As a Filipino moviegoer, I always feel like I am being deprived of seeing high caliber Filipino films. Gone are the days of filmmaking where filmmakers and movie producers were producing and making films for quality and artistic values. Now, all we see are conventional, repetitive, and boring films with the sole purpose of making money. For some film studios and producers, it’s all about business, and majority of Filipinos are trapped in this cycle of watching crappy films again and again. Fortunately, there is a growing number of Filipino filmmakers and movie studios who are brave enough to take risks by making quality independent film that are making waves internationally in terms of awards and recognitions. Also, there are lots of independent films in the past that managed to perform well in the box-office. Take ‘That Thing Called Tadhana’ for example. Out of two million peso budget, it went on amassing a staggering amount of one hundred and thirty four million peso in the box off...