Carl Chavez’s Sorry for the Inconvenience was named Best Short Film at the recent Cinema One Originals 2017 .
The short film tells the story of Joshua (Ronwaldo Martin), a timid teenager who comes home one night after being beaten up by a bully in school. With revenge on his mind, the teenager decides to take matters into his own hands. When things didn’t go as planned, he is left with no choice but to seek help from his policeman father (Simon Ibarra). Cherry Malvar and Luis Ruiz are also in the film.
Chavez, a graduate of the Digital Filmmaking Program of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB), previously won third best short film at the 2016 CineFilipino Film Festival for his BenildeFilm thesis Not Applicable, and was likewise a finalist in last year’s Cinema One Originals with Yes Mami, about a young boy who dreams of getting the role of Mary for their high school theater club’s annual nativity presentation.
Other finalists include Big Boy by Jethro Jamon, Bilang by Edsel Uy, Caramel Child by Kim Timan, Diskarte by Agu Crisostomo and Mich Cervantes, Ina N’yo by Mary Evangelista, Mga Paro sa Dulo ng Lupa (Lords at the Edge of the Land) by Paulo dela Paz, Suerte by Carlo Fajarda, and Supot by Philip Giordano.
Timan, de la Paz and Fajarda, are likewise alumni of BenildeFilm, while Crisostomo and Cervantes are from the college’s Animation program.
Chavez has recently participated in the ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator: FLY 2017 Program, along with fellow Filipino Jean Cheryl Dizon Tagyamon, and 20 others from Brunei, Cambodia, Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the host country. The workshop aims to nurture young future leaders of the industry.