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Janine Gutierrez on attending her first Venice International Film Festival: ‘I am all the more inspired now’

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<p>&quot;Sobrang I am all the more inspired now.&quot;3</p><p>These were the words of Janine Gutierrez after attending the Venice International Film Festival as part of the movie <em>Phantosmia</em> by Lav Diaz.</p><p>&quot;Sobrang pangarap ko mag-Venice and these types of film festivals. When I was there, may fan who flew from the US. TFC. To see so much effort, sobrang ganun din nararamdaman ko na effort,&quot; she said in an interview with ABS-CBN News.</p><p>The actress also recalled how overwhelming it was to walk the red carpet of the film festival.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C_e_h8-MJmt/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A441526.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="880" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" 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><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;Surreal. &#x27;Yun na pinakamalaking red carpet na nalakaran ko ever. Ang dami kasi mga tao nag-aabang sa red carpet. Nag-ca-camp-out sa Hollywood stars. It was exciting to walk lang with our team,&quot; Janine recounted.</p><p><em>Phantosmia</em> received a standing ovation during its world premiere at the festival.</p><p>&quot;Puro Europeans ang audience. Ramdam ko na ang dami tagahanga ni Direk Lav. 30 minutes in the film I realized kami lang nakaka-intindi. Sila subtitles, the same way we do sa K-drama. Sobra nakakakilig.  Ang saya na Filipino films pinapanood nila,&quot; she recalled.  </p><p>As per www.labiennale.org, <em>Phantosmia</em> follows the story of Hilarion Zabala, who is experiencing a mysterious olfactory issue. &quot;A counselor/psychiatrist suspects it to be a lingering case of phantosmia, a phantom smell, and possibly caused by trauma, a deep psychological fracture,&quot; the website read.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2024/7/24/janine-gutierrez-expresses-gratitude-for-phantosmia-being-part-of-the-venice-film-festival-1640"><strong>READ: Janine Gutierrez expresses gratitude for ‘Phantosmia’ being part of the Venice Film Festival: ‘Super dream come true’</strong></a></div><p>Aside from Janine, the movie also stars Ronnie Lazaro, Paul Jake Paule, and Hazel Orencio.</p><p>In a previous interview, Janina said that attending the international film festival was a dream come true.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C_dFThSMxjG/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A441548.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" 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><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;I’m so excited! Kasi dream ko talaga na makapunta sa international film festival with Filipino films, so sobrang happy ako. Sobra din pasasalamat ko sa <em>Lavender Fields </em>kasi pinayagan nila ako to leave for a week and be able to attend,&quot; Janine stated.</p><p>She went on: &quot;Actually, may video ako nung nalaman ko na Venice ‘yung pupuntahan, tapos sobrang sumisigaw ako saka umiiyak. Pero kasi they didn’t tell me agad. Parang sinabi lang na may festival &#x27;yung film namin na <em>Phantosmia</em> with Direk Lav, binigay lang &#x27;yung dates pero hindi pa daw ma-confirm.&quot;</p>

<p>Janine Gutierrez attends the Venice International Film Festival as part of the movie '<i>Phantosmia'</i> by Lav Diaz. </p>

Janine Gutierrez attends the Venice International Film Festival as part of the movie ' Phantosmia' by Lav Diaz.

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Janine Gutierrez on attending her first Venice International Film Festival: ‘I am all the more inspired now’

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Published Sep 13, 2024 02:42 PM PHT

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