Mikhail Reid admitted he was still on a high after he won the best director award for “Deleter” at the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival Gabi ng Parangal held at the New Frontier Theater in Araneta City last Dec. 27.
But Mikhail, 31, said he was very happy and overwhelmed when his younger brother Nikolas won the best editing award for the same movie.
Mikhail added: “Manalo lang yung brother ko parang nanalo na rin ako. Yung movies na ginagawa namin ng brother ko we try to be ambitious in terms of scale and genre. We try to do projects na mukhang mahirap i-greenlight like zombie movies. Ang hirap nila i-edit.”Mikhail and NIkolas are sons of director Raymond Red, the first and so far only Filipino to have won a Palme D’Or award from the Cannes Film Festival.
Mikhail also said that he will celebrate his victory by watching the other official entries of the MMFF, although at the time of the our interview, he had seen “Nanahimik Ang Gabi.”“I wanna watch the other films. I just got my MMFF passes. Nasa awards night high pa rin ako eh. Nasa work pa rin ako like I check our progress in the cinemas, reporting piracy links. I can’t wait to see the other films.
Mikhail also thanked members of the jury and moviegoers who appreciated the suspense-thriller flick. “This is not the type of drama movie na ine-expect ng audience kasi usually pag-drama, it’s hagulgol. Ito rin ang challenge sa character niya. I explained her na numb ang character niya. Ibang attack talaga ang ginamit namin and I’m very happy na-appreciate ng jury and ng audience yung style namin sa acting. Hindi mo talaga ma-compare kami sa iba because iba talaga ang style namin.