Bamboo Flowers

Bamboo Flowers will talk about the lives of the people in Bohol, about married life and single blessedness of young lovers and other strangers, about students' aspirations and ambitions, about tourists who visit the province, about sons and daughters of the farmers, about tourist guides, cultural workers, children and ordinary people, about a mother returnee and her son who discover her roots and find refuge from her convoluted and problematic past life in Manila. It will show lives of the young and the old Boholanos who have adapted to the changing behaviours of their lifestyles because of the dawning of tourism, technology and the demands of new age. Bamboo flowers are literally the chandelier-shaped bamboo leaves/flowers which blossom on the bamboo trees that are in the final stages of death. This paradox is evident in the life in these islands where traditions maybe dying because times do change and because "progress" has "blossomed" and new things, outlooks, beliefs, and practices have been introduced. Thus there is the erosion of traditions and since there are new things to look forward to, there are also beliefs and practices that have to be abandoned or left behind. (Asean Film Festival)