"“It took 6 years for this story to finally reach its fruition… this is my love song to my hometown.” — Carlo Francisco Manatad, describing what inspired him to make Whether the Weather Is Fine based on his experiences during Typhoon Yolanda."

"“I realized the reason why I couldn’t seem to finish my film was because I wasn’t in the material.” — Carlo Francisco Manatad, on finishing his film and including his own experience in it."

"“The Cinema e Gioventu Award means a lot for me as a young filmmaker… I am humbled and excited by this recognition and will continue to work hard in giving a voice to my fellow Filipinos through stories that have yet to be told.” — Carlo Francisco Manatad, talking about winning at the Locarno Film Festival."

"“More than the selection itself, it’s actually getting to know the people, ‘yung mismong culture from films that you’ve watched… every time naman learning experience, excited ako doon and sobrang thankful ako for Locarno for giving me this platform again to show my feature.” — Carlo Francisco Manatad, on attending the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland."

"“Nakakatuwa pero never naman namin in-expect na parang ‘ay dapat manalo tayo dito’ … the fact that we finished the film and having it premiere internationally was already a blessing.” — Carlo Francisco Manatad, on not expecting to win at Locarno and being grateful for the screening."

"Doing this for free is really not a big deal."

"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."

"I may have my mistakes but I am not an evil person."

"It’s my love for cinema that fuels my work. If there is one thing then, that, as a scholar, as a film buff, I have always loved to do, it is to go and look for the origins and inspirations of films, and of course I am not referring only to horror. Understanding the influences that determined certain choices. Also, to understand myself, to understand how I work and how I assemble ideas and solutions. It is said that the language of cinema is cinema, and it is very true. Everything comes from something else: it is a collection of ever-changing pieces of a mosaic. I have never studied cinema academically or from a theoretical point of view and, consequently, I have always advanced on the basis of my intuitions and instincts, which might be naïve, but also genuine"