5:30 - 8:00 PM at Mag:net Café Katipunan
Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez: ANAK NI BROCKA
(Philippines/ Narrative/ 2005/150 mins/Filipino with E.S.)
Seymour Barros-Sanchez: LABABO
(Philippines/ Narrative/ 2006/17 mins/Filipino and English with E.S)
LABABO (Kitchen Sink) covers significant dates concerning the Philippines' relationship with the United States. Parallel to these historical events is the story of Kuala (a crazy woman based on the female character in Lino Brocka's "Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang") and a young woman named Juana who both fell for the same American soldier, Joe. "Lababo" is a look into the complex relationship between the Philippines and the United States. This relationship is mirrored in the lives of the film's protagonists, two Filipinas who fall in love with an American soldier. The short film comes at the most opportune time, when the Philippines is taking a closer look at the Visiting Forces Agreement in the wake of the alleged rape of a Filipina by American soldiers in Subic.
DIRECTOR: Seymour Barros Sánchez PRODUCTION: Red Room Productions PHOTOGRAPHY: Ogi Sugatan SCREENPLAY: Sigfreid & Seymour Barros Sánchez FILM EDITING: Sunshine Matutina CAST: Nerissa Icot, Virnie Tolentino, Stephen Patrick Moore
(Lababo synopsis from
ANAK NI BROCKA (The Son of Lino Brocka). A motley group of television journalists stumbles upon a possible scoop: that the Philippines' national cinema hero, Lino Brocka, actually sired a son. Video cameras in hand, they set off in search for clues by asking people if they might have come across a young man named "Onil" who claims he is the son of Brocka. They delve into the life of the National Artist, even going so far as to interview director Brocka's family members, friends, associates, and many of the actors and actresses he groomed. In the end, the journalists discover a lot of things about the late filmmaker-much more than they expected. This eye-opening digital feature includes interviews with many of the late directors protégés and colleagues including Nonie Buencamino, Jacklyn Jose, Gina Alajar, Bembol Roco, Angie Ferro, Jeffrey Quizon, Joonee Gamboa, Chanda Romero, Soxy Topacio, Menggie Cobarrubias, Geoff Eigenmann, Nanding Josef, Allan Paule, Timothy Diwa, Francis Magalona, Behn Cervantes, and Philip Salvador.
THIRTY-year old, six-feet four, and two-hundred pounds Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez was born to a family of writers and artists in Vito Cruz, Manila. At 16 years old, he wrote articles and interviewed alternative and underground musicians for 1990s Filipino rock music bible, Rock & Rhythm, while studying Political Science and trying out for a basketball varsity slot at the University of the East-Recto campus. He decided to leave school to learn more about filmmaking after watching short films done by Jon Red ("Trip") and Roxlee ("Tito's Wedding"), which a Humanities professor asked them to watch.
In 1999, he became part of the prestigious 11th Ricky Lee Scriptwriting Workshop and shortly after studied directing at the Filipino Feature Filmmaking class of Direk Marilou Diaz-Abaya in Ateneo. The year after, he further honed his craft at the 10th Cinema-As-Art Filmmaking Workshop at the Univeristy of the Philippines Film Center (UPFC) under Direks Tikoy Aguiluz and Raymond Red, among others.
His first job in the movie industry was as a script reader for Viva Films until he was given a chance to write his first script "Alas Dose" (2000). His next assignments include writing "Kilabot at Kembot" (2002), "Bertud ng Putik" (2003), and "Prosti" (2003) and acting for "Dos Ekis" (2001). He also wrote for TV shows like "Erik Matti's Kagat ng Dilim" (2001) and "Darating Ang Umaga" (2003) and acted for kiddie shows like "Hirayamanawari" and "DetekKids". In between, he was also taken as script reader for Seiko Films (2003).
His first foray into indie filmmaking was as an actor for Jon Red's "ASTIGmatism" (2004) whom he met for an aborted project ("Balong Malalim") back in 2001. He then acted for Khavn dela Cruz's "Barong Brothers" (2004), Topel Lee's "Nak Ng!" (2004), Ato Bautista's "Sa Aking Pagkakagising Mula Sa Kamulatan" (2004), and again for Jon Red in "Boso" (2004).
Before the year 2004 ended, he was finally given a chance to direct his first two films via film grants from Cinemalaya and Cinema One Originals. The result are the black comedy "Lasponggols (Last Take, Last Shot)" and the mockumentary "Ang Anak Ni Brocka (Lino Brocka's Son)". "Lasponggols" was invited to the Fribourg Film Festival in Switzerland last March and is again invited to the Leeds Film Festival in UK and the Hawaii Film Festival late this year. "Ang Anak ni Brocka" was screened last June at the Pesaro Film Festival in Italy and will also be screened at the San Pedro, California Film Festival and the Hawaii Film Festival. Aside from these, he also wrote Topel Lee's Cinema One entry "Dilim" and acted for other indie film festivals finalists like Mike Daganalan's "Isnats," Ron Bryant's "Baryoke," and Jon Red's "Anak Ng Tinapa".
Sanchez is also an accomplished music video director. He recently won Best Director plum for this year's Awit Awards for Sugarfree's "Hari Ng Sablay". His next video, Hale's "The Day You Said Goodnight" was also as successful as it was nominated at the 2005 NU Rock Awards for Best Music Video, the 2006 MYX Awards, and the 2006 Awit Awards. His third video Kyla's "Till They Take My Heart Away" is also faring well in the charts. He was also assistant director to Bamboo's "Hallelujah" video. He has two recent music videos in the tube, Shamrock's "Okey Lang" and Parokya Ni Edgar's newest video "Gitara".
He considers his stint at the actual film shoots of his filmmaker friends and mentors Erik Matti and Jon Red his best film schools.
Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café Katipunan, Cinekatipunan screenings start at 5:30 PM. While the film screenings are free, viewers are encouraged to make voluntary contributions for the honoraria of the filmmakers. Cinekatipunan programs precede Mag:net Café's nightly holding of Live Performances by well-known and emerging bands and musicians. Mag:net Café is located along Katipunan Avenue (fronting Miriam and Ateneo) in Quezon City. For more inquiries please call 9293191 or email magnetcafekatips@ yahoo.com.ph
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