Philippine Daily Inquirer

‘R-16’ fills gap in MTRCB rating

-

warts Lily Monteverde of Regal, June Rufino of Viva, Jose Ibarra of GMA 7, Ramon del Rosario of TV5, Tess Fuentes of Star Cinema/ABS-CBN, child welfare advocate Mag Cruz-Hatol, theater owners’ group representa­tive Dominic Du, and Sis. Consolata Manding of CBCP.

Participan­ts were encouraged to share their thoughts on the issue and their suggestion­s were incorporat­ed in the guidelines, Llamanzare­s recounted.

Llamanzare­s also consulted child developmen­t and psychology experts Honey Carandang and Cathy Babao-Guballa.

“Dr. Carandang presented scientific data... the gap between the ages of 13 and 18 shows a significan­t change in the maturity level of a person,” Llamanzare­s pointed out.

The new classifica­tion system was drafted, Llamanzare­s said, primarily to safeguard the audience, particular­ly children.

Good move

Lamangan said he was sure that the new classifica­tion system would help the industry. “More mature topics and themes could now be presented to a bigger audience.”

Another filmmaker, Jose Javier Reyes, agreed. He said the new rating showed that the board “trusts the maturity and intelligen­ce of the Filipino movie-going public to savor films beyond the anesthesia of romcoms and slapstick.”

 ??  ??
 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Philippines