THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
April 30 – May 5, 2007
Start the week and end the month of April with three short films from Taiwanese and South Korean filmmakers, courtesy of Cinekatipunan’ s weekly Asia Lunes program. May 1, International Labor Day,will be capped on this side of Katipunan Avenue by a filmic tribute to slain Nestle union President Diosdado “Ka Fort” Fortuna by Southern Tagalog (ST) Exposure and Proletaryado by May Day Productions, a tribute to the centuries-strong struggle of militant unionism in the Philippines. This will be followed up by a literal Pulang Sine program featuring ST Exposure’s Red Saga and Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Red on Thursday, May 3. Wednesday, May 2, will feature a back-to-back screening of short films by acclaimed young directors Raya Martin and John Torres, while Elvert Banares holds court over Friday’s program (May 4), with a marathon screening of his short works. The highlight for the Saturday program of short films selected byArmi Cacanindin from the University of the Philippines Film Institute. 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.ph.
30 APRIL – 5 MAY PROGRAM
April 30 (Monday)
AsiaLunes Program: Films from TAIWAN and KOREA
Hey Jimmy! (Taiwan)
2004, 16mins
Directed by Ming-Chieh Sung
A Chinese mother in Taiwan loves and supports her extremely tall and very black gay son, the result of an affair with an American soldier. The documentary revolves around Black Jimmy, a black Taiwanese drag queen, entering the socio-cultural complexities of the protagonist' s mixed parentage. A contemporary urban narrative, the documentary incorporates animation to create an affectionately comical insight.
For the Peace of All Mankind (Korea)
1999, 35mm, color, 7 mins
Directed by Lee Seok-hoon
Set in the jungles of Vietnam in 1969, the short film For the Peace of All Mankind was given a Special Jury Citation at the 51st Montecatini International Short Film Festival, held in Italy.
Sara Jeanne (Korea)
2004, 20 mins
Directed by Seong Sook Kim
Sara Jeanne, an aging prostitute in a military base-side town hides her wrinkles with heavy make-up, puts on faded worn-out clothes and earns her living by selling her body to American soldiers. However, she no longer has anywhere to stand and her life grows more vulnerable to the danger of violence. Actress Young-Ran Rhee earned a special mention for her role in Sara Jeanne at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival Panorama Short Film Awards.
May 1 (Tuesday)
May Day Productions: PROLETARYADO / ST Exposure: THERE'S BLOOD IN YOUR COFFEE
Proletaryado
May Day Productions/ 47 mins/ 2006
Militant unionism in the Philppines has persisted for over a century to date, yet the struggles and stories of our nation’s workers remain the same. Times may have changed, but the struggles and problems faced byPhilippines workers have not. The roots of these problems remain, and have in fact worsened. Unionism and the workers’ movement has been forged, shaped, and wrought by the fires of struggle. History has demonstrated that the struggle of our workers cannot be divorced from the struggles of the entire Filipino people for freedom and sovereignty. The legacies of unionism, the formation of the first workers’ federations and the development of the militant workers movement continue to give inspiration to a new generation of Filipino proletariats.
There's Blood In Your Coffee
26 minutes
Southern Tagalog EXPOSURE: People's Center for Progressive Media
Amidst the Supreme Court rule favoring the Union, the Swiss company that owns Nestle would not give into the just and legal demands of its workers. For over two years, workers of Nestle factory in Laguna, Philippines has been on strike. The struggle for their rights have been met with repression not only from the multi-national company, but also from the Philippine government. sometimes subtle, often times violent.The documentary features the three-year Nestle workers strike in Cabuyao, Laguna, Southern Tagalog, where Filipino Nestle Union President and Kilusang Mayo Uno(KMU) Labor Leader Diosdado "Ka Fort" Fortuna was brutally murdered under the undeclared return of Martial Law under Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
May 2 (Wednesday)
Raya Martin and John Torres: SHORT FILMS
SHORT FILMS by Raya Martin
Bakasyon
2004, 16mm, 12 mins
A young girl from the city is left to the care of her grandmother in the province. During her stay, the girl learns about her grandmother’s mysterious identity.
Life Projections
2006, DV, 4 mins
A video wants to be a film, as the world’s second biggest oil spill just happened in the heart of the filmmaker. A large group of Filipino film makers responded with a short film to a disastrous oil spill in their island nation. This talented film maker instinctively avoideda political pamphlet and went straight for the emotional core of the matter. He found that core in his heart, as he writes himself. –Gertjan Zuillhof, International Film Festival Rotterdam
Long Live Philippine Cinema!
2007, 16mm, 6 mins
Mother Lily is a Filipino Chinese producer who monopolizes the local film industry. And the only way to keep Philippine Cinema alive is to kill her. “Yes, a cinema to be proud of, yet the cheer is full of irony. The history of Filipino film isn’t treated with so much respect. A burlesque, harsh satire about the mistress of Philippine film production, the Chinese-Filipino producer Mother Lily. She is hated and feared, but nobody can get round her. Fortunately this young film maker has thought up an adequate solution to keep Philippine cinema alive. Mother Lily is not a metaphorical invention. She really exists -for now.” –Gertjan Zuillhof, International Film Festival Rotterdam
SHORT FILMS BY JOHN TORRES
Tawidgutom
is an experimental love poem/monologue composed of images that recur and repeat themselves. The narrator reminisces on a relationship and anticipates meeting his love again, both with trepidation and excitement. Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Screenwriter John Torres.
Cast: Paul Doble
Salat
is composed of several vignettes that are like snap-shots of urban life, juxtaposed once again with images of love, friendship and everyday life. In The Last Sherbet, street kids savour ice cream. Lunar Play is a short elegy for Portuguese footballer Miklos Feher (1979-2004), while Ellipsis, Kulob and Lunar Punch are a triptych in which the narrator muses on hope and the persistence of the spirit to want to carry on, against the background of a relationship that has quietly ended.
Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Screenwriter John Torres.
Cast: Michal Cruz, Rom Villaseran, Michael Morales, Nelvin Morales, John John Barzon, Kevin Baril
Kung Paano Kita Liligawan Nang Di Kumakapit Sa Iyo?
is an experimental film composed of rapid cuts, digitised images, snippets of urban and rural landscapes that are placed against a running poem, often premised by the film's title – how can I court you without ever holding you? -- but this rhetorical question is addressed as much to a lover unseen as it is to inanimate objects and to the world around the poet/narrator.
Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Screenwriter John Torres.
Cast: Ina Luna, Raphael Gallegos, Mark D'Aigle, Carlos Magno
Gabi Noong Sinabi ng Ama Ko (Night When Father Told Me)
Father writes his confession. Son goes away and buries his hero. He plays the flute for a funeral/dance of beating drums, meets Chance and achieves a rebirth of meaning and purpose. Son: "I cannot put into words how much contempt and love I feel for you right now."
Director, Producer,Cinematographer, Editor, Screenwriter John Torres.
Cast: JP Hernandez, Mark D'Aigle
May 3 (Thursday)
Pulang Sine Program: ST Exposure’s RED SAGA and Krzysztof Kieslowski’s RED
Red Saga
2004, 16 mm, 15 min
A young boy dots golden fields with white flags to stop birds from preying on the season’s harvest of palay grains. Another child creates noise by agitating tin cans filled with small stones. An unexpected transformation takes place. A poetic take on the peasant struggle and the protracted people’s war in Philippine countrysides.
Writer, Director Gabriela Krista Dalena; Cinematographers Gabriela Krista Dalena, Claude Santos; Editors Gabriela Krista Dalena, Qubry Quesada, Jomel Lawas, Virgilio Catoy; Sound Bobby Macabenta; Music Datu Arellano; Producers STExposure, Mowelfund Film Institute. “This shows the power of cinema.” – Laszlo Kovacs, American Society of Cinematographers1st Place, experimental Category, 18th Gawad CCP forAlternative Film and Video1st Place, 2004 Kodak Philippines Film School Competition1st Runner-up, 2004 Asia-Pacific Regional Film School Competition
Krzysztof Kieslowski: RED
Praised by critics nationwide as one of the year’s 10 best films, Red is a seductive story of forbidden love– and the unknowable mystery of coincidence. The final chapter in Krzysztof Kieslowski’s acclaimed “Three Colors” trilogy, Red stars Irene Jacob as a young model whose chance meeting with an unusual stranger leads her down a path of intrigue and secrecy. As her knowledge of the man deepens, she discovers an astonishing link between his past and her destiny.
May 4 (Friday)
WORKS by ELVERT BANARES:
Gemini / Astrangian / Plema / Sundulan ng Pagrahuyo sa Dambana ng Sirenang Walang Ulo
Astrangiam (7min)
Mind over matter. Perception over fact. Life over death. Shot in Casio Exilim EX-53 still camera, 'astrangiam' meditates on the relationships and parallelisms of time, spontaneity, assumptions, dreams and elements of nature.
Gemini (8 min)
A diptych film – visual experimentation of 16mm found footages, scratching, etching and punching holes on the actual film – with each color of the film strips soaked in different concoctions and buried in sand.
Plema [Phlegm] (22 min)
Motivated by emotional turmoils and day-job related exhaustion, the filmmaker creates this video letter to his VIDPREP (Video Experimentation) class with hopes to help exorcise personal demons. Recording on used tapes and utilizing current illness, this semi-autobiographical video metaphorically structures a visual collage of the filmmaker's wants, desires and lamentations, strongly hinting of his retreat (or is it escape?) from urban chaos and his complete submission to creative freedom.
Sukdulan Ng Pagrahuyo sa Dambana ng Sirenang WalangUlo [The Zenith of Seduction at the Altar of the HeadlessMermaid] (12 min)
Poetry on video tackling themes of innocence, vices and self-destruction. Shot in 1993 and re-constructed in 2006.
May 5 (Saturday)
CAMPUS-BASED FILMS: UP Film Institute Thesis Productions selected by Armi Cacanindin.
Sugat
Directed by: David Diuco
On a hot summer day, the air so humid you could almost drown in it, sixteen-year- old Peachy Angeles decides to jump off the high school roof top. Thus begins Sugat, a dark but poignant coming-of-age story that pays homage to the teen movie genre while alternately satirizing its conventions. Sugat is about the relationship that forms between two high school students – Peachy and Wacks. After being dumped by the most popular girl in school, Wacks and his friends bet on Peachy, the school's social outcast, to restore Wacks' bruised ego. But as the relationship between the two grows deeper, Wacks discovers things about Peachy that makes him understand the reasons for her unhappiness and why she wouldn't let other people get close to her. Winning Peachy's trust, the two start dating. Peachy eventually discovers that she is only the object of a bet between Joaquin and his friends. Heartbroken, Peachy ends the relationship. Joaquin realizes that he has truly fallen in love. What started as a bet between a group of friends ended up changing both lives forever.
My Girl
Directed by: Karen May Ocampo and Emelina A. Aguilar
My Girl is a story of love. Johnny is in deep grief after he lost Jenny, the love of his life. As he recounts the days that he spent with her, their lovestory will start to unfold. At first, we will see typical romantic scenes. But everything will change when Johnny saw Jenny with another guy, and this incident will bring him back to the reality that he just couldn't accept. My Girl is indeed a story of love. And just like any other stories, a love story also has two sides.
Saliwa
Directed by: Yam Palma and Sarah Gacer
Shane is a girl who embodies masculine behavior. At her age, she is not yet aware of the “standard norms” that her society dictates. And so, her masculinity naturally comes out of her but not until her parents noticed her behavior. She was forced to change, to learn things women ought to do, which in effect made her so uncomfortable and unhappy. But do we really have to act like a woman to be a woman? Do we have to do things boys normally do in order to be a boy? Do we have to follow what the society dictates even if we sacrifice our own happiness, or worse than that, lost our identity as unique individuals? Shane finds comfort in the arms of her best friend, Benedict, who understands her. Together, they enjoy life in a common place where they can simply be themselves.
Project: Bright Future
Directed by: Armi Rae Cacanindin and Rory Rebustes
The film is about Dax, a fresh graduate artist who finds himself working in an advertising agency, where his principles and ideals are put into test.
Pilas
Directed by: Angela Tañada and Melissa Magalong
Maya, a writer, tries to escape a sad past and pick up the pieces of her life by leaving the city. She meets Nina, an innocent little girl who inspires her to write again.
Lilip
Directed by: Rex Yadao
Lilip is about the unconditional love of a father for his son. Going beyond his masculinity, Daddy Tony accepts his son’s individuality. Though he still fears for his son’s future, he gives him guidance that would prepare his son for the challenges that lies ahead.
Laman-loob
Directed by: Liarnie Ostani
Laman-loob is a narrative film about Obet, a young embalmer who wanted to become a medical student but engages in some necrophilic acts and illegal selling of organs. This film serves as a social commentary in a deprived system that can turn powerless individuals into powerful destructive ones in order to survive.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
SA NORTH DIVERSION ROAD
Watch "Sa North Diversion Road"
from April 25 to May 1, 2007
at IndieSine, Robinson's Galleria Movieworld, OrtigasCenter, Pasig City.
Limited run only!
SA NORTH DIVERSION ROAD
(On The North Diversion Road)
A film by Dennis Marasigan
Based on a play by Tony Perez
SYNOPSIS
Ten different couples drive down North Diversion Road,bhave different experiences and exit at different points. One Man. One Woman. One Car. Ten Scenes. A film about love, infidelity, and redemption.
from April 25 to May 1, 2007
at IndieSine, Robinson's Galleria Movieworld, OrtigasCenter, Pasig City.
Limited run only!
SA NORTH DIVERSION ROAD
(On The North Diversion Road)
A film by Dennis Marasigan
Based on a play by Tony Perez
SYNOPSIS
Ten different couples drive down North Diversion Road,bhave different experiences and exit at different points. One Man. One Woman. One Car. Ten Scenes. A film about love, infidelity, and redemption.
TULAD NG DATI screenings
TULAD NG DATI
weeklong theatrical run opens April 25 @ SM digital theaters: Megamall, Mall of Asia, Southmall, Manila, Sta. Mesa, Fairview, Pampanga, Clark, Cebu, Davao, San Lazaro
*Megamall will be using a 35mm print
Cinemalaya 2006 Best Film, Best Sound, Best Editing
1st Philippine entry to the New Currents Competition of the Pusan International Film Festival, Korea
Hawaii International Film Festival official selection
TULAD NG DATI follows the current exploits of theFilipino rock band, The Dawn, composed of Teddy Diaz, JB Leonor, Caloy Balcells and Jett Pangan. During thesecond half of the 1980s, the band had risen to becomethe most influential musical rock group of the time. At the height of their popularity, their leader, Teddy Diaz is murdered. The remaining members decide tocontinue on with the music but eventually disband in1995. In 2000, The Dawn reunited.
Tulad ng Dati starts in 2006. It revolves around thecharacter of Jett Pangan who is nearing his forties.Jett has lost his passion for life and music due tothe band's lost popularity and entertains thoughts ofretiring from the band. On a fateful night, Jett isassaulted by burglars and goes into a coma. He wakesup with no memory of his life after 1988 which includes his wife and child, his newbandmates and Teddy's death. He remembers that he is20 years old and is at the peak of his career with TheDawn. Not satisfied with how things turned out withhis life, he tries to change everything back to theway it used to be. The path he takes while finding hisplace in this strange new world proves itself to be atough, emotional, and sometimes hilariousjourney—accompanied by the celebrated music of TheDawn, both past and present.
Starring:
THE DAWN as themselves - Jett Pangan, Francis Reyes,Buddy Zabala, JB Leonor, Carlos BalcellsAgot Isidro, Mylene Dizon, Zoe Sandejas, RaffyFrancisco and Ping Medina as TEDDY DIAZ
Also featuring:
Raimund Marasigan of SANDWICH (in his most talkedabout scene)
Karl Roy of KAPATID
IMAGO
STONEFREE
RATBUNITATA
and TROUBLESPOTS
Please read the Phil Inquirer review http://services. inquirer. net/print/ print.php? article_id= 13666
weeklong theatrical run opens April 25 @ SM digital theaters: Megamall, Mall of Asia, Southmall, Manila, Sta. Mesa, Fairview, Pampanga, Clark, Cebu, Davao, San Lazaro
*Megamall will be using a 35mm print
Cinemalaya 2006 Best Film, Best Sound, Best Editing
1st Philippine entry to the New Currents Competition of the Pusan International Film Festival, Korea
Hawaii International Film Festival official selection
TULAD NG DATI follows the current exploits of theFilipino rock band, The Dawn, composed of Teddy Diaz, JB Leonor, Caloy Balcells and Jett Pangan. During thesecond half of the 1980s, the band had risen to becomethe most influential musical rock group of the time. At the height of their popularity, their leader, Teddy Diaz is murdered. The remaining members decide tocontinue on with the music but eventually disband in1995. In 2000, The Dawn reunited.
Tulad ng Dati starts in 2006. It revolves around thecharacter of Jett Pangan who is nearing his forties.Jett has lost his passion for life and music due tothe band's lost popularity and entertains thoughts ofretiring from the band. On a fateful night, Jett isassaulted by burglars and goes into a coma. He wakesup with no memory of his life after 1988 which includes his wife and child, his newbandmates and Teddy's death. He remembers that he is20 years old and is at the peak of his career with TheDawn. Not satisfied with how things turned out withhis life, he tries to change everything back to theway it used to be. The path he takes while finding hisplace in this strange new world proves itself to be atough, emotional, and sometimes hilariousjourney—accompanied by the celebrated music of TheDawn, both past and present.
Starring:
THE DAWN as themselves - Jett Pangan, Francis Reyes,Buddy Zabala, JB Leonor, Carlos BalcellsAgot Isidro, Mylene Dizon, Zoe Sandejas, RaffyFrancisco and Ping Medina as TEDDY DIAZ
Also featuring:
Raimund Marasigan of SANDWICH (in his most talkedabout scene)
Karl Roy of KAPATID
IMAGO
STONEFREE
RATBUNITATA
and TROUBLESPOTS
Please read the Phil Inquirer review http://services. inquirer. net/print/ print.php? article_id= 13666
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
CineKalikasan 1.2
KALIKASAN - PEOPLES NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
924-8756; E-mail: kalikasan.pne@gmail.com
You are cordially invited to CineKalikasan 1.2 Film screenings on environmental issues
April 24, 2007 (Tuesday), 5:30 – 7 PM
Mag:net Gallery and Café
AGCOR Building, 335 Katipunan Ave. (fronting Miriam and Ateneo),
Quezon City
Program
The Green Guerillas: The Fight for the Philippine Rain Forest
Philippines/Germany/New Zealand, 1995 DV Video, 30 minutes, with subtitles Directed by Rod Prosser
Production companies: Vanguard Films / WDR, Cologne
In 1994, New Zealand filmmaker Rod Prosser was commissioned by German television to report on the efforts of the underground liberation movement to save the country's rainforest together with the tribal people of southeast Mindanao from the chainsaws of multinational timber corporations. The resulting film is a documentary which pushes the boundaries of the reportage form to present the fight for the environment from the perspective of indigenous revolutionaries.
Sabidong ti Balitok (Toxic Gold)
Philippines, 200
522 minutes, with subtitles Directed by Judy Cariño and Emmanuel Palo, with Tan-aw Multimedia Collective, Save the Abra River Movement (STARM), Montanosa Relief and Rehabilitation Service (MRRS), Health Action and Information Network (HAIN)
Sabidong Ti Balitok presents the effects of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company's operations on the water, earth, air and lives of people living along the Abra River. It tells the story of the fiery people's struggle against environmental destruction, corporate mining and the plunder of the people's resources.
Agos
Philippines, 2003 18 minutes
Directed by Tomas Estrera III The filmmaker's undergraduate thesis at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts, Agos is a video documentary about the effects of the San Roque Multipurpose Dam project—the largest hydroelectric irrigation project in Asian history and the 12th highest dam of its kind in the world—on the Ibaloi Community and the Agno River in Northern Philippines.
Cinekalikasan is a project initiated by Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) aiming to popularize various environmental and peoples struggles through film screenings in different venues. This screening at mag:net Katipunan, a bookshop/gallery/café and home to the Cinekatipunan film project, will be the first in this year's series. While the film screenings are free, the audience is encouraged to give donations for the benefit of the featured filmmakers. Food and drinks may be bought at the café.
924-8756; E-mail: kalikasan.pne@gmail.com
You are cordially invited to CineKalikasan 1.2 Film screenings on environmental issues
April 24, 2007 (Tuesday), 5:30 – 7 PM
Mag:net Gallery and Café
AGCOR Building, 335 Katipunan Ave. (fronting Miriam and Ateneo),
Quezon City
Program
The Green Guerillas: The Fight for the Philippine Rain Forest
Philippines/Germany/New Zealand, 1995 DV Video, 30 minutes, with subtitles Directed by Rod Prosser
Production companies: Vanguard Films / WDR, Cologne
In 1994, New Zealand filmmaker Rod Prosser was commissioned by German television to report on the efforts of the underground liberation movement to save the country's rainforest together with the tribal people of southeast Mindanao from the chainsaws of multinational timber corporations. The resulting film is a documentary which pushes the boundaries of the reportage form to present the fight for the environment from the perspective of indigenous revolutionaries.
Sabidong ti Balitok (Toxic Gold)
Philippines, 200
522 minutes, with subtitles Directed by Judy Cariño and Emmanuel Palo, with Tan-aw Multimedia Collective, Save the Abra River Movement (STARM), Montanosa Relief and Rehabilitation Service (MRRS), Health Action and Information Network (HAIN)
Sabidong Ti Balitok presents the effects of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company's operations on the water, earth, air and lives of people living along the Abra River. It tells the story of the fiery people's struggle against environmental destruction, corporate mining and the plunder of the people's resources.
Agos
Philippines, 2003 18 minutes
Directed by Tomas Estrera III The filmmaker's undergraduate thesis at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts, Agos is a video documentary about the effects of the San Roque Multipurpose Dam project—the largest hydroelectric irrigation project in Asian history and the 12th highest dam of its kind in the world—on the Ibaloi Community and the Agno River in Northern Philippines.
Cinekalikasan is a project initiated by Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) aiming to popularize various environmental and peoples struggles through film screenings in different venues. This screening at mag:net Katipunan, a bookshop/gallery/café and home to the Cinekatipunan film project, will be the first in this year's series. While the film screenings are free, the audience is encouraged to give donations for the benefit of the featured filmmakers. Food and drinks may be bought at the café.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Cinekatipunan
THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
April 23 – 28, 2007
This weeks highlight is the finale of the three-week UNCENSORED BODIES Dance Map at Cinekatipunan/ Mag:net on Wednesday, April 25, in celebration of April as World Dance Month. The third screening features works on dance by Filipino filmmakers Sari Dalena, Kristine Mariel Icban, Carmi Garcia Raymundo, Alina Co, Malyn Punay, Romeo Candido, and Paul Morales, and short foreign contemporary dance films in the International Festival of Cinema and Technology (IFCT) Showcase. Myra Beltran and Cynthia Alexander will cap the night with a performance of the "Le Grand Tango" dance piece with violinist Alfonso "Coke" Bolipata and Pianist Jordan Fetalver and a performance with the World Dance Alliance, respectively. Asian dance films curated by Mervin Espina will open this week's program on Monday, April 23. To commemorate Cordillera Day 2007 is the Sinekalikasan program on Tuesday, April 24, featuring documentary works on Philippine environmental issues by New Zealand filmmaker Rod Prosser, Tan-Aw Multimedia Collective in Northern Luzon, and Tom Estrera III's work on the Agno River and the Ibaloi community. Thursday features three short works by awarded filmmakers Milo Sogueco and Peter Chua: Eroplano, Buwan, and Araw. The Harder They Come, a cult hit on reggae by Jamaican filmmaker Perry Henzell, caps Friday's program presented y Merv Espina, while poet and musician Jess Santiago on Saturday presents a video report on the song as venue for developmental education and people's advocacy in South East Asia.
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 aboutCinekatipunan write to http://us.f355.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=sinag_haraya%40yahoo.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 http://www.magnet.com.ph/.
APRIL 23 – 28 PROGRAM
April 23 (Monday)
ASIALunes: Asian Dance Films presented by Mervin Espina
April 24 (Tuesday)
SINEKALIKASAN: Environmental DocumentariesIn cooperation with Kalikasan Peoples Network for the Environment
The Green Guerillas: The Fight for the Philippine Rain Forest
Philippines/ Germany/New Zealand, 1995DV Video, 30 minutes, with subtitles Director: Rod ProsserProduction companies: Vanguard Films / WDR, Cologne
For many years after EDSA 1 in 1986, the world turned its eyes with interest on the Filipino people. In 1994, New Zealand filmmaker Rod Prosser was commissioned by German television to report on the efforts of the underground liberation movement to save the country's rainforest from the chainsaws of multinational timber corporations. The resulting film depicts the struggle of revolutionary guerillas together with the tribal people of south east Mindanao, the Mandaya, to enforce a regional ban on all commercial logging. It is a documentary which pushes the boundaries of the reportage form to present the fight for the environment from the perspective of indigenous revolutionaries.
Sabidong ti Balitok (Toxic Gold)
Philippines , 200522 minutes, with subtitles Directed by Judy Cariño and Emmanuel Palo, with Tan-aw Multimedia Collective, Save the Abra River Movement (STARM), Montanosa Relief and Rehabilitation Service (MRRS), Health Action and Information Network (HAIN). Sabidong Ti Balitok presents the effects of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company's operations on the water, earth, air and lives of people living along the Abra River. It tells the story of the fiery people's struggle against environmental destruction, corporate mining and the plunder of the people's resources.
Agos
Philippines 18 minutes, directed by Tomas Estrera III The filmmaker's undergraduate thesis at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts and his first film work, Agos is a video documentary about the effects of the San Roque Multipurpose Dam project—the largest hydroelectric irrigation project in Asian history and the 12th highest dam of its kind in the world—on the Ibaloi Community and the Agno River in Northern Philippines.
April 25 (Wednesday)
UNCENSORED BODIES: A Dance On Screen Series
Sari Dalena: THE WHITE FUNERAL
Kristine Mariel Icban and Carmi Garcia Raymundo: DANCESPORT
Alina Co and Malyn Punay: PIROUETTE
Romeo Candido: KA-AMULAN (An excerpt for the documentary "DANCERS! PICK UP YOUR BAMBOO)
Paul Morales with MYRA BELTRAN, AIR DANCE performance (9 PM)
and
Foreign contemporary dance films in collaboration with the International Festival of Cinema and Technology (IFCT) Showcase (Website: http://www.ifct.org/ifctscheduledance.html)
Wings of Legacy
Directed by Neeta Mittal, USA"Wings of Legacy" is the story of two women from a world full of movement and a heart of dance that has no boundaries. "Hip-hop and ballet were chosen as motifs to represent the contradictory entities ofyouth and wisdom, ability and disability, life and death."
Desperate Horsewife
Directed by Paul Lazarus, USA
Parody of a musical theatre film involving an unconventional love triangle.
Tiny Dancer
Directed by Stefan Georgiou, UK
Very rarely do dreams actually come true but that doesn't make it wrong to have them. How do you dealwith not doing what you love? You Do It.
Contrapunto
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jacquet, USA/FranceHand-drawn animation of a dancing couple in Buenos Aires, exploring the details of the tango.
The Double Woman
Directed by Carla B Guttmann, Germany
The Double Woman is a film about a modern dancer who confronts her childhood in a haunting, carnal dance. As she contorts and moves her body, childhood ghosts and memories are released. It is a film about the secrets the body hides and how one woman frees herself through movement.
Hand Sum
Directed by Eva Colmers, Canada
Miro moves through life without much conviction until a magical incident helps her escape her daily routine.
April 26 (Thursday)
Milo Sogueco and Peter Chua: SHORT FILMS
Milo Sogueco: EROPLANO
Milo Sogueco is an independent filmmaker and photographer, who won Grand Prize in the 2004 Gawad CCP for feature film. "Groovy: The Colors of Pacita Abad".
Peter Chua: BUWAN (1999)-Winner, Committee for Competitive Grants, National Commission for Culture and the Arts-Winner, 2nd Best Short Feature in Film, Gawad CCP para sa Alternibong Pelikula at Video-Winner, Ishmael Bernal Award, Cinemanila International Film Festival 2000Peter Chua: ARAW (2001)-Winner, Committee for Competitive Grants, NCCA
April 27 (Friday)
REEL REGGAE Program: THE HARDER THEY COME
Presented by Merv Espina
HARDER THEY COME
Directed by Perry Henzell, Jamaica, 1972
Jamaican filmmaker Perry Henzell made reggae an integral player in his gritty 1973 saga of a renegade Kingston singer who becomes a modern Robin Hood, casting one of the style's earliest stars, Jimmy Cliff, in the lead, and filling this soundtrack with classics from Toots & The Maytals ("Pressure Drop," "Sweet and Dandy"), Desmond Dekker ("Shanty Town"), The Melodians ("Rivers of Babylon"), and the Slickers ("Johnny Too Bad"). Cliff himself gets pole position, however, getting in the first ("You Can Get It If You Really Want") and last ("The Harder They Come") words in this first-rate reggae primer, which also features Cliff's enduring "Many Rivers to Cross." --Sam Sutherland
The Harder They Come was a cult hit when it was released 30 years ago. Along with Bob Marley, the film and its soundtrack helped introduce reggae music to America and the rest of the world.
April 28 (Saturday)
Jess Santiago: A VILLAGE IN THE MAKING
A video report on song as venue for developmental education and people's advocacy in Okinawa, ChiangMai, and Yogyakarta
JESUS M. SANTIAGO a.k.a. Jess Santiago is a poet, singer, songwriter, cultural organizer, musical scorer, translator, editor, newspaper columnist, development worker, trainer, and book designer. The film is a product of Santiago's study as a fellow of The Nippon Foundation's Asian Public Intellectuals (API) Fellowship Program.
April 23 – 28, 2007
This weeks highlight is the finale of the three-week UNCENSORED BODIES Dance Map at Cinekatipunan/ Mag:net on Wednesday, April 25, in celebration of April as World Dance Month. The third screening features works on dance by Filipino filmmakers Sari Dalena, Kristine Mariel Icban, Carmi Garcia Raymundo, Alina Co, Malyn Punay, Romeo Candido, and Paul Morales, and short foreign contemporary dance films in the International Festival of Cinema and Technology (IFCT) Showcase. Myra Beltran and Cynthia Alexander will cap the night with a performance of the "Le Grand Tango" dance piece with violinist Alfonso "Coke" Bolipata and Pianist Jordan Fetalver and a performance with the World Dance Alliance, respectively. Asian dance films curated by Mervin Espina will open this week's program on Monday, April 23. To commemorate Cordillera Day 2007 is the Sinekalikasan program on Tuesday, April 24, featuring documentary works on Philippine environmental issues by New Zealand filmmaker Rod Prosser, Tan-Aw Multimedia Collective in Northern Luzon, and Tom Estrera III's work on the Agno River and the Ibaloi community. Thursday features three short works by awarded filmmakers Milo Sogueco and Peter Chua: Eroplano, Buwan, and Araw. The Harder They Come, a cult hit on reggae by Jamaican filmmaker Perry Henzell, caps Friday's program presented y Merv Espina, while poet and musician Jess Santiago on Saturday presents a video report on the song as venue for developmental education and people's advocacy in South East Asia.
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 aboutCinekatipunan write to http://us.f355.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=sinag_haraya%40yahoo.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 http://www.magnet.com.ph/.
APRIL 23 – 28 PROGRAM
April 23 (Monday)
ASIALunes: Asian Dance Films presented by Mervin Espina
April 24 (Tuesday)
SINEKALIKASAN: Environmental DocumentariesIn cooperation with Kalikasan Peoples Network for the Environment
The Green Guerillas: The Fight for the Philippine Rain Forest
Philippines/ Germany/New Zealand, 1995DV Video, 30 minutes, with subtitles Director: Rod ProsserProduction companies: Vanguard Films / WDR, Cologne
For many years after EDSA 1 in 1986, the world turned its eyes with interest on the Filipino people. In 1994, New Zealand filmmaker Rod Prosser was commissioned by German television to report on the efforts of the underground liberation movement to save the country's rainforest from the chainsaws of multinational timber corporations. The resulting film depicts the struggle of revolutionary guerillas together with the tribal people of south east Mindanao, the Mandaya, to enforce a regional ban on all commercial logging. It is a documentary which pushes the boundaries of the reportage form to present the fight for the environment from the perspective of indigenous revolutionaries.
Sabidong ti Balitok (Toxic Gold)
Philippines , 200522 minutes, with subtitles Directed by Judy Cariño and Emmanuel Palo, with Tan-aw Multimedia Collective, Save the Abra River Movement (STARM), Montanosa Relief and Rehabilitation Service (MRRS), Health Action and Information Network (HAIN). Sabidong Ti Balitok presents the effects of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company's operations on the water, earth, air and lives of people living along the Abra River. It tells the story of the fiery people's struggle against environmental destruction, corporate mining and the plunder of the people's resources.
Agos
Philippines 18 minutes, directed by Tomas Estrera III The filmmaker's undergraduate thesis at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts and his first film work, Agos is a video documentary about the effects of the San Roque Multipurpose Dam project—the largest hydroelectric irrigation project in Asian history and the 12th highest dam of its kind in the world—on the Ibaloi Community and the Agno River in Northern Philippines.
April 25 (Wednesday)
UNCENSORED BODIES: A Dance On Screen Series
Sari Dalena: THE WHITE FUNERAL
Kristine Mariel Icban and Carmi Garcia Raymundo: DANCESPORT
Alina Co and Malyn Punay: PIROUETTE
Romeo Candido: KA-AMULAN (An excerpt for the documentary "DANCERS! PICK UP YOUR BAMBOO)
Paul Morales with MYRA BELTRAN, AIR DANCE performance (9 PM)
and
Foreign contemporary dance films in collaboration with the International Festival of Cinema and Technology (IFCT) Showcase (Website: http://www.ifct.org/ifctscheduledance.html)
Wings of Legacy
Directed by Neeta Mittal, USA"Wings of Legacy" is the story of two women from a world full of movement and a heart of dance that has no boundaries. "Hip-hop and ballet were chosen as motifs to represent the contradictory entities ofyouth and wisdom, ability and disability, life and death."
Desperate Horsewife
Directed by Paul Lazarus, USA
Parody of a musical theatre film involving an unconventional love triangle.
Tiny Dancer
Directed by Stefan Georgiou, UK
Very rarely do dreams actually come true but that doesn't make it wrong to have them. How do you dealwith not doing what you love? You Do It.
Contrapunto
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jacquet, USA/FranceHand-drawn animation of a dancing couple in Buenos Aires, exploring the details of the tango.
The Double Woman
Directed by Carla B Guttmann, Germany
The Double Woman is a film about a modern dancer who confronts her childhood in a haunting, carnal dance. As she contorts and moves her body, childhood ghosts and memories are released. It is a film about the secrets the body hides and how one woman frees herself through movement.
Hand Sum
Directed by Eva Colmers, Canada
Miro moves through life without much conviction until a magical incident helps her escape her daily routine.
April 26 (Thursday)
Milo Sogueco and Peter Chua: SHORT FILMS
Milo Sogueco: EROPLANO
Milo Sogueco is an independent filmmaker and photographer, who won Grand Prize in the 2004 Gawad CCP for feature film. "Groovy: The Colors of Pacita Abad".
Peter Chua: BUWAN (1999)-Winner, Committee for Competitive Grants, National Commission for Culture and the Arts-Winner, 2nd Best Short Feature in Film, Gawad CCP para sa Alternibong Pelikula at Video-Winner, Ishmael Bernal Award, Cinemanila International Film Festival 2000Peter Chua: ARAW (2001)-Winner, Committee for Competitive Grants, NCCA
April 27 (Friday)
REEL REGGAE Program: THE HARDER THEY COME
Presented by Merv Espina
HARDER THEY COME
Directed by Perry Henzell, Jamaica, 1972
Jamaican filmmaker Perry Henzell made reggae an integral player in his gritty 1973 saga of a renegade Kingston singer who becomes a modern Robin Hood, casting one of the style's earliest stars, Jimmy Cliff, in the lead, and filling this soundtrack with classics from Toots & The Maytals ("Pressure Drop," "Sweet and Dandy"), Desmond Dekker ("Shanty Town"), The Melodians ("Rivers of Babylon"), and the Slickers ("Johnny Too Bad"). Cliff himself gets pole position, however, getting in the first ("You Can Get It If You Really Want") and last ("The Harder They Come") words in this first-rate reggae primer, which also features Cliff's enduring "Many Rivers to Cross." --Sam Sutherland
The Harder They Come was a cult hit when it was released 30 years ago. Along with Bob Marley, the film and its soundtrack helped introduce reggae music to America and the rest of the world.
April 28 (Saturday)
Jess Santiago: A VILLAGE IN THE MAKING
A video report on song as venue for developmental education and people's advocacy in Okinawa, ChiangMai, and Yogyakarta
JESUS M. SANTIAGO a.k.a. Jess Santiago is a poet, singer, songwriter, cultural organizer, musical scorer, translator, editor, newspaper columnist, development worker, trainer, and book designer. The film is a product of Santiago's study as a fellow of The Nippon Foundation's Asian Public Intellectuals (API) Fellowship Program.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Endangered Tales screening
Have A Green Day!
Dear Friends,
As we celebrate the Earth Day on April 22, the Center for
Environmental Awareness and Education (CEAE) will showcase the
Philippine's unique bioderversity and endemic animals on the film
"Endangered Tales". It is a story of different endangered species
found only in the Philippines which will be shown on April 22 at SM
Megamall Cinema 8.
Tickets are available at the venue or at the CEAE office located at
Unit 3A, Gilmore Heights, Gilmore, Quezon City.
Attached is the link to the impressive trailer of Endangered Tales.
For questions or inquiries, please contact CEAE at 721 7360 or www.ceae.org.
Thank you very much!
Dear Friends,
As we celebrate the Earth Day on April 22, the Center for
Environmental Awareness and Education (CEAE) will showcase the
Philippine's unique bioderversity and endemic animals on the film
"Endangered Tales". It is a story of different endangered species
found only in the Philippines which will be shown on April 22 at SM
Megamall Cinema 8.
Tickets are available at the venue or at the CEAE office located at
Unit 3A, Gilmore Heights, Gilmore, Quezon City.
Attached is the link to the impressive trailer of Endangered Tales.
For questions or inquiries, please contact CEAE at 721 7360 or www.ceae.org.
Thank you very much!
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH at SM Cinemas
Watch "An Inconvenient Truth" FOR FREE!
On Earth Day, April 22, 2007 (Sunday), SM Cinema, together with DENR, Earth Day Network Philippines, and Magnavision, invites you to watch FREE SCREENINGS of An Inconvenient Truth at 1PM, 3PM, and 5PM at the following theaters:
1. SM MALL OF ASIA - 5560104-05
2. SM MEGAMALL - 6331901, 6384270
3. SM NORTH EDSA - 9295452
4. SM MANILA - 5239240/05
5. SM SAN LAZARO - 7862487-88
6. SM CENTERPOINT- STA. MESA - 7161416, 7160647
7. SM FAIRVIEW - 4176811, 9350749
8. SM SOUTHMALL - 8066888, 8066782
9. SM PAMPANGA - 8311000 loc 1610-11, (045) 9637681-85
10. SM CLARK - (045) 6255844-45
11. SM BAGUIO - 8311000 loc 1625-26, (074) 6197838/39/41
12. SM CEBU - 8311000 loc 1637, (032) 2313876
13. SM DAVAO - 8311000 loc 1605-06, (082) 2976998
14. SM BACOLOD - (034) 7081010, 8311000 loc 1650
Come celebrate Earth Day at SM Cinemas. Bring your friends and family on April 22 and watch An Inconvenient Truth FOR FREE! Spread the word and discover what you can do for your planet.
Feel free to pass this email to your office mates, friends, and family. "Kelan ka pa ba naman pwede manglibre ng sine na pangmaramihan?" For more information, visit www.smcinema. com / www.climatecrisis. net
On Earth Day, April 22, 2007 (Sunday), SM Cinema, together with DENR, Earth Day Network Philippines, and Magnavision, invites you to watch FREE SCREENINGS of An Inconvenient Truth at 1PM, 3PM, and 5PM at the following theaters:
1. SM MALL OF ASIA - 5560104-05
2. SM MEGAMALL - 6331901, 6384270
3. SM NORTH EDSA - 9295452
4. SM MANILA - 5239240/05
5. SM SAN LAZARO - 7862487-88
6. SM CENTERPOINT- STA. MESA - 7161416, 7160647
7. SM FAIRVIEW - 4176811, 9350749
8. SM SOUTHMALL - 8066888, 8066782
9. SM PAMPANGA - 8311000 loc 1610-11, (045) 9637681-85
10. SM CLARK - (045) 6255844-45
11. SM BAGUIO - 8311000 loc 1625-26, (074) 6197838/39/41
12. SM CEBU - 8311000 loc 1637, (032) 2313876
13. SM DAVAO - 8311000 loc 1605-06, (082) 2976998
14. SM BACOLOD - (034) 7081010, 8311000 loc 1650
Come celebrate Earth Day at SM Cinemas. Bring your friends and family on April 22 and watch An Inconvenient Truth FOR FREE! Spread the word and discover what you can do for your planet.
Feel free to pass this email to your office mates, friends, and family. "Kelan ka pa ba naman pwede manglibre ng sine na pangmaramihan?" For more information, visit www.smcinema. com / www.climatecrisis. net
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Titus Brandsma Center screenings
pelikula@titusbrandsma
Laughter, Still the Best Medicine ... Nobody Wants to be Lonely!
24 Acacia St. Brgy. Mariana, New Manila, Quezon City
APRIL 21, 2007, 1PM ONWARDS
ADMISSION IS FREE
Sequence:
ELLING (2001)
Petter Næss, Norway
89 minutes. In Norweigan with English subtitles.
Cast: Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, JørgenLanghelle, Per Christensen
Elling (Per Christian Ellefsen) is a neurotic middle-aged man who has ledan extremely sheltered life and is institutionalized after his mother'sdeath triggers a nervous breakdown. Upon being discharged, he is given aflat in Oslo to share with his friend and fellow patient Kjell Bjarne (SvenNordin), a food-loving would-be womanizer whose loutish behavioroccasionally proves taxing to the fastidious Elling. At first both men areparalyzed by separation anxiety and fear of the outside world, and simpletasks like grocery shopping or making a phone call present major challenges.Once Kjell Bjarne decides to venture beyond the confines of their home,however, his unlikely infatuation with a lonely pregnant woman (Marit PiaJacobsen) causes a rift between the two friends, prompting Elling to startforging social contacts and seek a calling of his own.
Awards/Nominations:
2001 AFI Fest - Nominated, Grand Jury Prize; 2002 Oscar Awards - Nominated,Best Foreign Language Film; 2001 Amanda Awards, Norway - Nominated, BestActor (Per Christian Ellefsen); 2001 Lübeck Nordic Film Days - Winner,Audience Prize of the "Lübecker Nachrichten", Prize of the Ecumenical Jury;2002 Peñíscola Comedy Film Festival - Winner, Best Film; 2002 Rouen NordicFilm Festival - Winner, Audience Award, Best Actor; 2001 San SebastiánInternational Film Festival - Winner, Best New Director - Special Mention,Youth Jury Award; 2002 Seattle International Film Festival - Winner, GoldenSpace Needle Award Best Film; 2002 Selb Film Festival - Winner, AudienceAward, Best Film; 2001 Stockholm Film Festival - Winner, Best Screenplay,FIPRESCI Prize Northern Lights Section. For its outstanding performances,literate script and detailed setting which depict with humor and compassionthe plight of marginal people. Nominated, Bronze Horse; 2002 WarsawInternational Film Festival - Winner, Audience Award; 2002 WürzburgInternational Filmweekend - Winner, Audience Award
The Guests (Ushpizin, Ha-) (2004)
Giddi Dar, Israel
90 minutes. In Hebrew /Yiddish with English subtitles.
Cast: Shuli Rand, Michal Bat-Sheva Rand, Shaul Mizrahi, Ilan Ganani, AvrahamAbutboul
In Jerusalem's orthodox neighborhoods, it's Succoth, seven days celebratinglife's essentials in a sukkot, a temporary shack of both deprivation andhospitality. A devout couple, Moshe and Mali, married nearly five years andchildless, are broke and praying for a miracle. Suddenly, miracles abound: afriend finds Moshe a sukkot he says is abandoned, Moshe is the beneficiaryof local charitable fundraising, and two escaped convicts arrive on Mosheand Mali's doorstep in time to be their ushpizin - their guests. Themiracles then become trials. Rabbinical advice, absolution, an effort toavoid anger, and a 1000-shekel citron figure in Moshe's dark night of thesoul.
Awards/Nominations:
2004 Awards of the Israeli Film Academy - Winner, Best Actor (Shuli Rand).Nominated, Best Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Shaul Mizrahi)
The Mad Cage/Birds of a Feather/(Cage aux folles, La) (1978)
Edouard Molinaro, France/Italy
87 mins. In French with English subtitles.
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/imdb/actor/nm0865575/ref=imdbdppd_a_0/104-9567465-2176706>
Cast:Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent, CarmenScarpitta
The film title is the name of a nightclub run by a pair of homosexuals, oneof whom has a son who wants to marry the daughter of a high official. Hisparents--gay nightclub owner Renato and effeminate transvestite Zaza--mustmeet his pompous and conservative in-laws. For the sake of their son, thegay couple decide not only to act straight, but to pose as husband and wife!On the night of the party however, insanity reigns when "mom" and "dad" failto adhere to the "straight" and narrow. This French art house smash wasremade in the US as THE BIRDCAGE with Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, and GeneHackman.
Awards/Nominations:
1980 Oscar Awards - Nominated, Best Costume Design, Director, Writing,Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium; 1979 César Awards, France- Winner, Best Actor (Michel Serrault); 1979 David di Donatello Awards -Winner, Best Foreign Actor (Michel Serrault). Tied with Richard Gere forDays of Heaven (1978); 1980 Golden Globes, USA - Winner, Best Foreign Film;1979 National Board of Review, USA - Winner, Best Foreign Language Film
Reference: http://www.imdb.com/, amazon.com, rottentomatoes.com
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Laughter, Still the Best Medicine ... Nobody Wants to be Lonely!
24 Acacia St. Brgy. Mariana, New Manila, Quezon City
APRIL 21, 2007, 1PM ONWARDS
ADMISSION IS FREE
Sequence:
ELLING (2001)
Petter Næss, Norway
89 minutes. In Norweigan with English subtitles.
Cast: Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, JørgenLanghelle, Per Christensen
Elling (Per Christian Ellefsen) is a neurotic middle-aged man who has ledan extremely sheltered life and is institutionalized after his mother'sdeath triggers a nervous breakdown. Upon being discharged, he is given aflat in Oslo to share with his friend and fellow patient Kjell Bjarne (SvenNordin), a food-loving would-be womanizer whose loutish behavioroccasionally proves taxing to the fastidious Elling. At first both men areparalyzed by separation anxiety and fear of the outside world, and simpletasks like grocery shopping or making a phone call present major challenges.Once Kjell Bjarne decides to venture beyond the confines of their home,however, his unlikely infatuation with a lonely pregnant woman (Marit PiaJacobsen) causes a rift between the two friends, prompting Elling to startforging social contacts and seek a calling of his own.
Awards/Nominations:
2001 AFI Fest - Nominated, Grand Jury Prize; 2002 Oscar Awards - Nominated,Best Foreign Language Film; 2001 Amanda Awards, Norway - Nominated, BestActor (Per Christian Ellefsen); 2001 Lübeck Nordic Film Days - Winner,Audience Prize of the "Lübecker Nachrichten", Prize of the Ecumenical Jury;2002 Peñíscola Comedy Film Festival - Winner, Best Film; 2002 Rouen NordicFilm Festival - Winner, Audience Award, Best Actor; 2001 San SebastiánInternational Film Festival - Winner, Best New Director - Special Mention,Youth Jury Award; 2002 Seattle International Film Festival - Winner, GoldenSpace Needle Award Best Film; 2002 Selb Film Festival - Winner, AudienceAward, Best Film; 2001 Stockholm Film Festival - Winner, Best Screenplay,FIPRESCI Prize Northern Lights Section. For its outstanding performances,literate script and detailed setting which depict with humor and compassionthe plight of marginal people. Nominated, Bronze Horse; 2002 WarsawInternational Film Festival - Winner, Audience Award; 2002 WürzburgInternational Filmweekend - Winner, Audience Award
The Guests (Ushpizin, Ha-) (2004)
Giddi Dar, Israel
90 minutes. In Hebrew /Yiddish with English subtitles.
Cast: Shuli Rand, Michal Bat-Sheva Rand, Shaul Mizrahi, Ilan Ganani, AvrahamAbutboul
In Jerusalem's orthodox neighborhoods, it's Succoth, seven days celebratinglife's essentials in a sukkot, a temporary shack of both deprivation andhospitality. A devout couple, Moshe and Mali, married nearly five years andchildless, are broke and praying for a miracle. Suddenly, miracles abound: afriend finds Moshe a sukkot he says is abandoned, Moshe is the beneficiaryof local charitable fundraising, and two escaped convicts arrive on Mosheand Mali's doorstep in time to be their ushpizin - their guests. Themiracles then become trials. Rabbinical advice, absolution, an effort toavoid anger, and a 1000-shekel citron figure in Moshe's dark night of thesoul.
Awards/Nominations:
2004 Awards of the Israeli Film Academy - Winner, Best Actor (Shuli Rand).Nominated, Best Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Shaul Mizrahi)
The Mad Cage/Birds of a Feather/(Cage aux folles, La) (1978)
Edouard Molinaro, France/Italy
87 mins. In French with English subtitles.
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/imdb/actor/nm0865575/ref=imdbdppd_a_0/104-9567465-2176706>
Cast:Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent, CarmenScarpitta
The film title is the name of a nightclub run by a pair of homosexuals, oneof whom has a son who wants to marry the daughter of a high official. Hisparents--gay nightclub owner Renato and effeminate transvestite Zaza--mustmeet his pompous and conservative in-laws. For the sake of their son, thegay couple decide not only to act straight, but to pose as husband and wife!On the night of the party however, insanity reigns when "mom" and "dad" failto adhere to the "straight" and narrow. This French art house smash wasremade in the US as THE BIRDCAGE with Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, and GeneHackman.
Awards/Nominations:
1980 Oscar Awards - Nominated, Best Costume Design, Director, Writing,Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium; 1979 César Awards, France- Winner, Best Actor (Michel Serrault); 1979 David di Donatello Awards -Winner, Best Foreign Actor (Michel Serrault). Tied with Richard Gere forDays of Heaven (1978); 1980 Golden Globes, USA - Winner, Best Foreign Film;1979 National Board of Review, USA - Winner, Best Foreign Language Film
Reference: http://www.imdb.com/, amazon.com, rottentomatoes.com
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Titus Brandsma Center screenings
La Cage aux folles, a French art house smash hit, was remade in the U.S. as The Birdcage starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, and Gene Hackman.
Pelikula@Titusbrandsma to hold free screening on April 21
Pelikula@Titusbrandsma is a free monthly film screening that features fine samples of world cinema. After every screening, film enthusiasts can discuss the aesthetic and technical merits of each film. This monthly screening is an offering of the Titus Brandsma Center-Media Program under the auspices of the Carmelites in the Philippines. It is aimed at giving a meaningful experience for film enthusiasts. The core group of Pelikula@TitusBrandsma selects three films that correspondto a specific theme for each month. For the month of April, the chosen theme is Laughter, Still the Best Medicine...Nobody Wants to be Lonely!
This month's screening will be held on April 21, 2007 from 1 p.m. onwards at the Titus Brandsma Center, 24 Acacia St. Brgy. Mariana, New Manila, QuezonCity.
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Pelikula@Titusbrandsma to hold free screening on April 21
Pelikula@Titusbrandsma is a free monthly film screening that features fine samples of world cinema. After every screening, film enthusiasts can discuss the aesthetic and technical merits of each film. This monthly screening is an offering of the Titus Brandsma Center-Media Program under the auspices of the Carmelites in the Philippines. It is aimed at giving a meaningful experience for film enthusiasts. The core group of Pelikula@TitusBrandsma selects three films that correspondto a specific theme for each month. For the month of April, the chosen theme is Laughter, Still the Best Medicine...Nobody Wants to be Lonely!
This month's screening will be held on April 21, 2007 from 1 p.m. onwards at the Titus Brandsma Center, 24 Acacia St. Brgy. Mariana, New Manila, QuezonCity.
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Friday, April 20, 2007
S.A.B.A.W.
S.A.B.A.W. presents
"Conductors of the Pit: Sound Artists versus Video Artists"
WHEN: April 20 2007, 9pm
WHERE: Mag:net Café Katipunan
AGCOR Building (In front of Mirriam College)
335 Katipunan AvenueQuezon City
http://www.magnet.com.ph/
ADMISSION: 100 PHP
The pit, the abyss, the penetralia, the recesses of the mind, the darknessof politicaldomination, the gulf between worlds. To conduct the pit, then, versus theorchestra of the living, is to initiate and order materials from thesubconscious. On April 20 at Mag-net Café Katipunan, local video artists and sound artists will take up the role as the "Conductors of the Pit" and partake in a freely improvised environment where their only obvious limitations are the limits of their equipment, venue space and time.
Video artists and video performance artists (VJs) are going to be paired upand pitted against sound artists and musicians, into a mock-battle/game of dominance, cooperation, and everything in between. The pairs can compliment each other, challenge each other, or totally hinder each others performance.There are absolutely no rules. No predetermined obstructions or directions as to how each performance should be. Anything goes. Each pair will only be given 30 minutes (includingset-up time) per performance. Each performer will have to rely on improvising on the spot with their selected partners. While some of these performers have performed together in the past, most of them are going to be their chosen partners will do for the show. Everybody will meet with their material for the first time at the show on April 20.
PERSONNEL:
[left – video artist right – sound artist]
Tad Ermitano vs Blums Borres
Poklong Anading vs Inconnu ictu
Blums Borres vs Elemento110 vs Caliph 8 (with special guest Tengal)
Mervin Espina vs Arvie Bartolome
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S.A.B.A.W. is a sound art collective and record label that represents across-section of sound artists, performance artists, contemporarymusician-composers and is dedicated to promoting and releasing the best inavant-garde, experimental and noise music in the Philippines.http://www.sabaw.tk/www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/sabaw
"Conductors of the Pit: Sound Artists versus Video Artists"
WHEN: April 20 2007, 9pm
WHERE: Mag:net Café Katipunan
AGCOR Building (In front of Mirriam College)
335 Katipunan AvenueQuezon City
http://www.magnet.com.ph/
ADMISSION: 100 PHP
The pit, the abyss, the penetralia, the recesses of the mind, the darknessof politicaldomination, the gulf between worlds. To conduct the pit, then, versus theorchestra of the living, is to initiate and order materials from thesubconscious. On April 20 at Mag-net Café Katipunan, local video artists and sound artists will take up the role as the "Conductors of the Pit" and partake in a freely improvised environment where their only obvious limitations are the limits of their equipment, venue space and time.
Video artists and video performance artists (VJs) are going to be paired upand pitted against sound artists and musicians, into a mock-battle/game of dominance, cooperation, and everything in between. The pairs can compliment each other, challenge each other, or totally hinder each others performance.There are absolutely no rules. No predetermined obstructions or directions as to how each performance should be. Anything goes. Each pair will only be given 30 minutes (includingset-up time) per performance. Each performer will have to rely on improvising on the spot with their selected partners. While some of these performers have performed together in the past, most of them are going to be their chosen partners will do for the show. Everybody will meet with their material for the first time at the show on April 20.
PERSONNEL:
[left – video artist right – sound artist]
Tad Ermitano vs Blums Borres
Poklong Anading vs Inconnu ictu
Blums Borres vs Elemento110 vs Caliph 8 (with special guest Tengal)
Mervin Espina vs Arvie Bartolome
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S.A.B.A.W. is a sound art collective and record label that represents across-section of sound artists, performance artists, contemporarymusician-composers and is dedicated to promoting and releasing the best inavant-garde, experimental and noise music in the Philippines.http://www.sabaw.tk/www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/sabaw
Monday, April 16, 2007
CINEKATIPUNAN
THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
April 16 to 21, 2007
This April, CINEKATIPUNAN presents the second phase of
Mag:net’s collaboration with independent and
contemporary dancers and choreographers in line with
the celebration with the International Dance Day on
April 29. Foreign and local dance films courtesy of
the International Festival of Cinema and Technology
and Uncensored Bodies will be showcased for three
consecutive Wednesdays (April 11, 18th and 25th)
prior to evening performances by dance and
choreographer communities. This Wednesday’s
Cinekatipunan program features works by Carlitos
Siguion-Reyna, Paul Morales, Romeo Candido, and Keith
Sicat, to be followed by performances by Makiling
Ensemble, Myra Beltran and Airdance starting 9 PM.
In the same line, Monday’s AsiaLunes program (April
16) will feature dance films from Korea and Malaysia.
Tuesday (April 17) sets the tone for the upcoming
Cordillera Day 2007 with a work by activist filmmaker
Ron Papag, featuring people’s theater in the context
of fetad (the Cordillera indigenous people’s
mobilization for war). Thursday (April 19) features
the Films by Visual Artists program with a work by
Cocoy Lumbao, while Nika Bohinc, visiting editor of
the 45-year old film magazine Ekran, will present
award-winning Slovenian film Gravehopping for Friday.
Cinekatipunan caps the week on Saturday (April 21)
with FIRST FILMS by young Filipina filmmakers Felinda
Bagas, Pam Miras and emerging filmmakers from the UP
Film Institute led by Armi Cacanindin.
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. ph. #
APRIL 16-21 PROGRAM
April 16 (Monday)
Asian Dance Films: Wall (Malaysia) and Hitchiking
(Korea)
James Lee: WALL ( 2006 | MiniDV | Color | 13 min)
Language: Mandarin
Synopsis: Between the Man and his love one lies a
wall. Between the Man and his country lies another
wall. It's just a matter of dialogue and monologue.
"Wall" dance choreography by: Amy Len
Director’s Biography:
Born in 1973, Ipoh, Malaysia. Trained as a graphic
designer. A self-taught filmmaker, he began acting &
directing theatre plays before venturing into video
filmmaking.
"The Beautiful Washing Machine", his fourth
DV-feature, won the Best Asean Feature Award and
FIPRESCI Prize in the 2005 Bangkok International Film
Festival. He also produced Amir Muhammad's award
winning documentary "The Big Durian" and Ho Yuhang's
"Sanctuary".
He also works as a director of photography for
independent shorts and features. Which includes two
award winning works, Tan Chui Mui's "Love Conquers
All" and Azharr Rudin's "Majidee".
http://www.doghouse 73pictures. com/sh_wall. html
http://www.doghouse 73pictures. com/about. html
Jin-sung Choi : HITCHHIKING (2004 | 35mm | Color |
30min 30sec)
Language: Korean
Synopsis: It's the first trip together for a couple
that has been dating for about six months. To get out
of boredom, a guy demands for new kind of excitement
from his girlfriend and 'not she' but 'she' ends up
'hitchhiking' himself.
Director's Statement: I wanted to unfold a story about
'dating is hell' in a dry, fantasy tale, in showing
difficulties in communication and weariness found
after six months in a relationship.
Director’s Biography:
Born in 1975, Ulsan. Graduated from Sugang University,
Department of Mass Communications Independent Film
Production 'Freakshow'
Awards and citations for "Hitchhiking" :
Best Short Film, 3rd Korean Film Award (2004,
Korea)
Jury's Special Mention, Busan Asian Short Film
Festival (2004, Korea)
Best Video Film & Special Mention, 21st Turin
Int'l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (2006, Italy)
3rd Prize in Press Award for Best Film, 11th
Lyon Asian Film Festival (2005, France)
April 17 (Tuesday)
Ron Magbuhos Papag: FETAD! People’s Theatre Cordillera
FETAD! People’s Theatre Cordillera (65 mins, 2007) - A
cinema verite’documentary- performance. Theatre artists
from Metro Manila and Baguio City engaged in “Peoples
Theatre”, return to the origin of their performance
piece, the Basao Tribe, located in located in Kalinga
Province in Northern Philippines.
Produced by Point of View (POV) Productions for
PAN-AP, MASIPAG and UBINIG
[Direction: Ron Magbuhos Papag; Producer: Aya Santos;
Script: Ron Magbuhos Papag and Edwin Quinsayas]
April 18 (Wednesday)
6 PM: UNCENSORED BODIES - A Dance On Screen Series
Featuring films from the International Festival of
Cinema and Technology, Carlitos Siguion-Reyna, Paul
Morales, Romeo Candido, Keith Sicat
Video works on dance, dance archives. UNCENSORED
BODIES are screenings of Filipino contemporary dance
works that capture the magic of this ephemeral art
form (from http://www.geocitie s.com/wifibody/) in
collaboration with the International Festival of
Cinema and Technology (IFCT).
IFCT Dance Film Showcase (from
http://www.ifct. org/ifctschedule dance.html)
Wings of Legacy (Directed by Neeta Mittal, USA)
"Wings of Legacy" is the story of two women from a
world full of movement and a heart of dance that has
no boundaries. "Hip-hop and ballet were chosen as
motifs to represent the contradictory entities of
youth and wisdom, ability and disability, life and
death."
The Plight of Clownana (Directed by Chris Dowling,
USA)
It is about a man who has a job as a store's dancing
mascot that is half-clown, half-banana. A dancing
fight begins between the Clown Banana mascot and the
dancing mascot of the competing store across the
street.
Desperate Horsewife (Directed by Paul Lazarus, USA)
Parody of a musical theatre film involving an
unconventional love triangle.
Tiny Dancer (Directed by Stefan Georgiou, UK)
Very rarely do dreams actually come true but that
doesn't make it wrong to have them. How do you deal
with not doing what you love? You Do It.
Contrapunto (Directed by Jean-Pierre Jacquet,
USA/France)
Hand-drawn animation of a dancing couple in Buenos
Aires, exploring the details of the tango.
The Double Woman (Directed by Carla B Guttmann,
Germany)
The Double Woman is a film about a modern dancer who
confronts her childhood in a haunting, carnal dance.
As she contorts and moves her body, childhood ghosts
and memories are released. It is a film about the
secrets the body hides and how one woman frees herself
through movement.
Hand Sum (Directed by Eva Colmers, Canada)
Miro moves through life without much conviction until
a magical incident helps her escape her daily routine.
Rules of the Road (Directed by Deborah VanSlet,
Canada)
Rules of the Road is a dance video on hitchhiking ; a
metaphor for the calculated risk. The video
expresses both the exhilaration and the anxiety
associated with taking a chance and breaking out for
parts unknown.
Salomon (Directed by Deborah Kuleff, Australia)
Narrative Dance piece that is a record of a woman's
journey to rediscover her past.
A Two Women One Act (Directed by Vanessa Libertad
Garcia, USA)
A dramatic period piece featuring Latin dance
Magnetized (Directed by Lynn Shelton, USA)
Music video for Laura Veirs
Sea Mammal (Directed by Fiona Cameron, Australia)
An atmospheric dance piece featuring a pregnant woman
Beyond Time (Directed by Passia Pandora, Canada)
"Weaving metaphor into dance, filmmaker Passia Pandora
explores the nuanced world of personal grief."
9 PM: UNCENSORED BODIES LIVE!
With Makiling Ensemble, Myra Beltran and Airdance
April 19 (THURSDAY)
Films by Visual Artists (Curated by Poklong Anading)
Cocoy Lumbao: VANGUARD
Cocoy Lumbao has been involved in video-based art
exhibitions in Manila and is a graduate of the Film
and Audiovisual Program at the University of the
Philippines Diliman. He was one of the students of Big
Sky Mind founder and director Ringo Bunoan and was
also included in the latter’s groundbreaking Satellite
exhibition for the 13 Artists Award held at the
Cultural Center of the Philippines. Lumbao is also a
founding member of the Future Prospects Artists’
Association, along with Mizuki Endo, Louie Cordero,
Cocoy Lumbao and Gary-Ross Pastrana.
April 20 (FRIDAY)
GRAVEHOPPING (Slovenia)
Curated and to be presented by Nika Bohinc, visiting
editor of the 45-year old film magazine Ekran.
Jan CvitkoviÄ? : GRAVEHOPPING (Original title: Od
groba do groba, 2005)
(shown with permission from the director)
Running Time: 103 minutes
Synopsis: Pero is a professional funeral speaker in a
small Slovenian town. His unique gift is to make every
funeral that extra bit special. Pero just can't help
turning his eulogies into witty personal confessions
that bring the grieving crowd to tears for all the
wrong reasons.
At home Pero is busy trying to intercept his father's
frequent but hopelessly inept suicide attempts.
Meanwhile he also seeks to win the heart of local girl
Renata, who bears secrets beneath her innocent blonde
curls. In all his daily fortunes and misfortunes Pero
is assisted by his devote friend and fan Shooki.
Although quite capable of enjoying life, Shooki often
ponders about death and makes his own funeral plans.
The otherworldly Ida has a weak spot for him and makes
sure to cross his path ever more often. It remains to
be seen whether Pero and his companions will succeed
in their search for intimacy and love in the absurd
chaos that is life.
In such a seemingly innocent setting Gravehopping
accumulates force and a dark abyss looms behind every
moment of happiness - and the other way round.
Director Jan Cvitkovic plays with the themes of heaven
and earth, life and death. His characters live on the
edge between the two worlds and they do not always end
up on the side on which they would prefer to be.
Gravehopping link:
Interview with director:
http://www.odgrobad ogroba.com/ en/novinarska_ soba/
*interview conducted by our host for evening, Ekran
editor Nika Bohinc
AWARDS: IFF San Sebastian 2005 award Alatadis for best
first and second film of festival | IFF Warshaw award
SEECN for best film by accredited industry
professionals | IFF Cottbus Award for Best film, Award
for Best Film by Ecumenical Jury | IFF Torino Award
for Best film by Festival Jury, Award for best Script
| IFF Ljubljana, Special Jury Mention Award | Slovene
Film Festival Portorož 2005 Award for the best
Slovene film 2005, Awards for best side actor and
actress | IFF Spirit of fire 2006 Khanty Mansisk
Silver Tayga second best film Award, Award for most
impressive film scene | IFF Sofia, No Man's Land Best
Balkan Film Award | IFF Festroia Setubal, Silver
Dolphin Award second best film, Award CICAE | IFF Pali
“ Golden Tower“ best film of the festival | IFF Pecs :
award for Best Cinematographer, Award for Best Actor,
Audience Award | IFF Torun Special Jury award, Award
Zygmund | Kaluzynski - for most extraordinary scene in
film | IFF Nordeliijk: Student Jury Award | Slovenian
candidate for Oscar Award for foreign language film
April 21 (SATURDAY)
FIRST FILMS by
Felinda Bagas: PARA SA KABATAAN (SNEAK PREVIEW)
Pam Miras: REYNA NG KADILIMAN
with UP Film Institute Thesis Productions, selected by
Armi Cacanindin
Sneak Preview: Para sa Kabataan (For the Youth)
Felina Bagas is a Filipina filmmaker, scriptwriter,
video editor and musician whose short films have been
screened locally and abroad. She dedicates the work to
“all the poor children of the Philippines who struggle
everyday so they could get an education” and to “those
who continue to fight for real freedom”.
Reyna ng Kadiliman (Queen of Darkness)
Pam Miras is a writer and a segment producer for
television. She graduated with a film degree at the
University of the Philippines College of Mass
Communications in 1999, the same year she completed
her first short feature “Reyna ng Kadiliman”.This film
won several awards in 2000, including the First Prize
for the Short Feature Category of the 13th Gawad CCP
Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula and the 23rd Gawad
Urian Award for Best Short Film.
April 16 to 21, 2007
This April, CINEKATIPUNAN presents the second phase of
Mag:net’s collaboration with independent and
contemporary dancers and choreographers in line with
the celebration with the International Dance Day on
April 29. Foreign and local dance films courtesy of
the International Festival of Cinema and Technology
and Uncensored Bodies will be showcased for three
consecutive Wednesdays (April 11, 18th and 25th)
prior to evening performances by dance and
choreographer communities. This Wednesday’s
Cinekatipunan program features works by Carlitos
Siguion-Reyna, Paul Morales, Romeo Candido, and Keith
Sicat, to be followed by performances by Makiling
Ensemble, Myra Beltran and Airdance starting 9 PM.
In the same line, Monday’s AsiaLunes program (April
16) will feature dance films from Korea and Malaysia.
Tuesday (April 17) sets the tone for the upcoming
Cordillera Day 2007 with a work by activist filmmaker
Ron Papag, featuring people’s theater in the context
of fetad (the Cordillera indigenous people’s
mobilization for war). Thursday (April 19) features
the Films by Visual Artists program with a work by
Cocoy Lumbao, while Nika Bohinc, visiting editor of
the 45-year old film magazine Ekran, will present
award-winning Slovenian film Gravehopping for Friday.
Cinekatipunan caps the week on Saturday (April 21)
with FIRST FILMS by young Filipina filmmakers Felinda
Bagas, Pam Miras and emerging filmmakers from the UP
Film Institute led by Armi Cacanindin.
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. ph. #
APRIL 16-21 PROGRAM
April 16 (Monday)
Asian Dance Films: Wall (Malaysia) and Hitchiking
(Korea)
James Lee: WALL ( 2006 | MiniDV | Color | 13 min)
Language: Mandarin
Synopsis: Between the Man and his love one lies a
wall. Between the Man and his country lies another
wall. It's just a matter of dialogue and monologue.
"Wall" dance choreography by: Amy Len
Director’s Biography:
Born in 1973, Ipoh, Malaysia. Trained as a graphic
designer. A self-taught filmmaker, he began acting &
directing theatre plays before venturing into video
filmmaking.
"The Beautiful Washing Machine", his fourth
DV-feature, won the Best Asean Feature Award and
FIPRESCI Prize in the 2005 Bangkok International Film
Festival. He also produced Amir Muhammad's award
winning documentary "The Big Durian" and Ho Yuhang's
"Sanctuary".
He also works as a director of photography for
independent shorts and features. Which includes two
award winning works, Tan Chui Mui's "Love Conquers
All" and Azharr Rudin's "Majidee".
http://www.doghouse 73pictures. com/sh_wall. html
http://www.doghouse 73pictures. com/about. html
Jin-sung Choi : HITCHHIKING (2004 | 35mm | Color |
30min 30sec)
Language: Korean
Synopsis: It's the first trip together for a couple
that has been dating for about six months. To get out
of boredom, a guy demands for new kind of excitement
from his girlfriend and 'not she' but 'she' ends up
'hitchhiking' himself.
Director's Statement: I wanted to unfold a story about
'dating is hell' in a dry, fantasy tale, in showing
difficulties in communication and weariness found
after six months in a relationship.
Director’s Biography:
Born in 1975, Ulsan. Graduated from Sugang University,
Department of Mass Communications Independent Film
Production 'Freakshow'
Awards and citations for "Hitchhiking" :
Best Short Film, 3rd Korean Film Award (2004,
Korea)
Jury's Special Mention, Busan Asian Short Film
Festival (2004, Korea)
Best Video Film & Special Mention, 21st Turin
Int'l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (2006, Italy)
3rd Prize in Press Award for Best Film, 11th
Lyon Asian Film Festival (2005, France)
April 17 (Tuesday)
Ron Magbuhos Papag: FETAD! People’s Theatre Cordillera
FETAD! People’s Theatre Cordillera (65 mins, 2007) - A
cinema verite’documentary- performance. Theatre artists
from Metro Manila and Baguio City engaged in “Peoples
Theatre”, return to the origin of their performance
piece, the Basao Tribe, located in located in Kalinga
Province in Northern Philippines.
Produced by Point of View (POV) Productions for
PAN-AP, MASIPAG and UBINIG
[Direction: Ron Magbuhos Papag; Producer: Aya Santos;
Script: Ron Magbuhos Papag and Edwin Quinsayas]
April 18 (Wednesday)
6 PM: UNCENSORED BODIES - A Dance On Screen Series
Featuring films from the International Festival of
Cinema and Technology, Carlitos Siguion-Reyna, Paul
Morales, Romeo Candido, Keith Sicat
Video works on dance, dance archives. UNCENSORED
BODIES are screenings of Filipino contemporary dance
works that capture the magic of this ephemeral art
form (from http://www.geocitie s.com/wifibody/) in
collaboration with the International Festival of
Cinema and Technology (IFCT).
IFCT Dance Film Showcase (from
http://www.ifct. org/ifctschedule dance.html)
Wings of Legacy (Directed by Neeta Mittal, USA)
"Wings of Legacy" is the story of two women from a
world full of movement and a heart of dance that has
no boundaries. "Hip-hop and ballet were chosen as
motifs to represent the contradictory entities of
youth and wisdom, ability and disability, life and
death."
The Plight of Clownana (Directed by Chris Dowling,
USA)
It is about a man who has a job as a store's dancing
mascot that is half-clown, half-banana. A dancing
fight begins between the Clown Banana mascot and the
dancing mascot of the competing store across the
street.
Desperate Horsewife (Directed by Paul Lazarus, USA)
Parody of a musical theatre film involving an
unconventional love triangle.
Tiny Dancer (Directed by Stefan Georgiou, UK)
Very rarely do dreams actually come true but that
doesn't make it wrong to have them. How do you deal
with not doing what you love? You Do It.
Contrapunto (Directed by Jean-Pierre Jacquet,
USA/France)
Hand-drawn animation of a dancing couple in Buenos
Aires, exploring the details of the tango.
The Double Woman (Directed by Carla B Guttmann,
Germany)
The Double Woman is a film about a modern dancer who
confronts her childhood in a haunting, carnal dance.
As she contorts and moves her body, childhood ghosts
and memories are released. It is a film about the
secrets the body hides and how one woman frees herself
through movement.
Hand Sum (Directed by Eva Colmers, Canada)
Miro moves through life without much conviction until
a magical incident helps her escape her daily routine.
Rules of the Road (Directed by Deborah VanSlet,
Canada)
Rules of the Road is a dance video on hitchhiking ; a
metaphor for the calculated risk. The video
expresses both the exhilaration and the anxiety
associated with taking a chance and breaking out for
parts unknown.
Salomon (Directed by Deborah Kuleff, Australia)
Narrative Dance piece that is a record of a woman's
journey to rediscover her past.
A Two Women One Act (Directed by Vanessa Libertad
Garcia, USA)
A dramatic period piece featuring Latin dance
Magnetized (Directed by Lynn Shelton, USA)
Music video for Laura Veirs
Sea Mammal (Directed by Fiona Cameron, Australia)
An atmospheric dance piece featuring a pregnant woman
Beyond Time (Directed by Passia Pandora, Canada)
"Weaving metaphor into dance, filmmaker Passia Pandora
explores the nuanced world of personal grief."
9 PM: UNCENSORED BODIES LIVE!
With Makiling Ensemble, Myra Beltran and Airdance
April 19 (THURSDAY)
Films by Visual Artists (Curated by Poklong Anading)
Cocoy Lumbao: VANGUARD
Cocoy Lumbao has been involved in video-based art
exhibitions in Manila and is a graduate of the Film
and Audiovisual Program at the University of the
Philippines Diliman. He was one of the students of Big
Sky Mind founder and director Ringo Bunoan and was
also included in the latter’s groundbreaking Satellite
exhibition for the 13 Artists Award held at the
Cultural Center of the Philippines. Lumbao is also a
founding member of the Future Prospects Artists’
Association, along with Mizuki Endo, Louie Cordero,
Cocoy Lumbao and Gary-Ross Pastrana.
April 20 (FRIDAY)
GRAVEHOPPING (Slovenia)
Curated and to be presented by Nika Bohinc, visiting
editor of the 45-year old film magazine Ekran.
Jan CvitkoviÄ? : GRAVEHOPPING (Original title: Od
groba do groba, 2005)
(shown with permission from the director)
Running Time: 103 minutes
Synopsis: Pero is a professional funeral speaker in a
small Slovenian town. His unique gift is to make every
funeral that extra bit special. Pero just can't help
turning his eulogies into witty personal confessions
that bring the grieving crowd to tears for all the
wrong reasons.
At home Pero is busy trying to intercept his father's
frequent but hopelessly inept suicide attempts.
Meanwhile he also seeks to win the heart of local girl
Renata, who bears secrets beneath her innocent blonde
curls. In all his daily fortunes and misfortunes Pero
is assisted by his devote friend and fan Shooki.
Although quite capable of enjoying life, Shooki often
ponders about death and makes his own funeral plans.
The otherworldly Ida has a weak spot for him and makes
sure to cross his path ever more often. It remains to
be seen whether Pero and his companions will succeed
in their search for intimacy and love in the absurd
chaos that is life.
In such a seemingly innocent setting Gravehopping
accumulates force and a dark abyss looms behind every
moment of happiness - and the other way round.
Director Jan Cvitkovic plays with the themes of heaven
and earth, life and death. His characters live on the
edge between the two worlds and they do not always end
up on the side on which they would prefer to be.
Gravehopping link:
Interview with director:
http://www.odgrobad ogroba.com/ en/novinarska_ soba/
*interview conducted by our host for evening, Ekran
editor Nika Bohinc
AWARDS: IFF San Sebastian 2005 award Alatadis for best
first and second film of festival | IFF Warshaw award
SEECN for best film by accredited industry
professionals | IFF Cottbus Award for Best film, Award
for Best Film by Ecumenical Jury | IFF Torino Award
for Best film by Festival Jury, Award for best Script
| IFF Ljubljana, Special Jury Mention Award | Slovene
Film Festival Portorož 2005 Award for the best
Slovene film 2005, Awards for best side actor and
actress | IFF Spirit of fire 2006 Khanty Mansisk
Silver Tayga second best film Award, Award for most
impressive film scene | IFF Sofia, No Man's Land Best
Balkan Film Award | IFF Festroia Setubal, Silver
Dolphin Award second best film, Award CICAE | IFF Pali
“ Golden Tower“ best film of the festival | IFF Pecs :
award for Best Cinematographer, Award for Best Actor,
Audience Award | IFF Torun Special Jury award, Award
Zygmund | Kaluzynski - for most extraordinary scene in
film | IFF Nordeliijk: Student Jury Award | Slovenian
candidate for Oscar Award for foreign language film
April 21 (SATURDAY)
FIRST FILMS by
Felinda Bagas: PARA SA KABATAAN (SNEAK PREVIEW)
Pam Miras: REYNA NG KADILIMAN
with UP Film Institute Thesis Productions, selected by
Armi Cacanindin
Sneak Preview: Para sa Kabataan (For the Youth)
Felina Bagas is a Filipina filmmaker, scriptwriter,
video editor and musician whose short films have been
screened locally and abroad. She dedicates the work to
“all the poor children of the Philippines who struggle
everyday so they could get an education” and to “those
who continue to fight for real freedom”.
Reyna ng Kadiliman (Queen of Darkness)
Pam Miras is a writer and a segment producer for
television. She graduated with a film degree at the
University of the Philippines College of Mass
Communications in 1999, the same year she completed
her first short feature “Reyna ng Kadiliman”.This film
won several awards in 2000, including the First Prize
for the Short Feature Category of the 13th Gawad CCP
Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula and the 23rd Gawad
Urian Award for Best Short Film.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
CINE at INSTITUTO CERVANTES
Great Books on the Screen
It is not easy to adapt a literary work into film, but sometimes the motion
picture makes true justice to the original written work. Through this cycle,
Instituto Cervantes invites movie-goers to enjoy four great books on screen.
Film Cycle presented with the collaboration of Filmoteca AECI
All the films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
Free Admission
Últimas tardes con Teresa
Director Gonzalo Herralde
Duration: 105 min.
Production: España, 1984
Cast:
Maribel Martín, Ángel Alcázar
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: April 14
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Two distant worlds, of the rich and the poor are related through two
characters; Manolo Reyes, vulgar thief of motorcycles who aspires to leave
the hard life, and Teresa Serrat, university student of the upper-class who
is seduced by the revolutionary cause.
La colmena
Directed by Mario Camus
Duration: 114 min.
Production: España, 1982
Cast: Victoria Abril, Ana Belén, José Bódalo, José Luis López
Vázquez, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: April 21
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Based on the novel of the same title by Camilo José Cela, *La Colmena* is a
heartrending compilation of stories of people in the Madrid of 1942, just
after the Spanish Civil War. The main theme of the film is the contrast
between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and
the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy
money with illegal business. The film received the Golden Bear in the Berlin
Film Festival.
El método
Directed by Marcelo Pyñeiro
Duration: 105 min.
Production: España, 2005
Cast: Eduard Fernández, Eduardo Noriega, Natalia Verbeke,
Carmelo Gómez, Ernesto Alterio, Adriana Ozores
For Adults Only
Date: April 21
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Seven candidates compete for an executive position at a multinational
company. Candidates are assembled to be put through the final selection
process for a single high-level position at a multinational corporation.
From the outset, there is a palpably tense, competitive atmosphere among the
group. Feelings of distrust increase when they realize they are aspiring for
the same position. They find themselves pitted against one another in a
contest that elicits fear, suspicion, paranoia and betrayal.
Pantaleón y las visitadoras
Directed by Francisco Lombardi
Duration: 111 min.
Production: España, 2000
Cast: Angie Cepeda, Salvador del Solar, Pilar Bardem
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 24
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Strictly for Adults
The Peruvian army captain Pantaleón Pantoja, a very serious and efficient
officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of
'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote
jungle outposts. At first unhappy about this assignment, he nonetheless puts
his remarkable organizational skills in action and in a short time has his
'unit' running smoothly. In the home front things get complicated though;
his wife dislikes his long hours and the secrecy surrounding his work.
Instituto Cervantes
855 Kalaw St., 1000 Ermita
Manila
Tel. (632) 526 1482 - 85
Fax (632) 526 1449
http://manila.cervantes.es
It is not easy to adapt a literary work into film, but sometimes the motion
picture makes true justice to the original written work. Through this cycle,
Instituto Cervantes invites movie-goers to enjoy four great books on screen.
Film Cycle presented with the collaboration of Filmoteca AECI
All the films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
Free Admission
Últimas tardes con Teresa
Director Gonzalo Herralde
Duration: 105 min.
Production: España, 1984
Cast:
Maribel Martín, Ángel Alcázar
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: April 14
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Two distant worlds, of the rich and the poor are related through two
characters; Manolo Reyes, vulgar thief of motorcycles who aspires to leave
the hard life, and Teresa Serrat, university student of the upper-class who
is seduced by the revolutionary cause.
La colmena
Directed by Mario Camus
Duration: 114 min.
Production: España, 1982
Cast: Victoria Abril, Ana Belén, José Bódalo, José Luis López
Vázquez, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: April 21
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Based on the novel of the same title by Camilo José Cela, *La Colmena* is a
heartrending compilation of stories of people in the Madrid of 1942, just
after the Spanish Civil War. The main theme of the film is the contrast
between the poets, surviving close to misery under the Franco's regime, and
the winners of the war, the emerging class of the people that makes easy
money with illegal business. The film received the Golden Bear in the Berlin
Film Festival.
El método
Directed by Marcelo Pyñeiro
Duration: 105 min.
Production: España, 2005
Cast: Eduard Fernández, Eduardo Noriega, Natalia Verbeke,
Carmelo Gómez, Ernesto Alterio, Adriana Ozores
For Adults Only
Date: April 21
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Seven candidates compete for an executive position at a multinational
company. Candidates are assembled to be put through the final selection
process for a single high-level position at a multinational corporation.
From the outset, there is a palpably tense, competitive atmosphere among the
group. Feelings of distrust increase when they realize they are aspiring for
the same position. They find themselves pitted against one another in a
contest that elicits fear, suspicion, paranoia and betrayal.
Pantaleón y las visitadoras
Directed by Francisco Lombardi
Duration: 111 min.
Production: España, 2000
Cast: Angie Cepeda, Salvador del Solar, Pilar Bardem
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 24
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Strictly for Adults
The Peruvian army captain Pantaleón Pantoja, a very serious and efficient
officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of
'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote
jungle outposts. At first unhappy about this assignment, he nonetheless puts
his remarkable organizational skills in action and in a short time has his
'unit' running smoothly. In the home front things get complicated though;
his wife dislikes his long hours and the secrecy surrounding his work.
Instituto Cervantes
855 Kalaw St., 1000 Ermita
Manila
Tel. (632) 526 1482 - 85
Fax (632) 526 1449
http://manila.cervantes.es
Friday, April 13, 2007
Iranian films in UP
Free Films from Iran
Courtesy of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The UP Film Institute concludes its ongoing series of free films from Iran with a twinbill this Friday, 13 April 2007, at 5 p.m. onwards. Featured films: "Sara"—the Grand Prize Winner of Golden Seashell at San Sebastian, Spain and "Lost Time"—an early film by acclaimed lady director Puran Derakhshandeh who visited the Philippines in March 2005 as the Guest of Honor for the UP Film Institute's International Women's Film Festival presenting another of her films for the gala opening.
Lost Time
(Zaman-e Az Dast Rafteh, 1990, 100 minutes, with English subtitles)
A girl is adopted by a couple who cannot have children only to be sent backto the orphanage as she encounters difficulties to be admitted to her new family.
Direction and Screenplay: Puran Derakhshandeh.
Cast: Faramarz Sedighi, Sanaz Sehatu, Tania Johari, Shala Riahi.
Sara
(1993, 100 minutes, with English subtitles)
A perfect young housewife eager to serve has to labor secretly to pay the shady loan she was compelled to avail for her husband's expensive surgery.
Grand Prize Golden Seashell and Best Actress for Niki Karimi—1993 SanSebastian IFF; Audience Award—1993 Nantes Three Continents Festival; Official Selection—2004 Toronto IFF
Direction and Screenplay inspired by Henrik Ibsen's play: Darioush Mehrjui.Cast: Niki Karimi, Amin Tarokh, Khosro Shakibai, Yasmin Malek-Nasr.
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Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmena Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)
Courtesy of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The UP Film Institute concludes its ongoing series of free films from Iran with a twinbill this Friday, 13 April 2007, at 5 p.m. onwards. Featured films: "Sara"—the Grand Prize Winner of Golden Seashell at San Sebastian, Spain and "Lost Time"—an early film by acclaimed lady director Puran Derakhshandeh who visited the Philippines in March 2005 as the Guest of Honor for the UP Film Institute's International Women's Film Festival presenting another of her films for the gala opening.
Lost Time
(Zaman-e Az Dast Rafteh, 1990, 100 minutes, with English subtitles)
A girl is adopted by a couple who cannot have children only to be sent backto the orphanage as she encounters difficulties to be admitted to her new family.
Direction and Screenplay: Puran Derakhshandeh.
Cast: Faramarz Sedighi, Sanaz Sehatu, Tania Johari, Shala Riahi.
Sara
(1993, 100 minutes, with English subtitles)
A perfect young housewife eager to serve has to labor secretly to pay the shady loan she was compelled to avail for her husband's expensive surgery.
Grand Prize Golden Seashell and Best Actress for Niki Karimi—1993 SanSebastian IFF; Audience Award—1993 Nantes Three Continents Festival; Official Selection—2004 Toronto IFF
Direction and Screenplay inspired by Henrik Ibsen's play: Darioush Mehrjui.Cast: Niki Karimi, Amin Tarokh, Khosro Shakibai, Yasmin Malek-Nasr.
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To always get screening alerts, join UP Film Institute e-group: upfilminstitute@yahoogroups.com
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmena Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)
Thursday, April 12, 2007
UPFI this Summer
UP Film Institute this summer
Make moviegoing your foremost ritual of summer as UP Film Institute bringsthe most fabulous of big-screen selections for the season.
Schedule of screenings is as follows:
Apr 12 Thu 5 & 7 p.m.
Twilight Dancers Uncut
Apr 13 Fri 2, 5 & 7 p.m.
Twilight Dancers Uncut
Apr 13 Fri 5 p.m. onwards (Videotheque)
Free Films from Iran : Lost Time (1990) by Puran Derakhshandeh and Sara(1993) by Darioush Mehrjui
Apr 14 Sat 2/5/7 p.m.
Twilight Dancers Uncut
Apr 16 Mon 5/7 p.m.
Ask the Dust
Apr 17 Tue 5/7 p.m.
Ask the Dust
Apr 18 Wed 5 p.m.
Creep
Apr 18 Wed 7 p.m.
Ask the Dust
Apr 19 Thu 5 p.m.
Creep
Apr 19 Thu 7 p.m.
Ask the Dust
Apr 20 Fri 5 p.m. onwards (Videotheque)
I Dreamed of Africa ; Guimaras—Short Films from the Oil Spill
Apr 21 Sat 5 p.m. onwards (Videotheque)
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams; Guimaras—Short Films from the Oil Spill
Apr 23 Mon 2 & 7 p.m.
The Last King of Scotland
Apr 23 Mon 5 p.m.
Little Miss Sunshine
Apr 24 Tue 5 p.m.
The Last King of Scotland
Apr 24 Tue 7 p.m.
Little Miss Sunshine
Apr 25 Wed 2 p.m.
Little Miss Sunshine
Apr 25 Wed 5 & 7 p.m.
The Last King of Scotland
Apr 26 Thu 2 & 7 p.m.
The Last King of Scotland
Apr 26 Thu 5 p.m.
An Inconvenient Truth
Apr 27 Fri 2 & 7 p.m.
An Inconvenient Truth
Apr 28 Sat 2 p.m.
Dersu Uzala
Apr 28 Sat 5 p.m.
Creep
Apr 28 Sat 7 p.m.
An Inconvenient Truth
Apr 30 Mon 2 & 7 p.m.
Little Children
Apr 30 Mon 5 p.m.
In Good Company
May 1 Tue 2 & 5 p.m.
Little Children
May 1 Tue 7 p.m.
In Good Company
May 2 Wed 2 & 7 p.m.
Little Children
May 2 Wed 5 p.m.
Alpha Dog
May 3 Thu 2 & 7 p.m.
Alpha Dog
May 3 Thu 5 p.m.
Elections Special
Make moviegoing your foremost ritual of summer as UP Film Institute bringsthe most fabulous of big-screen selections for the season.
Schedule of screenings is as follows:
Apr 12 Thu 5 & 7 p.m.
Twilight Dancers Uncut
Apr 13 Fri 2, 5 & 7 p.m.
Twilight Dancers Uncut
Apr 13 Fri 5 p.m. onwards (Videotheque)
Free Films from Iran : Lost Time (1990) by Puran Derakhshandeh and Sara(1993) by Darioush Mehrjui
Apr 14 Sat 2/5/7 p.m.
Twilight Dancers Uncut
Apr 16 Mon 5/7 p.m.
Ask the Dust
Apr 17 Tue 5/7 p.m.
Ask the Dust
Apr 18 Wed 5 p.m.
Creep
Apr 18 Wed 7 p.m.
Ask the Dust
Apr 19 Thu 5 p.m.
Creep
Apr 19 Thu 7 p.m.
Ask the Dust
Apr 20 Fri 5 p.m. onwards (Videotheque)
I Dreamed of Africa ; Guimaras—Short Films from the Oil Spill
Apr 21 Sat 5 p.m. onwards (Videotheque)
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams; Guimaras—Short Films from the Oil Spill
Apr 23 Mon 2 & 7 p.m.
The Last King of Scotland
Apr 23 Mon 5 p.m.
Little Miss Sunshine
Apr 24 Tue 5 p.m.
The Last King of Scotland
Apr 24 Tue 7 p.m.
Little Miss Sunshine
Apr 25 Wed 2 p.m.
Little Miss Sunshine
Apr 25 Wed 5 & 7 p.m.
The Last King of Scotland
Apr 26 Thu 2 & 7 p.m.
The Last King of Scotland
Apr 26 Thu 5 p.m.
An Inconvenient Truth
Apr 27 Fri 2 & 7 p.m.
An Inconvenient Truth
Apr 28 Sat 2 p.m.
Dersu Uzala
Apr 28 Sat 5 p.m.
Creep
Apr 28 Sat 7 p.m.
An Inconvenient Truth
Apr 30 Mon 2 & 7 p.m.
Little Children
Apr 30 Mon 5 p.m.
In Good Company
May 1 Tue 2 & 5 p.m.
Little Children
May 1 Tue 7 p.m.
In Good Company
May 2 Wed 2 & 7 p.m.
Little Children
May 2 Wed 5 p.m.
Alpha Dog
May 3 Thu 2 & 7 p.m.
Alpha Dog
May 3 Thu 5 p.m.
Elections Special
Pelikuletran
ANGAS NA BAGONG SHORT FILMS
Sa mga taong hindi pinalad makapunta sa PELIKULETRAN... ito ang isa pang pagkakataon
APRIL 12, KOLUMN BAR TIMOG, 8PM
Mga pelikula:
GATAS NG PUSA, KATAS NG KALIKASAN
(Directed by Dweighn Baltazar)
Starring Giselle Sanchez, Mark Christian Dumdum, Jonas Camposagrado, Ephraim Lance Robles, Maria Katrina Oledan and Clee Nette Caddi
Letran Excellance 2007 Best Film & BestDirector
Summary:Three kids - Shapiro(Christian Dumdum), Bulang(Jonas Camposagrado) and Marina (Ephraim Lance Robles) get a first taste of stardom when they were casted for a new cat milk commercial. During the shoot, they get to see Eba Bituin(Giselle Sanchez) in the flesh, the beautiful and glamorous actress they all admire and start making up assumptions on how a star should achieve god-like status.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYOy9YlKx40
ELLIPTICAL ROAD
(Directed by Ace Mercado)
Starring Perry Escaño, Choy Roldan, Janelle Dagaas, Rico Del Rosario, Sheila Hollon, Andrea Gregorio, Ces Aldaba and Bernard Fulgencio Joaquin Cervantes (Perry Escaño), a successful businessman lives a comfortable life with his loving wife and son. Everything seems to be perfect but he feels something is missing. At night, he would get strange dreams of his past, leading him to a startling realization.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqh833nmFGc
PANAKOBA
(Directed by Mike Canlas)
Starring Fernando Magaling with aspecial participation of Cesar Montano
DLSU Indie Un-film Best Feature
Letran Excellance 2007 Best Cinematography and Editing
Summary:Ramwen (Fernando Magaling) specializes in terrorizing kids, and is known to be the best in the business. Everything goes well until an Indian urban legend brings him back to his own childhood fears, that will serve as his toughest challenge yet.
Trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8dTQWyYJsU
Sa mga taong hindi pinalad makapunta sa PELIKULETRAN... ito ang isa pang pagkakataon
APRIL 12, KOLUMN BAR TIMOG, 8PM
Mga pelikula:
GATAS NG PUSA, KATAS NG KALIKASAN
(Directed by Dweighn Baltazar)
Starring Giselle Sanchez, Mark Christian Dumdum, Jonas Camposagrado, Ephraim Lance Robles, Maria Katrina Oledan and Clee Nette Caddi
Letran Excellance 2007 Best Film & BestDirector
Summary:Three kids - Shapiro(Christian Dumdum), Bulang(Jonas Camposagrado) and Marina (Ephraim Lance Robles) get a first taste of stardom when they were casted for a new cat milk commercial. During the shoot, they get to see Eba Bituin(Giselle Sanchez) in the flesh, the beautiful and glamorous actress they all admire and start making up assumptions on how a star should achieve god-like status.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYOy9YlKx40
ELLIPTICAL ROAD
(Directed by Ace Mercado)
Starring Perry Escaño, Choy Roldan, Janelle Dagaas, Rico Del Rosario, Sheila Hollon, Andrea Gregorio, Ces Aldaba and Bernard Fulgencio Joaquin Cervantes (Perry Escaño), a successful businessman lives a comfortable life with his loving wife and son. Everything seems to be perfect but he feels something is missing. At night, he would get strange dreams of his past, leading him to a startling realization.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqh833nmFGc
PANAKOBA
(Directed by Mike Canlas)
Starring Fernando Magaling with aspecial participation of Cesar Montano
DLSU Indie Un-film Best Feature
Letran Excellance 2007 Best Cinematography and Editing
Summary:Ramwen (Fernando Magaling) specializes in terrorizing kids, and is known to be the best in the business. Everything goes well until an Indian urban legend brings him back to his own childhood fears, that will serve as his toughest challenge yet.
Trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8dTQWyYJsU
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Le Destin screening
The af Ciné Club presents
as part as the Francophonie Film Festival,
from Egypt
Le Destin(Destiny) a film by Youssef Chahine
(French version, with English subtitles)
1997, 135 minutes
Alliance Ondeo Auditorium
Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 8:30 pm
(Free Admission)
(Le Coude Rouge Restaurant is open before and after the film screening)
Starring: Nour El Cherif, Hani Salama, Khaled El Nabaoui, Mahmoud Hemida, and more… Genre: Comedy / Drama / History / Musical / Romance
Critic's Review:
"Destiny pulses with warm-blooded fervor and surges with moments ofgenuine eloquence."
-Peter Keough of Boston Phoenix
"Very heartening words."
-Robert Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times
Synopsis: The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish provinceAndalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by thecaliph and his liberal court judgments are not liked by everyone. Thecaliph's political rivals, centered on the leader of a fanatical Islamicsect, force the caliph to send Averroes into exile, but his ideas keep onliving thanks to his students.
For more information, please contact:
Alliance Française de Manille
209 Nicanor Garcia Street (formerly Reposo Street),
Bel-Air 2, Makati City. 1209 Philippines.
Tels: 895-7585 / 895-7441
Fax: 899-3654
e-mail: info@alliance.ph
Office hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9 am to 6 pm
Friday: 9 am to 1 pm
Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm
as part as the Francophonie Film Festival,
from Egypt
Le Destin(Destiny) a film by Youssef Chahine
(French version, with English subtitles)
1997, 135 minutes
Alliance Ondeo Auditorium
Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 8:30 pm
(Free Admission)
(Le Coude Rouge Restaurant is open before and after the film screening)
Starring: Nour El Cherif, Hani Salama, Khaled El Nabaoui, Mahmoud Hemida, and more… Genre: Comedy / Drama / History / Musical / Romance
Critic's Review:
"Destiny pulses with warm-blooded fervor and surges with moments ofgenuine eloquence."
-Peter Keough of Boston Phoenix
"Very heartening words."
-Robert Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times
Synopsis: The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish provinceAndalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by thecaliph and his liberal court judgments are not liked by everyone. Thecaliph's political rivals, centered on the leader of a fanatical Islamicsect, force the caliph to send Averroes into exile, but his ideas keep onliving thanks to his students.
For more information, please contact:
Alliance Française de Manille
209 Nicanor Garcia Street (formerly Reposo Street),
Bel-Air 2, Makati City. 1209 Philippines.
Tels: 895-7585 / 895-7441
Fax: 899-3654
e-mail: info@alliance.ph
Office hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9 am to 6 pm
Friday: 9 am to 1 pm
Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
CineKalikasan 1.1
You are invited to
CineKalikasan 1.1
Environmental film screening at mag:net Katipunan
April 10, 2007 (Tuesday)
5:30 – 7 PM
Mag:net Gallery and CaféAGCOR Building , 335 Katipunan Ave. (fronting Miriam and Ateneo), Quezon City www.magnet.com.ph.
Cinekalikasan is a project initiated by Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) aiming to popularize various environmental and peoples struggles through film screenings in different venues. This screening at mag:net Katipunan, a bookshop/gallery/café and home to the Cinekatipunan film project*, will be the first in this year's series.
Cinekalikasan 1.1. presents selected environmental documentaries on mining in the Philippines. The works focus on two current sites of struggle where irresponsible mining has induced adverse damage: Marinduque—the thirteenth largest island in the Philippine archipelago—and Rapu-Rapu island in Albay, Bicol.
The film screenings are free, while food and drinks may be bought at the café.
April 10 program
In cooperation with the Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines
Sigaw ni Longinus (Longinus' Cry)
Milo A. Paz / 28 mins.
A video documentary on the aftermath of the Marcopper mine spill tragedy in Marinduque with the Moriones Festival as a metaphorical background.
Kalagin ang Kadena ng Imperyalistang Pagmimina (Breaking the Chains of Imperialist Mining)
SIPAT/25 mins.
The fight for environmental justice continues, more than a decade after the 1996 Marcopper mine tragedy.
Lason (Poison)
9 mins.
A short work on the effects of the Lafayette mine spill in Rapu-Rapu island, Albay. Produced by Umalpas Ka, Sagip Isla, and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines.
ABOUT CINEKATIPUNAN
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. 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.ph.
CineKalikasan 1.1
Environmental film screening at mag:net Katipunan
April 10, 2007 (Tuesday)
5:30 – 7 PM
Mag:net Gallery and CaféAGCOR Building , 335 Katipunan Ave. (fronting Miriam and Ateneo), Quezon City www.magnet.com.ph.
Cinekalikasan is a project initiated by Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) aiming to popularize various environmental and peoples struggles through film screenings in different venues. This screening at mag:net Katipunan, a bookshop/gallery/café and home to the Cinekatipunan film project*, will be the first in this year's series.
Cinekalikasan 1.1. presents selected environmental documentaries on mining in the Philippines. The works focus on two current sites of struggle where irresponsible mining has induced adverse damage: Marinduque—the thirteenth largest island in the Philippine archipelago—and Rapu-Rapu island in Albay, Bicol.
The film screenings are free, while food and drinks may be bought at the café.
April 10 program
In cooperation with the Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines
Sigaw ni Longinus (Longinus' Cry)
Milo A. Paz / 28 mins.
A video documentary on the aftermath of the Marcopper mine spill tragedy in Marinduque with the Moriones Festival as a metaphorical background.
Kalagin ang Kadena ng Imperyalistang Pagmimina (Breaking the Chains of Imperialist Mining)
SIPAT/25 mins.
The fight for environmental justice continues, more than a decade after the 1996 Marcopper mine tragedy.
Lason (Poison)
9 mins.
A short work on the effects of the Lafayette mine spill in Rapu-Rapu island, Albay. Produced by Umalpas Ka, Sagip Isla, and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines.
ABOUT CINEKATIPUNAN
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. 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.ph.
Monday, April 2, 2007
CineKatipunan Screenings
THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
April 2-4, 2007
Screening Starts at 5:30 PM
Mag:net Cafe Katipunan (fronting Miriam and Ateneo)
www.magnet.com.ph
Announcement:
Cinekatipunan will be closed for the duration of Holy
Week, from April 5 onwards. Screenings will resume on
Monday, April 9.
April 2 (Monday)
Elli Safari: The Noble Struggle of Amina Wadud
(Documentary)
The Netherlands/US, 2006, 29 minutes
On March 18, 2005, Amina Wadud shocked the Islamic
world by leading a mixed-gender Friday prayer
congregation in New York. THE NOBLE STRUGGLE OF AMINA
WADUD is a fascinating and powerful portrait of this
African-American Muslim woman who soon found herself
the subject of much debate and Muslim juristic
discourse. In defying 1400 years of Islamic tradition,
her action caused global awareness of the struggle for
women's rights within Islam but also brought violence
and death threats against her.
Filmmaker Safari follows this women's rights activist
and scholar around the world as she quietly but with
utter conviction explains her analysis of Islam in the
classroom, at conferences, in her home, and in the
hair dresser's shop. Wadud explains how Islam, with
its promise of justice, appeals to the African
American community. And she links the struggle for
racial justice with the need for gender equality in
Islam. Deeply engaging, this film offers rare insights
into the powerful connections between Islam, women's
rights, and racial justice.
April 3 (Tuesday)
From Conrado's Cabinet: MAN RAY: PROPHET OF THE
AVANT-GARDE
Man Ray, famed Dada artist, expatriate, and innovator,
is the subject of this PBS American Masters Series
episode. Stockard Channing hosts this in-depth
documentary. Several interviews with the artist
himself and other archival footage aptly covers and
describes one of the 20th Century's most influential
artists
April 4 (Wednesday)
Carl Th. Dreyer: THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
by André Bazin
Those who have the opportunity of seeing Carl
Dreyer's masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc are
actually seeing a print made from the original
negatives. They were thought to have been destroyed
but were miraculously discovered among the out takes
of sound film at Gaumont Studios. There is perhaps no
other film in which the actual quality of the
photography is more important.
The Passion of Joan of Arc was filmed in France in
1928 by the Danish director Carl Dreyer, using French
writers and a French crew. Based on a script by Joseph
Delteil, the film is in fact inspired by the actual
minutes of the trial. But the action here is condensed
into one day, conforming to a dramatic requirement
that is in no way a distortion.
Dreyer's Joan of Arc will remain memorable in film
annals for its bold photography. With the exception of
a few shots, the film is almost entirely composed of
close-ups, principally of faces. This technique
satisfies two apparently contradictory purposes:
mysticism and realism. The story of Joan, as Dreyer
presents it, is stripped of any anecdotal references.
It becomes a pure combat of souls. But this
exclusively spiritual tragedy, in which all action
comes from within, is fully expressed by the face, a
privileged area of communication.
I must explain this further. The actor normally uses
his face to express his feelings. Dreyer, however,
demanded something more of his actors—more than
acting. Seen from very close up, the actor's mask
cracks. As the Hungarian critic Béla Balasz wrote,
"The camera penetrates every layer of the physiognomy.
In addition to the expression one wears, the camera
reveals one's true face. Seen from so close up, the
human face becomes the document." Herein lies the rich
paradox and inexhaustible lesson of this film: that
the extreme spiritual purification is freed through
the scrupulous realism of the camera as microscope.
Dreyer forbade all makeup. The monks' heads are
literally shaved. With the film crew in tears, the
executioner actually cut Falconetti's hair before
leading her to the stake. But this was not an example
of real tyranny. We are indebted to Dreyer for his
irrefutable translation direct from the soul.
Silvain's wart (Cauchon), Jean d'Yd's freckles, and
Maurice Schutz's wrinkles are of the same substance as
their souls. These things signify more than their
acting does. Some twenty years later Bresson
resubstantiated this in Diary of a Country Priest
(1950).
But there is still so much more to say about this
film, one of the truest masterpieces of the cinema. I
would like to enumerate two more points. First, Dreyer
is perhaps, along with Eisenstein, the only filmmaker
whose works equal the dignity, nobility, and powerful
elegance found in masterpieces of painting. This is
not only because he was inspired by them but
essentially because he rediscovered the secret of
comparable aesthetic depths. There is no reason to
harbor false modesty with respect to films. A Dreyer
is the equal of the great painters of the Italian
Renaissance or Flemish school. My second observation
is that all this film lacks is words. The only thing
that has aged is the intrusion of subtitles. Dreyer so
regretted not being able to use the still frail sound
available in 1928. For those who still think that the
cinema lowered itself when it began to have sound, we
need only counter with this masterpiece of silent film
that is already virtually speaking.
(Radio-Cinéma—1952)
La Passion De Jeanne d'Arc
With its stunning camerawork and striking
compositions, Carl Th. Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of
Arc convinced the world that movies could be art.
Renee Falconetti gives one of the greatest
performances ever recorded on film, as the young
maiden who died for God and France. Long thought to
have been lost to fire, the original version was
miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981 - in a
Norwegian mental institution. Criterion is proud to
present this milestone of silent cinema in a new
special edition featuring composer Richard Einhom's
Voices of Light, an original opera/oratorio inspired
by the film.
April 2-4, 2007
Screening Starts at 5:30 PM
Mag:net Cafe Katipunan (fronting Miriam and Ateneo)
www.magnet.com.ph
Announcement:
Cinekatipunan will be closed for the duration of Holy
Week, from April 5 onwards. Screenings will resume on
Monday, April 9.
April 2 (Monday)
Elli Safari: The Noble Struggle of Amina Wadud
(Documentary)
The Netherlands/US, 2006, 29 minutes
On March 18, 2005, Amina Wadud shocked the Islamic
world by leading a mixed-gender Friday prayer
congregation in New York. THE NOBLE STRUGGLE OF AMINA
WADUD is a fascinating and powerful portrait of this
African-American Muslim woman who soon found herself
the subject of much debate and Muslim juristic
discourse. In defying 1400 years of Islamic tradition,
her action caused global awareness of the struggle for
women's rights within Islam but also brought violence
and death threats against her.
Filmmaker Safari follows this women's rights activist
and scholar around the world as she quietly but with
utter conviction explains her analysis of Islam in the
classroom, at conferences, in her home, and in the
hair dresser's shop. Wadud explains how Islam, with
its promise of justice, appeals to the African
American community. And she links the struggle for
racial justice with the need for gender equality in
Islam. Deeply engaging, this film offers rare insights
into the powerful connections between Islam, women's
rights, and racial justice.
April 3 (Tuesday)
From Conrado's Cabinet: MAN RAY: PROPHET OF THE
AVANT-GARDE
Man Ray, famed Dada artist, expatriate, and innovator,
is the subject of this PBS American Masters Series
episode. Stockard Channing hosts this in-depth
documentary. Several interviews with the artist
himself and other archival footage aptly covers and
describes one of the 20th Century's most influential
artists
April 4 (Wednesday)
Carl Th. Dreyer: THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
by André Bazin
Those who have the opportunity of seeing Carl
Dreyer's masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc are
actually seeing a print made from the original
negatives. They were thought to have been destroyed
but were miraculously discovered among the out takes
of sound film at Gaumont Studios. There is perhaps no
other film in which the actual quality of the
photography is more important.
The Passion of Joan of Arc was filmed in France in
1928 by the Danish director Carl Dreyer, using French
writers and a French crew. Based on a script by Joseph
Delteil, the film is in fact inspired by the actual
minutes of the trial. But the action here is condensed
into one day, conforming to a dramatic requirement
that is in no way a distortion.
Dreyer's Joan of Arc will remain memorable in film
annals for its bold photography. With the exception of
a few shots, the film is almost entirely composed of
close-ups, principally of faces. This technique
satisfies two apparently contradictory purposes:
mysticism and realism. The story of Joan, as Dreyer
presents it, is stripped of any anecdotal references.
It becomes a pure combat of souls. But this
exclusively spiritual tragedy, in which all action
comes from within, is fully expressed by the face, a
privileged area of communication.
I must explain this further. The actor normally uses
his face to express his feelings. Dreyer, however,
demanded something more of his actors—more than
acting. Seen from very close up, the actor's mask
cracks. As the Hungarian critic Béla Balasz wrote,
"The camera penetrates every layer of the physiognomy.
In addition to the expression one wears, the camera
reveals one's true face. Seen from so close up, the
human face becomes the document." Herein lies the rich
paradox and inexhaustible lesson of this film: that
the extreme spiritual purification is freed through
the scrupulous realism of the camera as microscope.
Dreyer forbade all makeup. The monks' heads are
literally shaved. With the film crew in tears, the
executioner actually cut Falconetti's hair before
leading her to the stake. But this was not an example
of real tyranny. We are indebted to Dreyer for his
irrefutable translation direct from the soul.
Silvain's wart (Cauchon), Jean d'Yd's freckles, and
Maurice Schutz's wrinkles are of the same substance as
their souls. These things signify more than their
acting does. Some twenty years later Bresson
resubstantiated this in Diary of a Country Priest
(1950).
But there is still so much more to say about this
film, one of the truest masterpieces of the cinema. I
would like to enumerate two more points. First, Dreyer
is perhaps, along with Eisenstein, the only filmmaker
whose works equal the dignity, nobility, and powerful
elegance found in masterpieces of painting. This is
not only because he was inspired by them but
essentially because he rediscovered the secret of
comparable aesthetic depths. There is no reason to
harbor false modesty with respect to films. A Dreyer
is the equal of the great painters of the Italian
Renaissance or Flemish school. My second observation
is that all this film lacks is words. The only thing
that has aged is the intrusion of subtitles. Dreyer so
regretted not being able to use the still frail sound
available in 1928. For those who still think that the
cinema lowered itself when it began to have sound, we
need only counter with this masterpiece of silent film
that is already virtually speaking.
(Radio-Cinéma—1952)
La Passion De Jeanne d'Arc
With its stunning camerawork and striking
compositions, Carl Th. Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of
Arc convinced the world that movies could be art.
Renee Falconetti gives one of the greatest
performances ever recorded on film, as the young
maiden who died for God and France. Long thought to
have been lost to fire, the original version was
miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981 - in a
Norwegian mental institution. Criterion is proud to
present this milestone of silent cinema in a new
special edition featuring composer Richard Einhom's
Voices of Light, an original opera/oratorio inspired
by the film.
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