Jose Javier Reyes says yes to ‘maindie’ with indie debut

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Jose Javier Reyes (Photo courtesy of Cinemalaya)Blurring the trend of the indie/mainstream divide, Director Jose "Joey" Javier Reyes brings TV's biggest stars to this year's Cinemalaya.

"My point is to do a very small, simple movie, with recognizable, marketable mainstream stars," he told Yahoo! Philippines OMG! at the exclusive media screening of his Cinemalaya Directors Showcase entry, "Mga Mumunting Lihim" at Greenbelt 3's My Cinema on Saturday, July 14.
"Because what I want to introduce, which others have done before me, but will hopefully push further, is 'maindie.' That is using mainstream actors (in indie films) doing things that they cannot do in commercial movies," he continued, while enumerating examples like Tom Cruise in "Magnolia" and Brad Pitt in "Tree of Life."
Direk Joey's first-ever Cinemalaya film features stars that the festival has not yet seen in its lineup, the likes of Janice de Belen, Agot Isidro, Iza Calzado and Judy Ann Santos. They play friends who are coping with loss while discovering each other.
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