SHOWING THIS WEEK @ CINEKATIPUNAN

SHOWING THIS WEEK @ CINEKATIPUNAN
Mag:net Café
Monday to Saturday, 29 January - 3 February 2007

Cinekatipunan closes the month of January with screenings of critically acclaimed documentaries Mula Sa 3rd Avenue Hanggang Dulo and Memories of A Forgotten War and welcomes February with Cinemalaya winner BIG TIME. The week ends with a rare 16 mm
screening of the 1980s classic DAMORTIS by independent filmmaker and visual artist Briccio Santos and a Saturday film soiree of student filmmakers from UP Cinema As Art Movement, University of Makati Film Society and De La Salle University Dasmarinas 24 FPS.


Monday, 29 January
Sine Patriyotiko: MULA SA 3RD AVENUE HANGGANG SA DULO

A documentary on the lives of three members of a youth gang, their angst and conflicts, their wars and struggles, their damnation and eventual freedom. 1st
Place. Documentary Video Category, Gawad CCP Para Sa Alternatibong Pelikula 2006


Tuesday, 30 January
MALAYSIAN PROGRAM
To Be Presented By Sharaad Kuttan

Offering a rich sampling of the growing independent filmmaking movement within Malaysia, the films were selected and will be presented by visiting Malaysian
film critic Sharaad Kuttan.


Wednesday, 31 January
Camilla Griggers and Sari Ll. Dalena: MEMORIES OF A
FORGOTTEN WAR
(USA,Philippines/Documentary/Digital/2001/60 minutes)

In the decade following the Spanish-American War, more Filipinos were killed by US troops than by the Spanish during the 300 years of colonial rule. More than 1
million Filipinos died between 1899 and 1913. Yet few remember any details of the war or why it was fought, though the war's history holds the key to twentieth
century US foreign policy in Southeast Asia. This experimental documentary about the Philippine-American war of 1899 combines archival photographs and turn-of-the-century film, digital video and 16mm film footage to create memories of a forgotten history. A contemporary Filipina-American narrator weaves this complex history through historiography, experimental documentary and intercultural cinema. Shot on location in the Philippines and edited in the US, MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR was produced by an international team of Filipino and American film and media artists.


Thursday, 1 February
Mario Cornejo and Monster Jimenez: BIG TIME

Synopsis: Danny (Winston Elizalde) and Jonas (Nor Domingo) are two petty crooks who dream of moving into the big scene. When their carefully-planned kidnapping goes askew, Danny and Jonas find themselves in a tangle neither of them can handle. Big Time is the non-linear story of two small-time criminals, a wannabe actress, the son of a crime lord, and the kidnapping that brings all of them together for what
should be the ticket to their dreams. In this crazy world, everybody wants to go big time.


Friday, 2 February
Briccio Santos: DAMORTIS (16mm/1983)
16 mm Projection with interactive

Starring Robert Villanueva, Lito Carating and Madelaine Nicolas, DAMORTIS delves on the subject of power and its abuse during the 1980s and uses the faith healer and the supernatural as the backdrop. Damortis is considered by film critics to be one of
the best Filipino films made in the 1980s.It has been screened at the Mannheim, Amiens, New York Asian American and Taiwan International Film Festivals.


Saturday, 3 February
UP CAM, DLSU-D Filmmakers & UMAK Film Society
(Selections by Cesar Hernando, Elvin Valerio & Seymour Sanchez)



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 featured filmmakers. For questions or comments about Cinekatipunan write to sinag_haraya@yahoo.com. 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 visit www.magnet.com.