Laurice Guillen

"Be humble enough to accept the fact that you still need mentoring. We have no intention of meddling in their work. The fact that we give a grant means we also have a stake in their films, and we want them to succeed."

"Criticisms are unavoidable. Filmmaking is really like that. These filmmakers should consider themselves lucky because they are in a friendly environment—they have our full support. Imagine if they decided to start on their own.”"

"I, in my capacity as President of the Cinemalaya Foundation, will be able to help the MMDA improve its coverage of this aspect of the Metro Manila Film Festival. Because alternative films are really there also to complement and to also give another view of... to complete the view of what Filipino films are in this country."