As Cinemalaya 2022 comes to a close, I can definitely say it feels so good to fully enjoy the festival once again. This is mainly because, for the first time in a long time, I was actually able to watch films. Since August 5, rain or shine, the festival was alive with people bustling in and out of the cinema.

There's still nothing better than sitting in a dark theater, enjoying the experience of a larger-than-life screen and laughing and crying with 2000 audiences. This is the joy Cinemalaya has brought to the Filipino audience in the last 18 years.