THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN

SHOWING THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
Monday to Saturday, 15-20 January 2007

Monday, 15 January
PHILIPPINE SNEAK PREVIEW
Malcolm Guy and Eylem Kaftan's BLEDI, THIS IS OUR HOME

(Canada/Documentary/2006/53 minutes/Video/v.o. French, s.t. Eng)
Co-director Malcolm Guy will attend the screening

Synopsis: Fleeing their war-torn homeland, forty thousand Algerians come to Montreal, Quebec in the 1990's. Many are refused refugee status and are not allowed to study or work normally. Years go by, children are born and Canada becomes home? Then comes 911. Deportations begin.?The "non-status Algerians" decide to fight to stay in Canada. Bledi, This is Our Home follows some of the key actors in a roller-coaster of direct actions, lobbying efforts, victories and setbacks. For the first time in Canadian history, the tradition of sanctuary is violated when Mohamed Cherfi is dragged out of a Quebec City church... then tossed in a U.S. jail.?Dramatic and personal, Bledi, This is Our Home raises crucial questions about Canada's refugee policies and its treatment of Muslims and Arabs.



Tuesday, 16 January
Auraeus Solito: TULI

(Narrative/Director's Cut 2006/106 minutes)

Synopsis: Set in the Semana Santa or Holy week, TULI is about the town's circumciser and his daughter and how one painful and traumatic event in her childhood sets a series of events that make here rebel againts the town's "macho" or maledominated society and decides to have a lesbian affair with her bestfriend and have the only man her father didn't circumcise to impregnate here.



Wednesday, 17 January
CHABET's CHOICE - Nathaniel Kahn: MY ARCHITECT
(US Architect Louis Kahn)



Thursday, 18 January
Mario Cornejo and Monster Jimenez: BIG TIME
Jeck Cogama: PUTOT with Interactive

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, 19 January
5:30-7:00 PM - Jon Red: COUP B'ETAT (50 min) and
Raymond Red: ANINO
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Michael Sandoval Short Films: THE
GOOD SON, ARIANA, PAPI
With Interactive



Saturday, 20 January
UP CAM and 24 FPS De La Salle University-Dasmarinas
(selected by Cesar Hernando and Elvin Valerio) with
Jeck Cogama: PUTOT with Interactive



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. Mag:net Café is located along Katipunan Avenue (fronting Miriam and Ateneo) in Quezon City. For more inquiries please call 9293191.