Ishmael Bernal

Mike De Leon

Celso Ad. Castillo

Lamberto V. Avellana

Gerardo de León

Raya Martin

“When you see Filipino films in general they are devoid of humour. I guess it’s reflective of the effects of history and we try to laugh everything off but deep down inside it’s a history of sadness.”

Alfred Hitchcock

“For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.”

Guru Dutt

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

“I don’t start with a philosophical or thematical approach. Instead I often start with a genre that’s relatively easy to understand and then explore how I want to work in that genre.”

Isao Takahata

“Try to remember one thing, which counts the most: it is not the real, nor even the relationship with the real; it is only the line and the way of drawing.”

Robert Bresson

“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.”

Orson Welles

“A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.”

Mario O'Hara

Lav Diaz

“You look at the industry; they’re distorting everything, its very escapist. It’s all about vanity, about making money, about seeking fame and fortune.”