Baka Bukas
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| Directed by | Samantha Lee |
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| Written by | Samantha Lee |
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| Music by | Denise Santos |
| Cinematography | Sasha Palomares |
| Edited by | Ilsa Malsi |
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| Distributed by | Star Cinema (Philippines) |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino |
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| Film score by Denise Santos | |
| Released | November 18, 2016 |
| Recorded | 2016 |
| Genre | Film score |
| Length | 17:09 |
Baka Bukas (lit. Maybe Tomorrow) is a 2016 Philippine romantic drama independent film written, co-produced, and directed by Samantha Lee on her directorial debut. Starring Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Louise delos Reyes, the film tells the story of Alex (Curtis-Smith), a lesbian who started falling for her best friend Jess (delos Reyes).
The film had its first showing at the 2016 Cinema One Originals film festival, where it won the Audience Choice Award, Best Sound, and Best Actress award for Curtis-Smith. In 2017, Star Cinema acquired distribution rights for the film along with another LGBT-themed film 2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten; it had a wide release on March 1.
Baka Bukas is Samantha Lee's directorial debut film. As a lesbian herself, Lee developed the concept for the film based on her own relationship with a female partner. Furthermore, she stated in an interview for CNN Philippines:
Baka Bukas is the story of what happens when you fall in love with your best friend. I conceptualized the film because I wanted to see a representation of the LGBT community that went beyond the portrayals that are shown in mainstream media. The characters in this film are fully flawed functional human beings. They are more than just an accessory to the plot, they are the plot.
Lee wrote the screenplay for 10 days.
The film features a kissing scene between Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Louise delos Reyes. Though she admitted being nervous about the scene beforehand, Curtis-Smith told interviews that she was eventually comfortable in performing the scene, as was delos Reyes. The scene took three takes to finish.
The film's score was composed by Denise Santos, as a freelance project. Santos is affiliated with Bleeding Fingers Studios, a partnership between noted score composer Hans Zimmer and Sony Music, where she works as an assistant to a composer.
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