17th New York Asian Film Festival

Jun 29 - Jul 15, 2018

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Photo: Courtesy of Viva Films

New York Premiere

Sid & Aya (Not a Love Story)

After decades of obeying the formula, a handful of (mostly) female filmmakers are re-inventing the staple genre of Philippines' cinema: the romance. Irene Villamor is at the vanguard, with vibrant dialogue, honest situations, and... sex. Here, Dingdong Dantes plays a cut-throat stockbroker who can't sleep at night. He befriends Anne (BuyBust) Curtis' sassy café waitress and offers to pay her $20 per hour to talk him through his insomnia. But she becomes the one in control of their power dynamic in an anti-romance that has as much to say about the class war as the sex war.

Director: Irene Villamor
Cast: Dingdong Dantes, Anne Curtis
Languages: Filipino with English subtitles
2018; 94 min.; DCP

SCHEDULE:

Sunday July 15, 3:30pm
SVA Theatre

Q&A with actress Anne Curtis

Anne Curtis

Anne Curtis moved from Australia to her mother's native Philippines when she was 12-years-old. After being scouted for a child beauty pageant, she made her acting debut as Princess Dahlia in fantasy Magic Kingdom (1997), co-written by Erik Matti. After learning Filipino, her acting career took off in the mid-2000s when she headlined her first TV-series. In 2011, romance No Other Woman won her Best Actress at the FAMAS Awards as well as breaking records as the Philippines' highest grossing film. 2018 marks the latest turning point in her career with roles in Irene Villamor's Sid & Aya and Matti's BuyBust.