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Director Cathy Garcia-Sampana explains why she chooses to make films with happy endings

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>Blockbuster director Cathy Garcia-Sampana explained the reason she chooses to make films with happy endings.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s so easy to become a director. You get a camera, point, shoot, edit, voilà, you already are a director. But the biggest question is what kind of director are you and why are you even telling this story?&quot; Cathy pointed out in an interview with Bernadette Sembrano for the latter&#x27;s latest YouTube vlog.</p><p>The director relayed that it was director Marilou Diaz-Abaya who inspired her to tell stories that will provide joy to moviegoers.</p><p>&quot;Maraming nagtataanong, [bakit] lagi na lang happy ending, lagi na lang good vibes &#x27;yung ending ko. Na-inculcate sa akin ni direk Marilou &#x27;yun eh that cinema is an art but a form of entertainment so at the end of the day we entertain people,&quot; she highlighted.</p><p>The director shared that it became her goal to make the audience feel happy after watching her films.</p><p>&quot;Hindi maatim ng puso ko na umuwing luhaan ang manonood ko. Goal ko na &#x27;yun na every movie na lumabas ka ng pelikula ko na masaya, na lumabas ka ng pelikula ko na gusto mong magmahal uli,&quot; she said.</p><div><iframe width="2026" height="814" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jLpCE-ltFjU" title="ANG HELLO LOVE AGAIN NI DIREK CATHY, 20 TAON ANG AGWAT! | Bernadette Sembrano" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>The director went on: &quot;It became my, parang, okay lang, sige sabihin niyo ng hindi ako art director keribels lang, marami naman akong napapasayang tao. Kasi sabi sa akin ni direk Marilou, &#x27;You see, the awards, the award-giving bodies that&#x27;s okay. Sobra kang matutuwa pero ilan ang pumili sa&#x27;yo? Ilang tao lang &#x27;yung pumili na &#x27;yan para sa award mo pero &#x27;pag pinalabas mo ang pelikula mo at maraming nakagusto, ilan ang pumili sa&#x27;yo?&#x27;&quot;</p><p>From then on, touching the hearts of many audiences through the film gave Cathy the fulfillment as a director.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C_HPtW9ya7W/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=607&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A237674.89999997616%2C%22ls%22%3A237039.79999995232%2C%22le%22%3A237637.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" 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;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe></div><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/C_HPtW9ya7W/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-0" 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:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C_HPtW9ya7W/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;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/C_HPtW9ya7W/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Joross Gamboa (@joross_gamboa)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>&quot;It became my trophy. Every time maraming nanonood sa pelikula ko, my heart is overflowing with joy, because I know naka-touch ako ng hearts,&quot; she said.</p><p>The <em>Hello, Love, Again </em>director also shared her definition of success when it comes to directing.</p><p>&quot;Success is measured by the number of hearts you touch with your films and I think I will forever do that until the day na mag-stop na ako mag-direk. I will forever attempt that every time I tell a story, it&#x27;s a story that will touch the hearts of the manonood, [na] paglabas nila ng sinehan, they would want to love life and love again,&quot; she stated.</p>

<p>Cathy Garcia-Sampana on her goal as a director: 'Goal ko na 'yun na every movie na lumabas ka ng pelikula ko ng masaya, na lumabas ka ng pelikula ko na gusto mong magmahal uli.' </p>

Cathy Garcia-Sampana on her goal as a director: 'Goal ko na 'yun na every movie na lumabas ka ng pelikula ko ng masaya, na lumabas ka ng pelikula ko na gusto mong magmahal uli.'

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Director Cathy Garcia-Sampana explains why she chooses to make films with happy endings

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Published Nov 22, 2024 10:09 AM PHT

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Updated Nov 22, 2024 11:39 AM PHT

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