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Mikhail Red still processing Deleter winning big at MMFF

Mikhail Red is ‘still processing’ his film ‘Deleter’ winning big at MMFF

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>&quot;We&#x27;re still processing it.&quot;</p><p>These were the words of director Mikhail Red as he described his feelings after his movie <em>Deleter</em> won big at the Metro Manila Film Festival&#x27;s Gabi ng Parangal.</p><p>The film bagged seven awards including Best Director for Mikhail Red, Best Actress for Nadine Lustre, Best Cinematography for Ian Guevarra, Best Editing for Nikolas Red, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, and Best Picture.</p><p>&quot;[We&#x27;re] very surprised, especially, for our R-rated horror movie to do so well this Christmas season. Just getting into MMFF is already a big shock for us. You know, we did not intend to have this film for MMFF. but it&#x27;s the biggest platform right now to reach a wide audience locally,&quot; Mikhail said in an interview with ANC&#x27;s<em> Headstart.</em></p><div><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D77DPrgaAwM" title="Headstart: One-on-One with &#x27;Deleter&#x27; Director Mikhail Red | ANC" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>The director added that they are thankful for the success that <em>Deleter </em>has achieved. <em></em><br/></p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re just really honored to have won all the prizes, the major prizes at the MMFF awards night. And now we are steadily growing at the box office. We are just very honored and grateful. We can&#x27;t wait to continue sharing this film with Filipinos and maybe, eventually, even an international audience,&quot; he stated.</p><p>Mikhail remarked that it means so much to him to be able to direct a movie that has reached many people.</p><p>&quot;When I make a film, my philosophy, my ideology is always to make sure that the message of the film, the stories convey to as much people as possible, and to the people that matter. We don&#x27;t want to just preach to the choir or to echo chambers of the film industry, we really want to be seen by the people. So this is big for us,&quot; he stated.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/12/28/fresh-scoops/mikhail-red-on-working-with-nadine-lustre-in-delet-204644" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Mikhail Red on working with Nadine Lustre in ‘Deleter’: She knew exactly what needed to be done</u></strong></a></div><p>The director was also all praises for Nadine&#x27;s performance in the movie. In <em>Deleter</em>, the actress plays the role of Lyra, a content moderator who is tasked to filter graphic uploads on social media.</p><p>&quot;When I met [Nadine], she told me she&#x27;s a really big fan of horror films. She likes movies, she has taste in movies. It was so easy working with her because she&#x27;s a very technical actress, she understands what I need as a filmmaker, and the process was smooth,&quot; he said.</p><p>Mikhail commended Nadine&#x27;s performance considering that her role in the film was complex to play.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-8" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CmoU5G0S1km/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=810&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A8%2C%22os%22%3A6381019.699999988%2C%22ls%22%3A1308182.400000006%2C%22le%22%3A1308963.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="879" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-8" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a very challenging role because when you think of good acting here in the Philippines or when you say best actress, sometimes the expectation is really high drama where you really project your lines and it&#x27;s highly emotional. But in this film, she plays a very apathetic numb content moderator, so that&#x27;s the challenge for her. She had to act with restraint and subtlety, and everything should just be seen in her body language and mannerisms and her eye movements,&quot; he explained.</p><p>Meanwhile, in an interview with ABS-CBN News following her big win at the Gabi ng Parangal, Nadine remarked that she felt overwhelmed by the recognition she received.</p><p>&quot;Sobrang unreal kasi like what I said earlier, hindi talaga namin in-expect na makakasama sa MMFF &#x27;yung <em>Deleter</em> so sobrang unreal. Parang akong si Lyra nananaginip pa rin ako,&quot; she said.</p><p>On <em>Deleter</em> bagging numerous awards, she said, &quot;Hindi talaga namin i-nexpect &#x27;to but I am really, really happy kasi para sa amin, para sa team Deleter, enough reward na &#x27;yung gustuhun siya ng mga Pilipino at gustuhin nilang panoorin, na mag-enjoy silang panoorin. So ito isang malaking bonus para sa team Deleter so I am really, really happy.&quot;</p>

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Mikhail Red is ‘still processing’ his film ‘Deleter’ winning big at MMFF

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Published Dec 31, 2022 08:16 PM PHT

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