Posts Tagged ‘vigan’

Hit the beach!

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Aloha!

24k will hit the beach as it screens at the Hawaii International Film Festival on October 15-25, 2009.

I’m eager to have the film screened there since a lot of Ilocanos migrated to those islands in the 1970s and 80s. I’m sure they’ll be happy to watch a film shot in their home province.

Thanks to Minette Ferrer, Anderson Le, and the Hawaii Int’l. Film Festival for this opportunity!

I’ve hit the beach myself and gone on vacation. Where else? In Ilocos Sur! (Haha can’t get enough of it.) At the Cabugao Beach Resort.

Cabugao Beach Resort

Cabugao Beach Resort

Not that I’m biased, but I do looove the place.

First of all, it’s beautiful, clean, quiet, and well-maintained. There aren’t people selling you all sorts of stuff on the beach. It’s the perfect place to relax and forget about how much money you spent shooting an indie film.

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Fooling around in Vigan

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

by ana agabin

We got back from Ilocos Sur earlier than scheduled. I tried, I really tried, to rewrite my script while I was in Vigan, but there were just too many distractions, especially with a festival going on. So I opted to go home on Feb 2 after our ocular and get some real work done.

Here’s Edwin and I fooling around in Vigan (ahem, instead of working on my script).

kanna2-ana

kanna1-edwin

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Off to Ilocos Sur!

Friday, January 30th, 2009

by ana agabin

It’s less than a month before our scheduled start of shoot for 24k. My assistant director, Edwin Guillermo, and I just arrived in Vigan and are enjoying the festivities of the Kannawidan festival. Tomorrow my new director of photography, Pao Orendain, will come over and we’ll all be going to our locations in Suyo for another ocular. I hope he followed my advice and did some jogging before coming over. Our locations are not for the weak and squirmish.

Suyo, with its mountains, and rivers, and hanging bridges, and its mysterious, rustic ambiance, is my favorite place in Ilocos Sur. I can’t wait to start shooting there.