TIFF film programmer Steve Gravestock described it as " One of the most shocking debuts in recent Filipino cinema ... Cuchera may turn out to be a watershed in Filipino film history — directly linking the melodramatic ferocity of the politically charged works of veteran directors like Joel Lamangan and Carlos Siguion-Reyna with the more intimate style of what some have dubbed the Filipino New Wave . " His short film '' Antipo '' , about a young man who seeks absolution and forgiveness through the ancient tradition of " antipo " or self-flagellation , was an Official Selection at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner
2010 Cannes Film Festival
2010 Cannes Film Festival
Joseph Laban