– Condo – Directed by MARTIN CABRERA Written and Produced by ALOY ADLAWAN

Condo has a good cinematography and effects, which caught my attention. As I watch it, I can’t determine its genre if it is a horror, or a simple mysterious type of film. Its story is all about a young security guard who has to deal with his lost sense of being and his encounters with people in the condominium where he is assigned and requests the building administration to let him stay in the guard's quarters. The building and the job have become the perfect shelter. It is a condominium after all, a small community of neighbors and strangers all under one roof. But to Benjie, everyone's just faces attached to door numbers, doors which are always closed and are rarely open. This is a must seen film because you can even be indecisive of the real meaning that the director wanted us to think. When I went out of the movie house I ask myself “What is the significance of some shots that I’ve observed, the add numbers that is used to represent each floor, the significance of some characters and the real purpose of each individual in the movie?” I analyze it one by one and realize their real meaning. No one really cares about him. And Benjie only cares about his job even if it is the same tired routine. But when a mysterious intruder and a phone call coming from an empty unit begin taunting him, Benjie (Coco Martin) fears for the perfectly lonely world he's built around himself. In the end, he discovers that the answer to the mystery lies from his own shadow. He’s just looking for something that only he would help and answer his problem. I like the way that this movie was done. What a great and out of the box script and idea it was!