Excuse Me Miss, Miss, Miss now streaming at Sundance
Jan 28, 2021 2:30 PM PHT
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The Sundance Film Festival opens Thursday, January 28. Unlike previous editions, this year s festival takes place virtually.
Another novelty comes in the form of
Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss, which, according to its digital archives, is the first Filipino short film to ever play at the 43-year old festival.
From Southern Lantern Studios, an independent film outfit that has constantly swept local awards with films like
Women of the Weeping River and
John Denver Trending, comes this offbeat dark comedy about the banal lives of department store salespeople. In it, a contractual sales lady teeters between regularization and termination. The film itself teeters between the surreal and somewhat real, ultimately exposing the nature of labor practices in the Philippines.
Filmmaker Sonny Calvento on Sundance and why comedy is inherently Pinoy
Written by Oliver Emocling
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endIndex: Sonny Calvento talks about making his first short film, the influence of his father on his practice, and the boundaries between film and T.V. Illustration by JL JAVIER/Photo courtesy of SONNY CALVENTO
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines Life) Sonny Calvento’s short film “Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss” begins with an utterly familiar mall jingle. A Filipino viewer who grew up in an urban area might be able to recognize the tune and sing along. It’s the type of sound that inevitably inflicts vexation. But satirized in the film, it’s funny until you realize that you’re laughing at a real-life misery.