At the heart of Rodel Tapaya’s work is his ongoing

amalgamation of folk narrative and contemporary

reality within the framework of memory and history.
Utilizing a range of media — from large acrylic on
canvasses to an exploration of under-glass painting,
traditional crafts, diorama, and drawing — Tapaya
filters his observations of the world through folktales
and pre-colonial historical research, creating
whimsical montages of his characters. Each work has
its origin in Tapaya’s reflections on a particular time or
place that possesses an enduring resonance, from its
correspondence with the formalistic and psychological
implication of the grid in his earlier works to protracted
ventures which excavate and interpret myth and folk
aesthetics. Inherent in the work is a tension between
objective investigations of art and the subjectivity of
perception and experience, providing his work with an
enigma that comes from the impossibility to paint a
story without revealing inflections made by the
painter’s hand.
Rodel Tapaya is one of the most active artists in
Southeast Asia today. His breakthrough came when he
was awarded the coveted Top Prize in the Nokia Art
Awards, which allowed him to pursue intensive
drawing and painting courses at Parsons School of
Design in New York and the University of Helsinki in
Finland. He completed his studies at the University of
the Philippines College of Fine Arts.

CV
Selected solo exhibitions and art fairs include: "Rodel
Tapaya", National Gallery of Australia, Canberra,
Australia (2017), "Rodel Tapaya - Bright Coloured
Butterflies" Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Germany
(2016), "ICA Off-Site: Hong Kongese" (2015), curated
by Gregor Muir, Alia Al-Senussi and Abdullah AlTurki at Duddell’s Hong Kong, Rodel Tapaya at Art Stage Singapore
(2015), "Rodel Tapaya", ARNDT Berlin, Germany (2014), "Bato-Balani" at the Ateneo Art Gallery, Quezon City,
Philippines (2014), "Cloudland" at the Art Hongkong, Hong Kong (2012), "Prism and Parallelism" at the BENCAB
Museum, Baguio City, Philippines (2012), "Flowers of the Tongue" at the Vargas Museum, UP Campus Diliman,
Quezon City, Philippines (2010) and "Mythical Roots" at the SOKA ART Center, Beijing (2009).

Selected group exhibitions are: "Passion and Procession. Art of the Philippines", Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Sydney, ?Australia, "Pinto. Manila Manhatten", West Village, NYC, USA, "20th Sydney Biennale", Sydney, Australia
(2016), "June a Painting Show", Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK (2015), "Bisa: Potent Presences" at the Metropolitan
Museum of Manila, Philippines (2011) and "Thrice Upon a Time: A Century of Story in the Art of the Philippines" at
the Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2009).
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CHARACTERS & ROLES
TIME, PLACE, GENRE

PLOT
SUMMARY

The movie was shoot in baguio.

The genre of the movie was horror.
MAIN CHARACTERS

 Julia Montes as Mia Generoso

 Gerald Anderson as Gio Magno Brauner
 JC de Vera as Alvin Paredes

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 Edu Manzano as John

 Ina Raymundo as Teresa
 Jett Pangan as Rene
 Jasmine Curtis Smith as Quinn Zobrado
 Buboy Garovillo as Fr. Abellera
 Yayo Aguila as Inang
 Miles Ocampo as Camille
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 Miguel Vergara as Sam
 Jonicka Cyleen Movido as Pauline
 Minnie Aguilar as Yaya Jeng
 Markki Stroem as Edsel
 Devon Seron as Debbie
 Maris Racal as Tetay
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 Fifth Solomon as Louie
 Fourth Solomon as Lester
 Alex Diaz as Wilmer
 Marnie Lapus as Dra. Sibeles
 Joe Gruta as Mang Bert
 Mimi Orara as Sister Carmi
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A few months before Mia (Julia Montes) turns 18, her father (Jett Pangan) dies. She goes to Baguio City to live
with her mother (Ina Raymundo), her stepfather (Edu Manzano), and her half-brother (Miguel Vergara). Mia
misses her father terribly that she finds it hard to fit into her new home, despite her mother’s sympathetic efforts
and her half-brother’s irresistible cuteness. Good thing, Mia seems to be friendly enough to have made new pals,
like Alvin Paredes (JC de Vera), who, it turns out, sees her as more than a friend.
Then Mia meets a mysterious young man who suddenly appears and disappears; and he’s always dressed in
black leather jacket over white shirt, scarf, and denim pants whom she gets to know as Gio Brauner (Gerald
Anderson). Mia is smitten by Gio’s romantic gestures and protective ways. He teaches her to play the guitar, and
brings her roses, and he even rescues her from bad guys, and helps her overcome her fears. She feels she has
found in Gio her knight in shining armor who will rescue her from her incurable loneliness and deathly sadness.
But Mia’s family and friends are alarmed that she has become secluded and deluded in her own imaginary
world. In the end, she has to decide what matters most to her and where her heart truly is.
Set design

This is my one of the beautiful where there shoot because i love the bridge and the surroundings.

Film making
It is set and filmed in Baguio. According to director Emmanuel Quindo Palo in picking Baguio City as the
movie's setting, he describe Baguio as overpopulated but no one can ever question the city's picturesque
landscape which serves as an eye-candy for those watching Halik sa Hangin. Several scenes from the film were
also shot in a 1930s abandoned American house and at the supposedly haunted Diplomat Hotel, both located in
Baguio City.

Acting

One of my best part in the movie because Gerald teach Julia how to play a guitar and it make sense for me
because of their tandem their like a spark.

Direction

The direction of the movie was good because at the first it all start in suspend and a horror so it make like a
trail.

Background music

The background music was good because the timg and the place was exact.

Cinematography

The cinematography was perfect they capture all the sweet moment and were Julia find fight for love from
they family, friends and love ones.

Reaction
The was perfectly amazing right from the start into the end. All the
charters they act was brilliant. You will appreciate the movie if you
understand the story behind it.
Recommendation
Hai everyone please watch this movie and understand it every moment
because you will enjoy it.