The thought-provoking winner of the 2000 Palme D'Or for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, Anino balances the skin-and-bones rawness of cinema verite with the polish of refined formalism. In depicting the widening gap between socioeconomic classes in the Philippines, director Raymond Red opted for a documentary style that called for his veteran Philippine actors to improvise on location and interact with real people. The result is a startling story about a down-and-out photographer who is lured into the city's heart of darkness. length 12:24

review: by marco van, 02-28-06