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The film is an anthology adpated from two short stories. Regal Films released their own film in 1985, which featured three stories. [7] Mga Kuwento Ni Lola Basyang of Unitel Pictures was originally among the official entries of the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival. [8] However the film was left unreleased and was replaced by Thy Womb. [9]
His body of work, which has spanned over forty years, include writing short stories, plays, essays, novels, teleplays, and screenplays. He has written more than 150 produced scripts, earning for him more than fifty trophies from all the award-giving bodies in the Philippine movie industry.
May Day Eve" is a story written by Filipino National Artist Nick Joaquin. Written after World War II , it became one of Joaquin's “ signature stories” that became a classic [ 1 ] in Philippine literature in English .
Darna (Tagalog pronunciation:) is a superhero appearing in Filipino comic books created by writer Mars Ravelo and artist Nestor Redondo.The character was introduced during the Golden Age of Comic Books, debuting in Pilipino Komiks #77 on May 13, 1950. [2]
Rogelio Sicat (June 26, 1940 – 1997), sometimes referred to as "Rogelio Sikat", was a prolific Filipino novelist, playwright and short story writer. Sikat is best known for his classic masterpieces particularly "Impeng Negro", a short story based on a half-black, half-Filipino boy and Moses, Moses, a play in one act that depicts the social injustices and the abuse of the country's oppressive ...
The short stories written in the 1920s were poor imitations of equally poor American fiction. Early short story writers had practically no literary background in their attempts. The growth of the short story was not apparent until Bannawag resumed publication in 1947. Most of the stories published dealt with themes of war; guerrilla activities ...
The History of Filipino Women's Writings, an article from Firefly - Filipino Short Stories (Tulikärpänen - filippiiniläisiä novelleja), 2001 / 2007 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine; Vartti, Riitta (editor).
Maria is a loving and dutiful life wife to her husband, Ermin, a police officer with whom she has two children named Pablo and Rosalinda. Facing financial problems after Maria loses her job, and Ermin not being able to support the family on a policeman’s salary alone, Maria is convinced to become an Overseas Filipino Worker after learning that her high school friend Emily applied to become ...