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Monday-Saturday, 5:30-7:00 PM
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Cinekatipunan Jump-starts the New Year with ASWANG NG QUEZON CITY, MAXIMO OLIVEROS, THE SUNFLOWER and MEAN WELL
Wednesday, 3 January
FULL MOON SCREENING
Khavn dela Cruz: ASWANG NG Q.C. (Horror/Digital/2006/Philippines)
Synopsis
Gruesome and grisly murders are our entry point into the psyche of the Aswang of Quezon City. More a meditation on the workings of a disturbed mind than a detective thriller, it nonetheless shows us a cat and mouse mind game. We watch and squirm in terror as the Pinoy vampire strikes again and again.
Production Crew
Leading Cast: CISHWA
Supporting Cast: AVI SIWA, LUANNE DY, MARIE MEYSSAN, ANNA BERNALDO, & SIGFREID SANCHEZ
Directed, Written, Composed, & Produced by KHAVN
Cinematography: ALBERT BANZON
Editing & Sound Design: GENESIS DE LEON
Production Design: CHITS JIMENEZ
Theme song: EASY FAGELA & LOS CHUPACABRAZ
English Translation: MERV ESPINA, KHAVN, & GENESIS DE LEON
Director’s Profile
Tagged by international film fest directors with the labels “enfant terrible of Philippine Cinema” and “Che Guevarra of the Digital Revolution”, Khavn dela Cruz is certainly one of the most revolutionary talents working in Philippine cinema today. His films have been exhibited and won awards in prestigious film festivals in the country and abroad. He is the festival director of the .MOV International Digital Film Festival.
Thursday, 4 January
JB Corrioso: MEAN WELL (Comedy/80 minutes/2006/Philippines)
Bor Ocampo: THE SUNFLOWER (Digital/5 minutes/2006/Philippines)
Synopsis of MEAN WELL
Two devils, Elvie and Godo, go through an apartment building complex in search of an angel-went-down-to-earth-to-live-a-week-of-normal-human-life to tempt and gain points so as to win the annual contest for devils, the winner of which gets one wish granted. Elvie, the more senior of the two, wants to level-up and get her own demon minions; while Godo, a relatively-recent "fallen", would wish to be able to get back in heaven. Unbeknownst to Godo, his low level doesn't qualify him for the contest and Elvie is just using him to get more points. As they search for the angel-sent-down-to-earth-to-live-a-week-of-normal-human-life, they try to tempt the tenants of the building with mixed results.
Who among the building tenants is the angel-sent-down-to-earth-to-live-a-week-of-normal-human-life? Which devil will get a wish granted? Will everyone go to hell?
Production Crew
Leading Cast: GAY BALIGNASAY, BOR OCAMPO
Supporting Cast: CEREB GREGORIO, PJ LANOT, ROENCE SANTOS, JOHAN EKEDUM, RASTY MANANGKAYA, ARVIN TRINIDAD, MIKE DE JESUS, AINA EMRALINO, ERMIN CONCEPCION, ARMIN AGUILAR, MONIX DEONA, VIC TIRO, LARA TARRANCO, MARU DAMASCO
Executive Producer, Original Story, Screenplay : INDIEGIFILM CO. LTD
Director of Videography: RAIN SAMSON
Production Support: KAYE ETONG, JP YAMSUAN, TARA PEREZ, KAT PABLO, VJ SACDALAN
Stunts Lead: VIC TIRO
Music: KEVIN MACLEOD
Sound Engineering Consultant: WARREN SANTIAGO
Editor: TOFFER LORENZANA
Synopsis of THE SUNFLOWER
The Sunflower is about a guy who has an eternal yearning to grow old with the woman of his dream or that manna from heaven to whom he will unleash his reservoir of affection. What he does to have this dream realized, he picks flowers and offers them to one of the saints at the chapel. Flower-picking is prohibited at the park but still, he consistently does this routine. Simultaneously, there’s this woman who gets each flower almost everyday (flowers the guy had offered) for some reason that has something to do with her past or merely out of deviancy. Until one day, while he is intensely praying, the woman suddenly arrives to do also her routine, but can’t nonchalantly do this, because the guy is still there praying...
Leading Cast: JULIA CLARETE
Writer and Director: BOR G. OCAMPO
Bor Ocampo studied Philosophy and Theater Arts at the University of the Philippines. He took film subjects at UP Film Institute and attended digital filmmaking classes at the Cultural Center of the Philippine's freefest 7. A seasoned theater actor, Bor has appeared in numerous independent and student films. He has also acted in mainstream film and television productions. In 2006, he started directing short films and in July produced his first short film, "Ms. X", a film adaptation of Jessica Zafra's story Portents. He is currently working on his next short film. He is also a member of Anino Shadowplay Collective, Inc and Arti Santa Rita.
5 January, Friday
Auraeus Solito & Michiko Yamamoto: ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS (Narrative/2005)
Winning a good number awards from film festivals in the country and abroad, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros was selected as the official entry of the Philippines to the Academy Awards in March 2007. The film tells the story of a 12-year-old effeminate gay boy who lives in the slums with his family who is engaged in petty crimes. Maxi, as he is fondly called in the neighborhood, is openly gay but is doted by his father and two brothers. Assuming most of the chores in the house since the death of his mother, Maxi’s world practically revolves around his family until he befriends Victor, a handsome policeman. Maxi eventually falls for Victor. Maxi is then torn between his affection for Victor and the family he so-loved. Neorealist in orientation, the film is a tale of lost innocence and redemption amidst the crushing poverty of Manila's slums.
Maximo is penned by award-winning writer Michiko Yamamoto who is also behind the critically-acclaimed film Magnifico. Yamamoto traced her screenwriting training to the scriptwriting workshop of the Film Development Foundation of the Philippines in 1999. Yamamoto has since then worked with major production studios and TV networks as a creative staff and writer.
Born in Manila in 1969, Auraeus Solito studied drama at the University of the Philippines and cinema at the Mowelfund Film Institute. He has made several music videos and experimental shorts including The Brief Lifespan of Fire, Act 2, Scene 2: Suring and the Kuk-ok, which was shown at several international festivals. His feature documentary, Basal Banar (Sacred Ritual of Truth) was shown at the Montreal First People’s Festival. The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros is his first fiction feature.
(Profile of Auraeus Solito reprinted from Cinemanila 2005 Catalogue)
6 January, Saturday
Campus-based Filmmakers
University of the Philippines Cinema As Art Movement (UP CAM) and University of Makati Film Society. Presented through the support of Cesar Hernando and Seymour Barros Sanchez.
Mag:net Café encourages the audience to give voluntary contributions for the honoraria of the featured filmmakers. Any donated amount will be highly appreciated. For a complete schedule of the January 2007 Cinekatipunan screenings, visit www.magnet.com.ph.
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