UP Film Institute Screenings

HIGHER LEARNING
UP Film Institute ushers in the new school year this June 2007

June 4 Monday 2 & 7 p.m.
June 5 Tuesday 2 & 5 p.m.
June 6 Wednesday 2 & 7 p.m.
June 7 Thursday 2 & 5 p.m.
June 11 Monday 5 p.m.
June 12 Tuesday 7 p.m.
Notes on a Scandal
Direction: Richard Eyre. Screenplay from Zoe Heller’s novel: Patrick Marber. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Andrew Simpson, Bill Nighy.
2006 92 minutes 35mm color
For mature viewing with language and aberrant sexual content

June 4 Monday 5 p.m.
June 5 Tuesday 7 p.m.
June 6 Wednesday 5 p.m.
June 7 Thursday 7 p.m.
John Tucker Must Die
Direction: Betty Thomas. Screenplay: Jeff Lowell. Cast: Jesse Metcalf, Sophia Bush, Brittany Snow, Ashanti , Arielle Kebbel.
2006 89 minutes 35mm color

June 11 Monday 2 & 7 p.m.
June 12 Tuesday 2 & 5 p.m.
June 13 Wednesday 2/5/7 p.m.
The History Boys
Direction: Nicholas Hytner. Screenplay from his Tony award-winning play: Alan Bennett. Cast: Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Clive Merrison, Stephen Campbell Moore, Dominic Cooper.
2006 109 minutes 35mm color
For mature viewing with language and sexual content

June 18 Monday 2 & 5 p.m.
It’s a Boy Girl Thing
A Viva International Pictures Release
Direction: Nick Hurran. Screenplay: Geoff Deane. Cast: Kevin Zegers, Samaire Armstrong, Sharon Osbourne, Maury Chaykin, Mpho Koaho.
2006 95 minutes 35mm color

June 18 Monday 7 p.m.
Co-Ed Scandal
A Digital Viva Production (2006, 82 minutes)
Direction: Robert Quebral. Screenplay: Benedict Mique, Robert Quebral. Cast: Jennifer Lee, Avi Siaw, Ryan Eigenmann.
For mature viewing

June 19 Tuesday 2 & 7 p.m.
June 20 Wednesday 5 p.m.
June 21 Thursday 2 & 7 p.m.
Butterfly’s Tongue
(La lengua de las mariposas)
Direction: Jose Luis Cuerda. Screenplay: Jose Luis Cuerda, Rafael Azcona, Manuel Rivas. Cast: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Manuel Lozano
1999 96 minutes 35mm color Spanish with English subtitles
For mature viewing with a strong sex scene

June 19 Tuesday 5 p.m.
June 20 Wednesday 2 & 7 p.m.
June 21 Thursday 5 p.m.
The Emperor’s Club
Direction: Michael Hoffman. Screenplay from Ethan Canin’s short story, “The Palace Thief”: Neil Tolkin. Cast: Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Joel Gretsch, Embeth Davidtz, Rob Morrow, Harris Yulin.
2002 109 minutes 35mm color

June 25 Monday 2/5/7 p.m.
June 26 Tuesday 2/5/7 p.m.
June 27 Wednesday 2/5/7 p.m.
June 28 Thursday 2 & 7 p.m.
In Good Company
Direction and Screenplay: Paul Weitz. Cast: Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Scarlett Johansson.
2004 109 minutes 35mm color

June 28 Thursday 5 p.m.
Pan’s Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
Direction and Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro. Cast: Maribel Verdu, Sergi Lopez, Ariadna Gil, Alex Angulo, Doug Jones, Ivana Baquero.
2006 120 minutes 35mm color
For mature viewing with graphic violence and some language


FRIDAYS OF JUNE

June 8, 15, 22, 29 - 2/5/7 p.m.
Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong (The Road to Kalimugtong)
Digital Feature from Sampay Bakod Productions (2005, 89 minutes)
Direction and Screenplay: Mes de Guzman. Cast: Analyn Bangsi-il, Rhenuel Ordoño, Hallen Sumingwa, Jay Bassig, Joey Almoete.


PROUD TO BE GAY PARADE
UP Film Institute presents Pink Saturdays

June 16 Saturday 2/5/7 p.m.
Gray Matters
Direction and Screenplay: Sue Kramer. Cast: Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh, Bridget Moynahan.
2006 96 minutes 35mm color

June 23/30 Saturday 2/5/7 p.m.
Tuli
A Digital Viva Production (2005, 113 minutes)
Direction: Auraeus Solito. Screenplay: Jimmy Flores. Cast: Desiree del Valle, Vanna Garcia, Carlo Aquino, Bembol Roco, Eugene Domingo.
Up Next for Pink Saturdays: Boys Don’t Cry, When Night Is Falling, In and Out, Jupit and more!

Free Short Films for the Month
June 14 Thursday 5 p.m. onwards
June 16 Saturday 4 p.m. onwards
June 23 Saturday 4 p.m. onwards
June 30 Saturdays 4 p.m. onwards
Featuring any or all of the following titles:
What’s Wrong (Jean-Baptiste de Laubier/France, 2004, 33 minutes)
Once upon a summer, nobody seems to know about the illness of a young man.

The Fall (JP Valkeapaa/Finland, 2003, 16 minutes)
One last day of summer appears to have no end.

62 Sleeps (Erin White/Australia, 2004, 11 minutes)
A seven-year-old girl can’t wait to take to school a precious letter that would end up misplaced.

K (Juan Simons/Spain, 2004, 12 minutes)
Two men lead asphyxiated lives in a city that oppresses peculiar personalities.

Melodrama (Filip Marczewski/Poland, 2004, 19 minutes)
A 14-year-old boy traverses the road to emotional and sexual maturity as he feels erotic fascination with an older sister, forges friendship with a girl in the courtyard and carries on a complicated relationship with the man his sister is engaged to marry.

Josh (Paul Gerretsen and Seth Menelson/Canada, 2004, 25 minutes)
A high school student encounters peer pressure and the strains of passage into manhood.

Meet French Film Director Lionel Bailliu
June 14 Thursday, UPFI Videotheque (at the back of Cine Adarna)
On the occasion of French Spring in Manila 2007, visiting French filmmaker Lionel Bailliu comes to the premier state university for a lecture and interaction. Presented by the French Embassy in the Philippines .
Lecture-Discussion (1-5 p.m.)
Exclusive Screening of Award-Winning Short Films by Lionel Bailliu: Microsnake (2000); Squash (2002) - 5 p.m. onwards

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