About

'Next Attraction is the second part (although they can certainly be seen separately) of what is intended to be a box-office trilogy: Raya Martin's treatises on cinematography itself. The first part, Now Showing, is primarily about film as diary, and is made up of fake home movies. Next Attraction is a making-of, which poses the question of whether the film is really being made behind the scenes. Coco Martin and Paolo Rivero are celebrated young actors in today's Filipino film scene. They appear on the set to make a short film. In the story in the short film, a boy runs away from home after a quarrel with his mother. The film follows him through the centre of Manila. In a neglected area of the city, he meets a man and has his first sexual experience. When he gets back home, his mother tries to settle the quarrel. He ignores her and decides under the shower what he'll do next.' Gertjan Zuilhof, Vienne International Film Festival

'I make films for myself. When you've figured yourself out, people understand. It's a kind of language, not cinema as language, but classically, a form of being. I love making films because afterwards I understand certain questions in my head, not through the movie but through the process.' Raya Martin

Ages 18+