Matthew Mark Luke and John (Richard Quan, Paolo Serrano, Justin de Leon and Neil Ryan Sese) by director Gil Portes, and the 2005 Star Cinema comedy-horror blockbuster D'Anothers (Vhong Navarro and Toni Gonzaga) of director Joyce Bernal. Direk Adolf is now considered one of the most prolific filmmakers in Philippine independent cinema after having directed nine (9) feature movies in the last two years.
