Tuesday, September 26, 2006 'Ang Pinakamahabang One Night Stand (The Longest One Night Stand)' vies in Chicago filmfest
AFTER being featured in the Festival del Mar International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Spain, Eduardo Roy Jr.'s short film "Ang Pinakamahabang One Night Stand (The Longest One Night Stand)," has been selected for programming in Reeling 2006: The 25th Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival, the second oldest LGBT (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender) film festival in the world.
Shot in December last year, the 20-minute film stars neophyte actors Venjie Pellena as Paul, Chris Caņizares as Jigs and Gem Cabreros as Sam. Pellena works in ABS-CBN while Caņizares won in a noontime male search and starred in the recently released "Bilog/Circle" directed by Cris Pablo. Cabreros, who heads the Sun.Star Network Exchange (Sunnex) Luzon bureau, is a part-time actor, who has shot for two other short films.
Paul and Sam are lovers who casually invite strangers every night for a menage-a-trois. Paul will grow tired of the game as his love for Sam deepens. But Sam takes Paul for granted, by having sex with other men in his presence, instead of him. Three is crowd but in this set-up, Paul feels alone. Until Jigs, who will matter to Paul, gets into the scene.
Earlier this year, "Ang Pinakamahabang One Night Stand" was selected as the only Asian short film to compete in the Festival del Mar (Ibiza International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival) in Spain, in what could be a first for a Philippine short film with a gay theme.
"Ang Pinakamahabang One Night Stand" will be in competition and is vying for a jury and audience award in Chicago.
Roy works for ABS-CBN. He wrote "Mangarap Ka", a teleserye that starred Piolo Pascual and Angelica Panganiban. Roy was also part of the creative team behind the television series "Spirits" directed by Chito Roņo.
In 2002, Roy bagged the best short film award given by the Film Academy of the Philippines for his short film "Ulirat". (Press release)
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