Team behind ‘Fan Girl’ releases another must-see film
Riding on the success of 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) hit “Fan Girl,” Globe Studios is releasing another provocative must-see motion picture.
Beginning this Friday, Jan. 29, UPSTREAM is streaming “Midnight In a Perfect World,” a horror movie starring Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Glaiza de Castro. The film is produced by Globe Studios and Epicmedia Productions — the same team that made the box-office hit “Fan Girl”, which won eight major MMFF awards.
True to its vision of being the home of films that “come from authentic voices and are crafted by true creators,” “Midnight In A Perfect World” features a strong cast, a mind-bending story, and visceral visuals. The horror film was included in multiple “top 2020 films” lists, including CNN Philippines and cinemaescapist.com.
Set in a dystopian future Metro Manila, the story delves into the mysterious disappearances that occur during nightly blackouts.
Jasmine and Glaiza, with Anthony Falcon and Dino Pastrano, play a group of friends who are skeptical about the goings-on, but suddenly get caught in a blackout and must now find a safe house to survive.
The cast also includes Bing Pimentel, Soliman Cruz, Dolly de Leon, Charles Aaron Salazar and Brian Sy.
The film is written and directed by Dodo Dayao, the filmmaker behind the Cinema One Original “Violator”, internationally acclaimed by publications Twitch and Variety.
“When it was presented to us, it was pitched as an allegory of martial law. Little did we know that by the time it was released, it would also serve as a reflection of these dark times,” says Globe Studios’ head Quark Henares on why the production company was drawn to do the horror flick.
Dodo got the idea for “Midnight In A Perfect World” from an actual dream he had that he combined with personal memories of growing up during the last years of martial law.
“It may be a martial allegory but it is also a haunted house story,” declares the writer/director. “The house, our house is still haunted. The ghosts are all very much here.”
“Midnight In a Perfect World” had its world premiere at the QCinema International Film Festival, where it was the festival’s highest grossing film.
Watch it as it streams worldwide through UPSTREAM.ph from Jan. 29 to February 29. It is now available for advance booking at bit.ly/midnightinaperfectworld.
For details and updates, follow UPSTREAM.ph and Globe Studios social media pages /globestusiosph on Facebook and Twitter and @globestudios on Instagram, and follow @midnightinaperfectworldfilm on Instagram.
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Written in 15 minutes, Nicole Asensio Laurel’s new song “Love Me or Don’t” is about relationships and friendships where the persona had been hurt many times, smiled through it to put up a front and reached her breaking point, where she no longer lives for her lover’s approval, for the first time she’s unafraid to be alone and tells him straight -- “I don’t need you to feel complete. Love me or don’t…or kung ayaw mo, edi ‘wag.”
Recorded at Wildgrass Studios, the musicians who completed the team included Michael Alba (drums), Karel Honasan (bass) , Ira Cruz (guitar), Nikko Rivera (keys), horn players Lester Sorilla (trumpet), Isla Antinero (trombone) and Michael Guevarra (saxophone) who also wrote out the horn arrangement.
The three strong women with strong voices on the track were vocal arranger and singer Yosha Honasan, arranger Pauline Lauron, and Iwi Laurel, Nicole’s mom and biggest inspiration in life and music.
The mixing and mastering were done by Jess Fermino and Angee Rozul and completed in Abbey Road London.
The music video directed by Gorio Vicuna was set in a vintage 50s-esque utopia that is both polished and eerie in the same breath.
The narrative showcased Nicole’s two friends who are great actors, Max Eigenmann from the famed Eigenmann clan and French actor Guillaume Novert.
With darker and more cinematic themes, the video was shot in the Laurel ancestral home in Laguna.
Nicole will have a WISH BUS Performance with a band and promo for the music video launch on February 1. The music video will have a live music video launch the next day.
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