00:00One of the things that we have been doing is that we have been doing this for you.
00:07Now, we have the Elephant Pats finalists in the Cine Kabataan.
00:11It's a competition that we have been doing this for the filmmakers of the bansha.
00:16Alamin nga natin ang detalye tungkol sa Elephant Pats.
00:21At kilalanin natin ang director ng pelikula na si Justin De Vera.
00:27Good morning, Justin.
00:30Good morning po.
00:31Well, una sa lahat, congratulations.
00:33Ano ba yung pakiramdam na naging finalist kayo?
00:37Itong Elephant Pats?
00:39First of all, ano ko?
00:40Josh De Vera po.
00:42And the feeling po of being a finalist, parang matagal na po kasi ako nagtutry sumaling sa mga gantong film festivals.
00:50So, this is the eighth year of Cine Kabataan.
00:53And I remembered I started to join yung second year niya.
00:56So, seven years after, I finally got in.
01:01So, it feels overwhelming and I'm happy that I get to share a story about my personal experience in my hometown.
01:08Ah, okay.
01:09So, ito nga Josh, paano ninyo nabuo yung concept ng Elephant Pats?
01:13At may personal ba itong pinaguhugutan at mayroon ka bang gustong itakel na mas malawak na social issue?
01:21Hmm. Siguro, ang backstory kasi nung Elephant Pats, ah, going back dun sa experience ko nung high school ako, ah, madalas kasi maagang nag-tatapos yung klase.
01:32So, we try to find saan pupunta after to hangout lang ng mga kaibigan ko.
01:37Hmm. And then, there's a newly opened mall, ah, frustratingly kasi ano siya, hindi siya accessible, ah, jeepneys don't pass by this mall but we really want to go somewhere.
01:48Kaya ginawa namin, tinaak namin yung, ah, mga talahid dun sa likod ng mall just to get there.
01:54So, ano talaga siya, ah, tinaak namin siya and then nakapunta naman kami dun and then binabalik-balikan namin siya hanggang sa yung mga footsteps namin.
02:03Ah, nagmarka na siya sa lupa, there's a trail that were created and later learned or found out na, may tawag dito, ah, it's called an Elephant Pats.
02:12Ah, because, ah, in Animal Kingdom, in Elephants, ah, create the shortest and safest paths for the animals to follow.
02:18So, it's really a trail, ah, created by the people naman, kaya, tinawag siya ang Elephant Path.
02:24Ang galing, ah, yung concept niya, nostalgia, parang nostalgia dahil, ah, babalikan mo yung mga footsteps na dinaanan niyo noong araw.
02:31Okay, pag-usapan natin yung production. Ah, ano yung challenging part sa paglikha ng film na ito?
02:37Okay, yung challenging part is, ah, yung nga, it's really an ensemble film.
02:42So, we're, we work, ah, with a lot of actors. But I have four main actors, ah, coming from different backgrounds.
02:50Siguro pinaka-challenging na parte is yung balikan ko, yung mga, um, I think, traumatic experiences ko nung high school, ah, yung mga hindi magandang nangyari nung kabataan ko.
03:02But, at least turning it into something na, yun nga, creating art about it.
03:07And I hope mag-resonate sa mga kabataan katulad ko yung experience. So, ayun, parang, um, yung four characters ko, it's a recollection of my different, um, traumas in life or yung mga, ah, experiences that I felt failed by figures in power.
03:26Mm-hmm.
03:27Hindi biro, Audrey, yung gumawa ng isang film, ano, nalala na sa mga kabataan kasi nung college, ah, college tayo, di ba? May mga ganyan tayong, ah, projects, pero ito, lumalaban sa mga entries.
03:37So, ano sa tingin mo, Josh, yung nag-stand out sa Elephant Pats para nga itong, ah, ito ay maging, ah, finalist dito sa, ah, yung entry ninyo ay maging finalist.
03:48Yeah, ah, beyond the, yun nyan, the concept of Elephant Pats, ah, nilawa kasi talaga siya, ah, there's an Elephant Pats na trail, na daan, but also we're, ah, tackling a surrealist team dito sa pelikula kung saan.
04:04This, these kids kasi, ah, with their experiences in their fading hometown, ah, they hear Elephant Figures na parang looming in na paparating.
04:14So, we're also playing with literal Elephants, and I think, ah, may interesting part na wala na kasing Elepante sa Pilipinas, ah, and then, ah, yun nga, saan nang gagaling, at ano yung gustong ipahihwateg nung narinig nating Elepante in this film.
04:30So, ah, yun, challenging din for me, as I, it's first time that I'm working, ah, with a surrealist team, ah, may fantastical elements sa kanya, but at the same time, ah, yeah, exciting kasi nga, ah, pinaglaluan mo rin nyo,
04:44yung, ah, how the mind of the youth works, paano nila, ah, ah, in-acknowledge or tinatry na maitindihan yung mga, mga bagay na nangyari sa paligid nila.
04:56Mm-hmm.
04:56Bilang pang huli, Joshua, no, um, nasa, pasok na kayo, no, sa finalist na kayo, anong next step ngayon para mas marami pang makaparood ng film na ito?
05:05Yeah, um, so this one is, ah, screening open to public naman next month, ah, but also, like, deliberate na talaga namin goal is after the festival, ah, isubmit pa ito to more, ah, festivals, local, international, for the goal na, ah, mag, ah, maka-occupy pa ito ng maraming espasyo, mag-spark pa ng conversation, because yun niya, yung sa, ah, conversation niya kanina, ah, we're talking about yung mga, ah, flood, ah, flood issues sa bansa.
05:32So, ah, it's really timely yung tinatry-itakel ng elephant paths because of the, um, aggressive, um, developments and also youth being erased with the equation dun sa mga developments na ito.
05:47So, we're trying to join more and screen to more, um, ah, festivals and screening, so, ah, please watch out, kasi, ayun, we'll definitely announce.
05:57Again, congratulations, ah, ah, naging finalist sila.
06:01Oo nga, ayun, maraming salamat, ah, Joshua.
06:03Ito ay, ah, napakalaking, ah, achievement.
06:06Sana magpatuloy kayo sa inyong ginagawa.
06:08At, ah, ah, ah, mas marami pang kabataan ang, ah, ah, mapaibig sa paglalathala ng mga issue ng bayan at kwento sa pamamagitan ng pelikula.
06:16Again, thank you, Joshua.
06:18Thank you, Paul.
06:18Thank you, Paul.
