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Today, we look back on Cinemalaya short films that have competed in the main competition back in the year of The First Pandemic.

That wonderful year full of promise and hope before the Subterran Queen surfaced and the TikTok Wars began.

We explore Jim Jarmusch's Paterson with poet Corin Arenas.

Part 1 of the Poetry and Cinema series. We take a look at a few films inspired by poetry and what storytelling lessons we can learn from them.

Episode Overview:
1. The Creative Life

2. Paterson and Laura: Role Models for Young Artists

3. Repetition. Day-in-the-Life story format used to establish a pattern. Audience has an active role in looking for story events and details that break that pattern.

4. Imagism - "No ideas but in things." - William Carlos Williams. Instead of abstract concepts, focusing on objects. Using details to discover the story behind an object.

We’re gonna deep dive into Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite and check out four story elements that helped it stand out from its competition.

Episode Overview:
1. Finding the Perfect Ending
2. Building Sympathy
3. The Story Circle
4. Existentialism in Dialogue