FIRST FILMS at Cinekatipunan

You are invited to the FIRST FILMS program of Cinekatipunan on Saturday, January 13, 5:30-7:00 PM.

Featuring the Production Theses of recent Film and Audio Visual Communication graduates of the University of the Philippines Film Institute.

Tey Clamor: SAKDAL LAYA
Mark dela Cruz: MISTERYO NG HAPiS
Sol Garcia: TAGAPAGLIGTAS
Tanya Grace Jamon: KALARO
Dohna Sarmiento and Glenn Ituriaga: ONE MAN SHOW

(Curated by Mark dela Cruz. Everyone is also invited to attend the visual arts exhibit opening of Maria Taniguchi at the gallery downstairs. Free Admission.)


Synopses of the Films

Tey Clamor: SAKDAL LAYA (Experimental Narrative/2006/14 min 46 sec/with E.S.)
A dream like film that revolves around the mystery behind a painting, which leads to a brutal rape, and an end that will question what freedom is. Three women of different generations travel through time and space, and experience life’s tragedy.

Mark dela Cruz: MISTERYO NG HAPIS (Narrative/2006/15 min/ Kapampangan with E.S.)
A father waiting for forgiveness…
A son asking for acceptance…
… And a past that binds them two.

Filming your own life is a very hard thing to do. It takes a lot of courage and determination in doing such a film. For me, I see it as reel versus real: inside
the reel is the reality of life. And I am very much afraid on the question of how will I be able to convince my audience that what is inside the reel is actually real. Sometimes there could be painful past that can never be easily forgotten due to the big scar it had left. And only time knows when it would totally heal. Packed with much courage and determination, here it is… an emotional story about a person going on a dilemma in trying to heal his never forgotten past. Forgiveness and Acceptance. Matriarchy and Patriarchy. Sorrows and Joys.

Sol Garcia: TAGAPAGLIGTAS (Narrative/2006/ 14 min 50 sec/with E.S.)
This film is about the lives of small-time abortion service providers. Lupe is an
overprotective mother who aborts babies to support her daughter Cristina. Anghel, on the other hand, is Lupe's agent who looks for potential customers and accompanies them to her house. A sudden turn of events happens when Cristina gets pregnant and tries to abort her baby herself.

Dohna Sarmiento and Glenn Ituriaga: ONE MAN SHOW (Narrative/2006/ 14 min)
One-Man Show explores the realizations of a man as he delivers the performance of his life: from the bright lights of his peak as a star until his eventual descent into obscurity. When all the lights of prestige go down, will he cease to believe in himself as well.

Tanya Grace Jamon: KALARO (Narrative/2005/ 19 min/without E.S.)
Nightmares are something that seems so harmless. It is as if everybody gets nightmares once in a while. But for Helen, an early 30’s woman, her nightmares have been part of her reality. Even as she wants to face her present positively, her
nightmare keeps on haunting her and keeps weighing her down. These recurring nightmares have been memories of her past that she thought she had buried already.
But it keeps on living inside her. How could she finally leave behind this haunting past?

Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café Katipunan, Cinekatipunan screenings start at 5:30 PM. The film screenings are free but viewers are encouraged to make voluntary contributions for the honoraria of the filmmakers. Any amount will be highly appreciated. 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 or visit www.magnet.com. ph.