my first acting classes

June - July 2025
Tomas Morato, Metro Manila

After being accepted to film school in Paris, I decided not to attend due to practical reasons (so boring). Around this time, I became obsessed with 1970s exploitation films, B-movies, and grindhouse cinema. I spent my evenings watching sleaze, delinquents, psychos, runaways, and various forms of cinematic bad behavior.

Shortly after withdrawing my application, i received an email announcing a workshop in Manila led by a French acting school from Paris. The workshop was in the middle of a typhoon, but I decided to weather the storm and travel from Las Piñas to Tomas Morato.

This is where I met my Parisian teacher, Octave. If I can’t go to Paris, I guess Paris would have to go to me.

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