Acclaimed filmmaker Elwood Perez’s obra Esoterika: Maynila, the second installment in a trilogy that started with Otso, won at the recent Soho Int’l Film Festival in New York City. Lead actor Ronnie Liang won the Best Actor trophy while director Perez was lauded as the filmfest’s Film Icon Visionary awardee. Elwood Perez shared about this on his Facebbok account. Deep in the heart of Manila, a graphic arts novelist begins to examine his life, which is at a crossroads. Thus unravels the story of Esoterika. According to IMDB, Elwood Perez has directed a film that is all at once jarring, charming, bizarre, campy, laced with shticks and conceits, full of wry humor, but fascinating and riveting. The major characters are played by newcomers and the support by non-marquee names, with Perez deigning to cast some familiar names in key roles. Notable of which is Liang, who’s character in the film [...]
