Plot

Award-winning Batad, is a fun, heartwarming and captivating story of a boy obsessed with owning a pair of everyday trekking boots. While his father fights to preserve the endangered rice terraces in the adjoining village, he labors in the city selling produce to support his family. Exposed to city life, the boy decides to escape his rural culture and win the heart of the girl he loves by proving he has the wherewithal to obtain a pair of trekking boots. Batad won Best Screenplay at the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival and Best Actor for Alcris Galura's magnificent portrayal of a boy who wants more from life than what his small village can offer. Batad takes us to a world far from our cosmopolitan lives and reminds us that material obsessions will never replace honor, loyalty and tradition.

Reception

Awards:
(Nominated)FAP Awards, Philippines Best Supporting Actor,
(Nominated)Gawad Urian Award Best Actor,
(Winner)Golden Screen Awards Best Production Design,
(Nominated)FAP Awards, Philippines Best Screenplay,
(Winner)Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival Best Screenplay,
(Winner)Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival Best Actor,
(Winner)PMPC Star Awards for Movies Best Actor,
(Winner)PMPC Star Awards for Movies Best Director,
(Nominated)PMPC Star Awards for Movies Best Digital Film,
(Winner)PMPC Star Awards for Movies Best Child Actor,
(Winner)Golden Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role,
(Winner)Golden Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Reviews:
Metro (5.0) ""The film is beautiful to look at with its stunning images of the verdant rice terraces, and Alcris Galura's strong performance as Ag-Ap is the driving force of this exotic yet familiar tale.""

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Quotes and Credits

Credits

Writer Vic Acedillo

Norwegian Tourist Annette Aas

Director Benji Garcia

--- Noni Buencamino

American Tourist Grant J. Adams

--- Gina Alajar

Distributors Cinemalaya

Production Companies Philippine Company of Performing Arts

Production Companies Cinemalaya

Production Design Aped Santos

--- Heidi Morata

--- Jeffrey Japso

Mountaineer 2 Erwin Navarro

Fil-Am Tourist Dave Navarro

--- A.A. Fernandez

Mountaineer 1 Bids Dela Cruz

--- Joe Gruta

--- Alcris Galura

Cinematography Ruben Dela Cruz

Original Music Sr. Belinda Salazar

Production Design Noel Navarro

Film Editor Danny Añonuevo

--- Chris Pasuran

--- Paolo O'Hara

Mountaineer 3 Carmen L. Villaseñor

--- Ronald Roga