Lester Cristal, a graduating student of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde under the Digital Filmmaking program (BenildeFilm), is a finalist of this year’s CineMapúa with the queer-themed short film entry PLUS.MINUS.
As the oldest-running student film festival in the Philippines, CineMapúa has become a platform to raise social awareness through film and showcase the talents of the student filmmakers. The festival will go online on July 20-25, 2020 via YouTube, and will showcase a wide array of student short films. PLUS.MINUS. is just one of the LGBTQI+ themed films that have been officially selected, some of the titles are: ANG KORONA NI BOYET,  PLUS PLUS. and CUMMING OF AGE.
PLUS.MINUS. is a portrayal of collective and shared LGBTQI+ experiences and is a presentation of an ecosystem of our community. It tells the story of what it means to love and be gay and live in this country and in this wired world. The film intends to transcend gender stereotypes and hopefully will open doors to a conversation about LGBTQI+ experiences, that has mostly been confined in the four corners of a motel room, kept underground with the local drag scene, and that can only be accessed through incognito in the internet.
You click here to watch the trailer of PLUS.MINUS.
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