Sylvia Sanchez sa paglaban ng ‘Renoir’ sa Cannes 2025: Malaking impact ‘to!
Sylvia Sanchez at Art Atayde sa 2025 Cannes Film Festival
NANINIWALA ang award-winning actress na si Sylvia Sanchez na malaki ang maitutulong sa Philippine movie industry ng pagpasok ng mga Filipino film producer sa world market.
In fairness, iyan naman talaga ang vision and mission ng Nathan Studios na pag-aari ni Sylvia at ng kanyang pamilya na tatlong taon na rin ngayon sa mundo ng film production at international collaboration.
Ang latest project nga ng Nathan Studios ay ang pagiging co-producer ng Japanese art film na “Renoir” na maswerteng nakapasok sa main competition ng 2025 Cannes Film Festival sa France.
“Renoir” is a collaboration among the Japan’s Happinet Studios, France’s Ici et Là Productions, Singapore’s Akanga Film Asia, Indonesia’s Kawan Kawan Media, and The Philippines’ Daluyong Studio and Nathan Studios. The international sales are being handled by Goodfellas.
Ayon kay Sylvia Sanchez, ang chief executive ng Nathan Studios, feeling thankful and grateful sila sa bonggang collaboration na ito na magbibigay sa kanila ng mas malawak na nternational partnerships at international market.
“This international collaboration creates a massive positive impact to the Filipino film industry, it also gives a lot of hope to Filipino film producers to go to the global market especially here in Cannes,” sabi ng premyadong aktres.
“Malaking impact ito, the mere fact na three years pa lang kami nagpupunta sa Cannes as a producer, isa na kami sa nakapag-partnership sa international productions at nakapag-red carpet muli dito sa Cannes.
“I am hoping for more Filipino film producers to enter the global stage whether it is solo or collaboration with other foreign producers,” aniya pa.
Two of Nathan Studio’s earlier movies — psychological thriller Cattleya Killer in 2022 and action flick Topakk in 2023 — also premiered in the Cannes Film Festivals that starred both by veteran actor Quezon City first district reelected Congressman Juan Carlos “Arjo” Atayde which gained the attention of international film buyers, film aficionados, and distributors for the last three years.
Pagpapatuloy ni Sylvia, “I’m still in disbelief and absolutely ecstatic that Renoir (directed by Chie Hayakawa, and co-produced with Eiko Mizuno Gray and Jason Gray, Christophe Bruncher, Yulia Evina Bhara, and Alemberg Ang) was selected as part of the 2025 Cannes competition slate.
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“When we were starting out with Nathan Studios, this was only something we dreamt of and aimed for—and now, it is finally here. All the hard work, determination, belief, and prayers have borne fruit!” saad pa ng Kapamilya actress.
A coming-of-age drama that depicts a daughter coping with the illness of her father is making waves at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival which has a potential shot of winning the highly coveted Palme d’Or or grand prize.
“Renoir,” an art film directed by noted Japanese auteur Chie Hayakawa (Plan 75), tells the story of Fuki, whose father is fighing a terminal illness and a mother being stressed out from caring on him. She later becomes fascinated with telepathy and leads herself into her own fantasy world.
The art film is a multinational production from Japan, France, Qatar, Singapore, Indonesia, and Philippines, with Nathan Studios co-financing the film. It was already released and shown in the highly-respected red carpet film festival Cannes over the weekend (May 17).
Ipalalabas ito commercially sa Japan simula sa June 20. Ito’y pinagbibidahan ni Yui Suzuki playing the 11-year-old Fuki, kasama sina Hikari Ishida at Lily Franky.
Samantala, magaganda rin ang reviews ng mga critic sa pelikula kabilang na riyan ang isinulat ni Stephanie Bunbury ng Deadline.
Aniya, “While the film is scattered, it does not detract from the film’s beauty or the strength of the performances.
“If this story doesn’t coalesce as seamlessly as her first film does, it still has the power to touch and then to haunt us. It does not take a fortune teller to predict that Chie Hayakawa soon will make her masterpiece,” sey pa ni Bunbury.
Writing for Variety, Sey naman ni Jessica Kiang ng Variety, Hayakawa’s film “is a slender but appealingly impressionistic story of an inquisitive young girl’s summer of life, death and amateur parapsychology.
““Renoir’ is a more diffuse yet in some ways more interesting sophomore feature, that follows where its lovely, mercurial central character leads and, taking a cue from the painter of the (rather tangential) title, lets the brushstrokes show to deliver a firsthand impression of growing up in 1980s Japan,” dagdag ni Kiang.
Bahagi naman ng review ng Hollywood Reporter writer na si Lovia Gyarkye, “Part of the reason Renoir, despite its modesty, hits emotionally of Suzuki’s compelling performance.
“The newcomer has a wide-eyed, penetrating stare that at once communicates the reality of Fuki’s innocence and the depth of her curiosity. In the actress’ hands, the character becomes someone you come to feel deeply protective of,” ani Gyarkye.
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