Todo Todo Teros

An artist wakes up as a terrorist. He is sent abroad to bomb subways. He hasn’t gone home. Manila sits still. A videotape emerges. This stranger talks to the camera and a familiar voice reacts, blasting as they move along. Composed mostly of found footage of close friends, Filipino musicians and performance artists, the film is a surreal take on Manila and how artists can subvert a culture by the mere act of creating works that empower and transform. It is a metamovie of sorts, a self-aware film that exposes suffering, infidelity, a woman’s empowerment, and filmmaking as a benign mode of terrorism against strangers and lovers alike.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Ruel Lozendo
Cinematography: Albert Banzon, John Torres
Editing: John Torres
Sound: John Torres
Music: Khavn De La Cruz, Armi Millare, Earl Drilon
Actors: Pusong Romana, Earl Drilon, Olga Aliseichyk, Regiben Romana, Lav Diaz, John Torres
Producers: John Torres
Art Direction: John Torres
Format: Digibeta Color-B&W
Production Country: Philippines
Production Year: 2006
Duration: 102
Contact: John Torres T. +63 2 928 2982 johnotros@gmail.com

John Torres

Born in Manila in 1975, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication (cum laude) from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1997. In 2005, he received the 2005 Cinemanila Award for Best Short Film and the Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema for his short film, Salat. His feature film, Years When I Was a Child Outside, was funded by the Hubert Bals Fund and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, was awarded a Jury Special Mention in the Southeast Asian Competition of the 2008 Bangkok IFF and the Grand Jury Prize in the 2007 Cinemanila IFF. It was screened in competition in Rotterdam and in Berlin Forum Expanded.

Filmography

(selected)
2005 Tawidgutom (short)
2005 Salat (short)
2005 Kung paano kita liligawan nang di kumakapit sa iyo/How I Can Court You without Ever Holding You (short)
2006 Todo Todo Teros
2007 Years When I Was a Child Outside