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'Birdshot' star John Arcilla hopeful about future of Pinoy movies

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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:62.5% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BXmwPIklQs2/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Push (@pushalerts)</a> on <time dateTime="2017-08-10T07:50:57+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 10, 2017 at 12:50am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>MANILA -- Veteran actor John Arcilla is hopeful about the future of Filipino movies, judging from the growing interest in local independent films.</p><p>&quot;Meron na talagang following ang indie movies. I mean when we had opened one time in CCP, I&#x27;m telling you, &#x27;yung dami ng audience at reception sa amin, ibang-iba,” Arcilla said in a press conference of his new movie &quot;Birdshot,&quot; which was the opening film of the recently concluded Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.</p><p>“Honestly hindi ko talaga ine-expect and most of them are millennials kaya masaya ako kasi talagang hindi namamatay ang pelikulang Pilipino,” he added.</p><p>&quot;Birdshot&quot; will be shown in local theaters as part of the first Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino, which runs from August 16-22. But even before its local run, it already earned raves abroad and was named Best Asian Future Film at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m really proud of this film kasi na-appreciate siya sa ibang bansa na hindi naman nakaka-intindi ng Tagalog. Kaya I&#x27;m sure tayong mga Pilipino, ma-appreciate din natin ito. Kaya subukan natin at suriin natin at doon natin sabihin na hindi siya naiintindihan,” Arcilla said.</p><p>Arcilla is best known for his 2015 independent movie &quot;Heneral Luna,&quot; a surprise box office hit which earned more than P250 million during its lengthy run in theaters.</p><p>Arcilla stressed that his role in &quot;Birdshot&quot; is very different. “Ang kaibahan nito hindi siya anti-hero na siya &#x27;yung lead tapos siya pa &#x27;yung matapang. Dito naman, siya &#x27;yung symbol ng corruption. Actually hindi siya mas aggressive kagaya ni Heneral Luna.”</p>

<p>Veteran actor John Arcilla is hopeful about the future of Filipino movies, judging from the growing interest in local independent films.</p>

Veteran actor John Arcilla is hopeful about the future of Filipino movies, judging from the growing interest in local independent films.