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Monday, February 16, 2004
Fire guts house of world-renowned filmmaker
By Harley Palangchao
BAGUIO -- A one-hour fire gutted the house of world-renowned Filipino filmmaker Erik de Guia, also known as Kidlat Tahimik, located along the Baguio City limit compound in Tuding, Benguet, on Sunday morning.
Baguio Fire Department (BDF) officials reported that the structural fire was called to their office at around 8:25 a.m., prompting them to dispatch three fire trucks to the area.
Firefighters contained the fire after less than an hour, but the wooden bamboo house of De Guia was razed.
Fire investigators are still estimating the damage caused by the fire. Ed de Guia, Kidlat's brother, however, said the damage could run to thousands of pesos because the fire also burnt the filmmaker's personal collections from abroad.
De Guia was thankful no one was hurt. He added the filmmaker was out of town when the incident occurred and he was still trying to contact his brother.
Kidlat is one of the finest filmmakers in the country. He is the first Filipino filmmaker who received international recognition abroad for filmmaking.
His 93-minute documentary entitled Mababangong Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare) won the International Critics Award at the Berlin Festival and the Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival in 1978.
Kidlat also travels abroad as resource speaker on short film documentary and is actively working with villagers of Ifugao regarding the continuous quest to save the world-famous Ifugao Rice Terraces, which is now deteriorating.
(February 16, 2004 issue)
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