Global brand Bench celebrates with a festival of short films on its 25th anniversary. Produced under Benchingko Films, these short films star some of the hottest celebrities of the said brand.
For its initial offering, Benchingko films presents six short films. These are Kama (starring Lovi Poe), Perya (starring Piolo Pascual), Horse Power (starring Coco Martin), Star Teacher (starring Cong. Lucy Torres-Gomez), Kontrabida 101 (starring Bella Flores) and 25 Bens (starring Ben Chan, himself).
Watch Benchingko/Films Presents: Kama
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Director: Borgy Torre
Cast: Lovi Poe, Lou Veloso, Allan Ibañez, Gabs Santos, Marinella Oania, Linda Gonzales and Jake Macapagal
A three-part musical where the bed takes centerstage in different emotional entanglements. Kamanyakan is set in a hospital room where the patient, a skirt-chasing geezer, preys on a sexy nurse played by Lovi Poe. Kamachohan is set in a bedroom where two gay lovers, while sharing a bed, hesitate and fumble in their first sexual encounter. Kamalasan is about the travails of a married man who shares his bed with a wife he hates and a mother-in-law he abhors.
Watch Benchingko/Films Presents: 25 Bens
Genre: Documentary
Director: Ianco Dela Cruz
Cast: Ben Chan
Genre: Documentary
Director: Ianco Dela Cruz
Cast: Ben Chan
In his first film, Ben Chan reveals the many sides to his personality. 25 Ben Chans to be exact - one serious, the other mataray, another a bit skeptical -- just to name a few. It's an amusing conversation from the many sides of the man behind Bench.