Film Screening Schedule Philippines

Cinekatipunan Screenings

2007-07-06T12:31:00.001+08:00

Cinekatipunan JULY 2007

Mag:net Cafe Katipunan
Screening starts at 5 PM
www.magnet.com.ph

02 M Sam Seen presents Lam Li’s SURVIVING BEIJING
(Documentary/ Malaysia)
NAO (Documentary/ Malaysia)
03 T ST Exposure: ANG KAAWAY! (Documentary)
To be presented by King Catoy
04 W Conrado’s Cabinet: PHILIP JOHNSON (Documentary)
05 Th SHORTFILMANIA! Curated by Khavn
06 F National Day of Venezuela Program
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED (Documentary)
07 S Films by Visual Artists

09 M Yuhang Ho: RAIN DOGS (Malaysia)
To be presented by Tilman Baumgaertel
10 T Free Jonas Burgos Movement Program
11 W MayDay Productions
12 Th SHORTFILMANIA!
Curated by Khavn
13 F ELVERT BANARES curates
14 S Chris Gozum: LAKARAN

16 M Eli Zafari: THE NOBLE STRUGGLE OF AMINA WADUD
17 T She Andres: ESTROPA
18 W Adjani Arumpac: EFIGY, ABOVO
19 Th SHORTFILMANIA!
Curated by Khavn
20 F Mike Dagñalan presents EKSENA (Short Films and
Bands)
21 S Short Animation Videos (Ateneo)
Selected by Teta Tulay

23 M Lucky Guillermo’s MANILA 1945: THE FORGOTTEN
ATROCITIES (Documentary)
24 T CineKalikasan presents PROMETHEUS BOUND
25 W Mario AV Guzman Films
26 Th SHORTFILMANIA!
Curated by Khavn
27 F Jochen Roller (Germany) Artists Talk
28 S Cuban Program: MONTANA DE LUZ
To be presented by Amistad Philippines- Cuba Friendship
Association

30 M Korean and Indonesian Shorts (To be presented by
Merv Espina)
31 T Video Bios on Labor Leaders Crispin Beltran, Ding
Fortuna, and Medardo Roda

UNCENSORED BODIES FILM PROGRAM
For Wi_fi Body 2, 2nd Independent Contemporary Dance
Festival
July 12-15, 3-5:30 PM, Little Theatre Lobby, Cultural
Center of the Philippines

July 12, Thursday
Foreign and Filipino Dance Films

Deborah VanSlet: RULES OF THE ROAD (Dance Film/Canada)

Deborah Kuleff : SALOMON (Dance Film/Australia)
Vanessa Libertad Garcia: A TWO WOMEN ONE ACT (Dance
Film/USA)
Lynn Shelton: MAGNETIZED (Music Video/USA)
Fiona Cameron: SEA MAMMAL (Experimental/ Australia)
Passia Pandora: BEYOND TIME (Dance Film/Canada)
Jane Osborne: DRIVE (Dance Film/Canada)
JP Carpio: CLOCKS (Experimental/ Philippines)
Khavn: ULTIMO (Experimental/ Philippines)
Waise Azimi: DANCING WOUNDED IS
(Experimental/ Philippines)
Mark Gary and Denisa Reyes: THE POWER OF DANCE
(Documentary/ Philippines)
Kristine Mariel Icban and Carmi Garcia Raymundo:
DANSPORT (Narrative/Philippi nes)

July 13, Friday
Foreign and Filipino Dance Films

Neeta Mittal: WINGS OF LEGACY (Narrative/USA)
Paul Lazarus: DESPERATE HORSEWIFE (Musical/USA)
Chris Dowling: THE PLIGHT OF CLOWNANA (Narrative/USA)
Paul Morales: CONTRE TEMPS (Dance Film/PHILIPPINES)
Sari Dalena: WHITE FUNERAL (Dance Film/PHILIPPINES)
Alina Co and Malyn Punay: PIROUETTE
(Narrative/PHILIPPI NES)
Marlene Burog Michelle Anne A. Wong: BATIBOT
(Narrative/PHILIPPI NES)
ST Exposure: MOVEMENT (Experimental/ PHILIPPINES)

July 14, Saturday
Foreign and Filipino Dance Films

Stefan Georgiou: TINY DANCER (Dance Film/UK)
Jean-Pierre Jacquet: Contrapunto (Animation/USA and
France)
Carla B Guttmann: The Double Woman (Dance
Film/Germany)
Eva Colmers: Hand Sum (Canada)
Ruelo Lozendo: SIMULA (Experimental/ Philippines)
Ron Magbuhos Papag: FETAD! People's Theatre Cordillera
(Documentary/ Philippines)

July 15, Sunday
Asian Dance Films
Curated by Merv Espina

James Lee: WALL (Experimental/ Malaysia)
Jin-sung Choi: HITCHHIKING (Narrative/Korea)
Katia Engel and Faozan Rizal: BULAN
(Experimental/ Germany-Indonesi a)
Daniel Yeung and Chris Lau: AFTERMATH
(Experimental/ Hong Kong)
Mark Gary: THE MAKING OF REALIZING RAMA
(Documentary/ Philippines)
Sherman Ong, Chendra Effendy and Helly Minarti: EXODUS
(Experimental/ Indonesia- Singapore)

Curated for the World Dance Alliance-Philippine s
Choreographers
Network by Cinekatipunan/ Mag:net and the International
Festival for Cinema and Technology. Special thanks to
IFCT DIrector Marisa Cohen, Ed Lejano and Diego
Maranan.

cinemalaya 2007

2007-06-21T13:21:00.000+08:00

cinemalaya 2007
Philippine Independent Film Festival

20 to 29 July 2007
Cultural Center of the Philippines

Festival Schedule

SPECIAL EVENTS

Cinemalaya 2007 Awards Night
(Open to the Public)
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo
07:00 PM
29 Jul/Sun

The Cinemalaya Film Congress
Theme: Harnessing Technology for Artistic Expression
Day 1
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
24 Jul/Tue
8AM to 5PM
Day 2
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
25 Jul/Wed
9AM to 5PM

Cinemalaya 2007 Opening Ceremonies
Special Screening: FOSTER CHILD by Brillante Mendoza
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo
07:00 PM
20 Jul/Fri

The Cinemalaya Sine Taktakans
Meet the Cinemalaya 2007 Filmmakers Forum
(Free Admission)
Day 1
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute
27 Jul/Fri
1PM to 5PM
Day 2
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute
28 Jul/Sat
1PM to 5PM

COMPETITION SCREENINGS

The Cinemalaya 2007 Full-Lengths

ENDO by Jade Castro

21 Jul/Sat
09:00 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

22 Jul/Sun
03:30 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

24 Jul/Tue
06:15 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

25 Jul/Wed
09:00 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

26 Jul/Thu
12:45 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

27 Jul/Fri
12:45 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

28 Jul/Sat
09:00 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

GULONG by Sockie Fernandez

21 Jul/Sat
06:15 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

22 Jul/Sun
12:45 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

24 Jul/Tue
09:00 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

25 Jul/Wed
06:15 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

26 Jul/Thu
10:00 AM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

27 Jul/Fri
03:30 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

28 Jul/Sat
10:00 AM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

KADIN by Adolf Alix Jr.

21 Jul/Sat
06:15 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

22 Jul/Sun
10:00 AM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

24 Jul/Tue
06:15 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

25 Jul/Wed
10:00 AM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

26 Jul/Thu
03:30 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

27 Jul/Fri
03:30 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

28 Jul/Sat
06:15 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

LIGAW LIHAM by Jay Abello

21 Jul/Sat
09:00 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

22 Jul/Sun
06:15 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

24 Jul/Tue
10:00 AM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

25 Jul/Wed
06:15 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

26 Jul/Thu
06:15 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

27 Jul/Fri
10:00 AM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

28 Jul/Sat
03:30 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

PISAY by Auraeus Solito

21 Jul/Sat
03:30 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

22 Jul/Sun
09:00 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

24 Jul/Tue
09:00 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

25 Jul/Wed
09:00 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

26 Jul/Thu
06:15 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

27 Jul/Fri
10:00 AM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

28 Jul/Sat
03:30 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

SINUNGALING NA BUWAN by Eduardo Lejano Jr.

21 Jul/Sat
03:30 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

22 Jul/Sun
06:15 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

24 Jul/Tue
12:45 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

25 Jul/Wed
09:00 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

26 Jul/Thu
09:00 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

27 Jul/Fri
12:45 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

28 Jul/Sat
12:45 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

STILL LIFE by Katski Flores

21 Jul/Sat
12:45 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

22 Jul/Sun
03:30 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

24 Jul/Tue
06:15 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

25 Jul/Wed
09:00 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

26 Jul/Thu
03:30 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

27 Jul/Fri
06:15 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

28 Jul/Sat
12:45 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

TRIBU by Jim Libiran

21 Jul/Sat
10:00 AM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

22 Jul/Sun
06:15 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

24 Jul/Tue
09:00 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

25 Jul/Wed
03:30 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

26 Jul/Thu
06:15 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

27 Jul/Fri
09:00 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

28 Jul/Sat
09:00 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

TUKSO by Dennis Marasigan

21 Jul/Sat
06:15 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

22 Jul/Sun
09:00 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

24 Jul/Tue
03:30 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

26 Jul/Thu
12:45 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

27 Jul/Fri
06:15 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

28 Jul/Sat
09:00 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

29 Jul/Sun
12:45 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

The Cinemalaya 2007 Shorts

Shorts Programme A:
DOBLE VISTA (Nisha Alicer, Nix Lañas, Caren Crisologo), MISTERYO SA HAPIS (Mark DelaCruz), NINEBALL (Enrico Aragon), ROLYO (Alvin B. Yapan), TAGAPAGLIGTAS (Ma. Solita F. Garcia)

21 Jul/Sat
09:00 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

22 Jul/Sun
12:45 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

24 Jul/Tue
09:00 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

25 Jul/Wed
12:45 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

27 Jul/Fri
06:15 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

27 Jul/Fri
09:00 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

28 Jul/Sat
10:00 AM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

Shorts Programme B:
DUROG (Tara Illenberger), GABON (Emmanuel DelaCruz), LIWANAG SA DILIM (Lawrence Fajardo), MAIKLING KWENTO (Hubert Tibi), TONI (Vic Acedillo Jr.)

21 Jul/Sat
12:45 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

21 Jul/Sat
09:00 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

22 Jul/Sun
09:00 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

26 Jul/Thu
10:00 AM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

26 Jul/Thu
09:00 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

28 Jul/Sat
06:15 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

29 Jul/Sun
10:00 AM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

EXHIBITION SCREENINGS

The Cinemalaya 2007 World Premieres

BARAKO by Manolito Sulit

Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde
09:00 PM
24 Jul/Tue

CURE FOR BOREDOM by Ato Bautista

Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
06:15 PM
25 Jul/Wed

HANGGANG DITO NA LAMANG AT MARAMING SALAMAT
by Lino Tañada

Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
06:15 PM
22 Jul/Sun

HAW-ANG by Bong Ramos

Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
06:15 PM
26 Jul/Thu

HILO by JP Carpio

Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde
09:00 PM
25 Jul/Wed

KISS MEEH, MANANANGGAL ME! By Cris Pablo

Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
09:00 PM
26 Jul/Thu

SAPI by Arnold Argaño

Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
09:00 PM
27 Jul/Fri

SIGNOS by Aloy Adlawan

Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
06:15 PM
24 Jul/Tue

WEN TIMAWA MEETS DELGADO by Rey Gilbraltar

Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
06:15 PM
21 Jul/Sat

TBC: BALIKBAYAN BOX by Mes Guzman

Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
06:15 PM
28 Jul/Sat

The Cinemalaya 2005 Films

ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS
by Auraeus Solito & Michiko Yamamoto

21 Jul/Sat
12:45 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

26 Jul/Thu
03:30 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

BARYOKE by Ron Bryant

23 Jul/Mon
03:30 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

28 Jul/Sat
10:00 AM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

BIG TIME by Mario Cornejo & Monster Jimenez

21 Jul/Sat
03:30 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

25 Jul/Wed
03:30 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

ICU BED #7 by Rica Arevalo

21 Jul/Sat
12:45 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

26 Jul/Thu
12:45 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

ISNATS by Mike Dagnalan & Jun Aves

24 Jul/Tue
12:45 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

28 Jul/Sat
12:45 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

LASPONGGOLS by Sigfried Barros Sanchez

24 Jul/Tue
10:00 AM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

28 Jul/Sat
12:45 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

PEPOT ARTISTA by Clodualdo del Mundo Jr.

21 Jul/Sat
10:00 AM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

26 Jul/Thu
12:45 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

ROOM BOY by Alfred Aloysius Adlawan

24 Jul/Tue
03:30 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

27 Jul/Fri
03:30 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

SARONG BANGGI by Emman dela Cruz

24 Jul/Tue
12:45 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

28 Jul/Sat
03:30 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

The Cinemalaya 2006 Films

ANG HULING ARAW NG LINGGO by Nick Olanka

25 Jul/Wed
10:00 AM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

29 Jul/Sun
12:45 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

BATAD: SA PAANG PALAY by Benji Garcia

22 Jul/Sun
10:00 AM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

27 Jul/Fri
12:45 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

DONSOL by Adolfo B. Alix Jr.

25 Jul/Wed
12:45 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

29 Jul/Sun
03:30 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

IN DA RED KORNER by Dado Lumibao

25 Jul/Wed
03:30 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

28 Jul/Sat
03:30 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

MUDRAKS by Arah Jell Badayos & Margaret Guzman

25 Jul/Wed
12:45 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

29 Jul/Sun
12:45 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

ROTONDA by Ron Bryant

22 Jul/Sun
12:45 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

27 Jul/Fri
03:30 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

SAAN NAGTATAGO SI HAPPINESS
by Florida Bautista & Real Florido

24 Jul/Tue
03:30 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

29 Jul/Sun
10:00 AM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

TULAD NG DATI by Michael Sandejas

22 Jul/Sun
03:30 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

26 Jul/Thu
03:30 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

The Cinemalaya 2005 & 2006 Shorts

Cinemalaya 2005 Shorts: ALIMUOM (Rommel “Milo” Tolentino), BABAE (Sigrid Bernardo), BLOODBANK (Pam Miras), KULTADO (Lawrence Fajardo), MANSYON (Joel Ruiz), PANAGINIPAN (Anna Isabelle Matutina)

21 Jul/Sat
03:30 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

26 Jul/Thu
10:00 AM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

Cinemalaya 2006 Shorts A: 10:25 NG GABI (Reggie Gulle), GEE-GEE AT WATERINA (J. Dennis C. Teodosio), KWARTO (Jose Maria Emmanuel C. Taylo), LABADA (Raz DelaTorre), NO PASSPORT NEEDED (Pepe Diokno)

22 Jul/Sun
12:45 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

27 Jul/Fri
12:45 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

Cinemalaya 2006 Shorts B: ORASYON (Rommel “Milo” Tolentino), PARANG PELIKULA (Hubert Tibi), PUTOT (Jeck Cogama), PUWANG (Anna Isabelle Matutina), SA SILAW (Reinzi L. Balao)

22 Jul/Sun
03:30 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

27 Jul/Fri
10:00 AM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

More Exhibition Screenings

ANAK NG TINAPA by Jon Red

21 Jul/Sat
10:00 AM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

ANG ANAK NI BROCKA by Sigfried Barros Sanchez

26 Jul/Thu
10:00 AM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

ANG DAAN PATUNGONG KALIMUGTONG by Mes Guzman

21 Jul/Sat
06:15 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

27 Jul/Fri
09:00 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

ANG HULING BALYAN NG BUHI by Sherad Anthony Sanchez

27 Jul/Fri
03:30 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

28 Jul/Sat
12:45 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

ASTIG by Jon Red

23 Jul/Mon
09:00 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

BALAY DAKU by JP Carpio

22 Jul/Sun
09:00 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

BALIW by Redd Ochoa

23 Jul/Mon
12:45 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

27 Jul/Fri
09:00 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

BLACKOUT by Ato Bautista
22 Jul/Sun
06:15 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde
28 Jul/Sat
03:30 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

CARE HOME by Suzett Ranillo

22 Jul/Sun
03:30 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

24 Jul/Tue
09:00 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

CAVITE by Neil Dela Llana & Ian Gamazon

24 Jul/Tue
06:15 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

COMPOUND by Will Fredo

21 Jul/Sat
03:30 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

26 Jul/Thu
09:00 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

DILIM by Topel Lee

21 Jul/Sat
03:30 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

DILIMAN by Mes Guzman

25 Jul/Wed
06:15 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

FACES OF LOVE by Eddie Romero

26 Jul/Thu
12:45 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

27 Jul/Fri
12:45 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

HEREMIAS (Unang Aklat: Ang Alamat Ng Princesang Bayawak)
by Lav Diaz ( 9AM to 6PM 9 hours - counts as one programme)

29 Jul/Sun
9:00 AM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

ILUSYON by Paolo Villaluna & Ellen Ramos

26 Jul/Thu
06:15 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

IMAHE NASYON
by Lav Diaz (“Nang Matapos Ang Ulan”), Raymond Red (“Mistulang Kamera Obskura”) Roxlee (“La Pula”), Neil Daza (“Biyaheng Edsa”) Ellen Ramos (“Speci Men”), Robert Quebral (“Barado”), Paolo Villaluna, (“One Shot”) Mes De Guzman (“Tsinelas”), Topel Lee (“Ang Manunulat”), Emmanuel dela Cruz (“Imagining Edsa”), Lyle Sacris (“Dibuho”) Milo Alto Paz (“Lugaw”), RA Rivera (“Public Service Announcement”), Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez (“Aksyon Star”), Tad Ermitaño (“Local Unit”), Ogi Sugatan (“5 Minutes”), Poklong Anading (“Between Intersection”), EJ Salcedo (“Talahib”), Dennis Empalmado (“Bwahaha”) and Yeye Calderon (“Silid”).
d/w The IMAHE NASYON Behind The Scenes by Jon Red
(counts as one programme)

27 Jul/Fri
06:15 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

INANG YAYA by Pablo Biglang-Awa & Veronica Velasco

25 Jul/Wed
03:30 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

KALELDO by Brillante Mendoza

22 Jul/Sun
06:15 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

26 Jul/Thu
09:00 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

KUBRADOR by Jeffrey Jeturian

21 Jul/Sat
09:00 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

26 Jul/Thu
06:15 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

29 Jul/Sun
03:30 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

LA VISA LOCA by Mark Meily

24 Jul/Tue
03:30 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

LAMBANOG by Paolo Herras

25 Jul/Wed
10:00 AM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

MANORO by Brillante Mendoza

24 Jul/Tue
06:15 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

28 Jul/Sat
09:00 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

MASAHISTA by Brillante Mendoza

26 Jul/Thu
03:30 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

METLOGS by Cris Pablo

24 Jul/Tue
12:45 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

27 Jul/Fri
10:00 AM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

MGA PUSANG GALA by Ellen Ongkeko (TBC)

22 Jul/Sun
10:00 AM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

NASAAN SI FRANCIS? by Gabby Fernandez

22 Jul/Sun
09:00 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

25 Jul/Wed
06:15 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

NUMBALIKDIWA by Bobby Bonifacio

21 Jul/Sat
09:00 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

27 Jul/Fri
06:15 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

PANDANGGO by Dennis Empalmado & Wilfred Galila

22 Jul/Sun
12:45 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

25 Jul/Wed
10:00 AM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

PINOY BLONDE by Peque Gallaga

21 Jul/Sat
10:00 AM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

RAKET NI NANAY by Lawrence Fajardo

25 Jul/Wed
12:45 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

29 Jul/Sun
10:00 AM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

REKADOS by Paolo Herras

22 Jul/Sun
10:00 AM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

24 Jul/Tue
12:45 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

ROME & JULIET by Connie S.A. Macatuno

22 Jul/Sun
12:45 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

25 Jul/Wed
03:30 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

RUPTURA by Ron Bryant

24 Jul/Tue
10:00 AM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

SA AKING PAGKAKAGISING MULA SA KAMULATAN
by Ato Bautista

23 Jul/Mon
06:15 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

SA ILALIM NG COGON by Rico Ilarde

21 Jul/Sat
06:15 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

26 Jul/Thu
03:30 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

SA NORTH DIVERSION ROAD by Dennis Marasigan

24 Jul/Tue
03:30 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

SANDALANG BAHAY by Denisa Reyes & Mark Gary

28 Jul/Sat
10:00 AM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

SEROKS by Eduardo Lejano Jr.

22 Jul/Sun
03:30 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

26 Jul/Thu
12:45 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

SITAK by Liza Cornejo

24 Jul/Tue
10:00 AM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

SQUATTER PUNK by Khavn (with a live band)

28 Jul/Sat
06:15 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

STILL LIVES by Jon Red

25 Jul/Wed
12:45 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

STOCK ROOM by Hero Angeles

21 Jul/Sat
12:45 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining

28 Jul/Sat
06:15 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

TODO TODO TEROS by John Torres

21 Jul/Sat
12:45 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

26 Jul/Thu
09:00 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

TRABAHO by Ned Trespeces

22 Jul/Sun
09:00 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

26 Jul/Thu
10:00 AM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

TULI by Auraeus Solito

25 Jul/Wed
09:00 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

UPOS by Jose Maria Emmanuel C. Taylo

25 Jul/Wed
06:15 PM
Venue 6 - CCP Silangan Hall

Special Screenings

BEST OF GAWAD 2007 A
(Titles to Follow)

27 Jul/Fri
10:00 AM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

BEST OF GAWAD 2007 B
(Titles to Follow)

28 Jul/Sat
10:00 AM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

CINEMALAYA 2007 AUDIENCE CHOICE Screening

27 Jul/Fri
06:15 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

(TBC Reserved for Exhibition)

28 Jul/Sat
09:00 PM
Venue 3 - CCP Dream Theatre / Tanghalang Manuel Conde

(TBC Reserved for Extra Screening )

29 Jul/Sun
03:30 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

Kindly note that screening schedules may be subject to change.

Alliance Française de Manille screening

2007-06-20T10:13:00.000+08:00

This film will be shown again this week due to the technical problems that transpired in its initial screening last June 6.

The af Cine Club presents

Drôle de Félix (The Adventures of Felix)
A film by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
(French version, with English subtitles)
2000, 95 minutes

Alliance Ondeo Auditorium
Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 8:30 pm
(Free Admission)

(Le Coude Rouge Restaurant is open before and after the film screening)

Starring: Sami Bouajila (Félix), Patachou (Mathilde Firmin), ArianeAscaride (Isabelle), and more
Genre: Comedy, Drama, and more
(Please be advised that this film contains explicit content)

Critic Reviews:
" Bouajila's admirable performance and Ducastel and Martineau's witty script help make this Adventure worth while. "
- Francesca Dinglasan of Boxoffice Magazine

" A delightful film "
- Edward Guthmann of the San Francisco Chronicle

" [Bouajila's] understated charisma gives this diaphanous whimsy a spark oflife. "
- Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times

Synopsis:
A tale revolving around the carefree and bon-vivant, Felix, who is contentliving with this boyfriend, Daniel in the town of Dieppe in Northern France.When Felix is laid off from his job, he decides to take a road trip toMarseilles to track down the father he's never met. Backpack in tow, Felixsets out walking, hitching and borrowing cars to get to the south of France.Springtime is budding, nature is at its best, and some unique charactersawait Felix along the dirt roads and by ways of the French countryside.

Attention: FILMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGES WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
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

CineKatipunan Screenings

2007-06-20T10:10:00.000+08:00

THIS WEEK ON CINEKATIPUNAN
June 18-23, 2007 (5-7 pm)

Two acclaimed Korean women filmmakers Kyoung-mi Lee and Lee Soo-yeon open this weeks Cinekatipunan AsiaLunes program today with the works Feel Good Story and The Goggles, while Tuesday's choice is Haw-Ang (Before Harvest) a narrative digital film by Filipino director Bong Ramos.

Wednesday, June 20, features A Midsummer's Night of Dreams, a selection of short experimental works by six filmmakers, curated by Manila-based Afghan-American filmmaker Waise Azimi.

Thursday's program is a selection of four film shorts [Apple, Abstraction, Coming to Pass, and Iyak ni Maria] by Sherad Anthony Sanchez, while visual artist Yason Banal takes center stage on Friday night with Malikot ang Kama-Y/O, a selection of videos. Saturday's program will feature works by campus-based filmmakers from the University of the East and the University of the Philippines, selected by Banal and Prof. Ramon Nunez. Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café Katipunan,Cinekatipunan screenings start at 5:00 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 tosinag_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.
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM

June 18 (Monday)
AsiaLunes: Korean Indie Shorts

Kyoung-mi Lee: FEEL GOOD STORY
(2004Fiction16mmColor36 mins)
Two women who hate each other so much are required to do over work every night!

Kyoung-mi Lee was born in Seoul and graduated from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and the School of Film and Multimedia at the Korea National University of Arts. Feel Good Story was shown in various film festivals including the 1st InDpanda Int'l Short Film Festival (2005, Hong Kong), 4th Gwangju Int'l Film Festival (2004, Korea) and 5th Young Guns Film Festival (2005, Singapore). It garnered the Grand Prizes in the Amateur Section, 5th Korea Visual Arts Festival (2004, Korea), the 2nd Asiana Int'l Short Film Festival (2004, Korea). Busan Asian Short Film Festival (2004, Korea) and 6th Women's Film Festival in Seoul (2004, Korea).

Soo-yeon Lee: THE GOGGLES
(2000/35mm/Color/34 mins)

Lee Soo-yeon has already built a firm reputation at a whole range of international reputed film festivals with some remarkable short films as Nobody Knows what Happened at the Beginning, Survival Game, Refrigerator Tale, La and especially The Goggles. The Goggles was a graduation project for her masteral degree in Chung-Ang University and has since then been showcased as part of various national and international film festivals.

June 19 (Tuesday)
Bong Ramos: HAW-ANG (Before Harvest)

Haw-Ang (Before Harvest)
(NarrativeDigital2007)
Sister Adel is a light-hearted, young nun who embarks on a journey to a village in Ifugao whose indigenous people are as hard to reach as its pristine mountains. She meets Dacmay, a seven-year-old rowdy girl who understands much about the farming life of their tiny town, but not about her own mother who appears faceless in her dreams. [Synopsis from <http://pinoyfilm.com/film>]

Bong Ramos is a graduate of BS Civil Engineering at the Far Eastern University. He is an ABS-CBN writer of telenovelas like Vietnam Rose, Mangarap Ka, Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka and drama anthologies like The Maricel Drama Special. He has line-produced films like Room Boy by Alfred Aloysius Adlawan which was a finalist in the full length feature category of the 2005 Cinemalaya; Hubad sa Ilalim ng Buwan by Lav Diaz, Pila Balde by Jeffrey Jeturian, Kriminal ng Bo. Concepcion by Lav Diaz. [Profile from <http://www.cinemalaya.org/index.php?bn=2&cat=2&seq=6&f=1&nid=10>]

June 20 (Wednesday)
A Midsummer's Night of Dreams: Experimental Films, curated by Waise Azimi
FeaturingJoy Ligaya Domingo – Perya (30 minutes) Soni Kum – Foreign Sky (75 minutes) Chrysmas Gawaran & JP V. Carpio – Recitation [work in progress] (15 minutes) Grig Montegrande – Sakay [work in progress] (25 minutes) Miguel Pancho - 9/5 (20 minutes)
Waise Azimi - Dancing Wounded Is: (1 minute) Night/Lights (2 minutes)

Waise Azimi graduated from Bard College in 2005 with a degree in sociology. In 2003, Waise Azimi shot a documentary titled: Afghanistan After, about how life has changed two years after the fall of the Taliban. Most recently he is working on the post-production of documentary that covered the training of a young group of Afghan recruits as they struggled through the Afghan National Army's training program at the Kabul Military Training Center. Waise Azimi has grown up in Manila and loves the city and its people.

June 21 (Thursday)
Shorts by Sherad Anthony Sanchez
[Featuring the works Apple, Abstraction, Coming to Pass, and Iyak ni Maria]

Abstraction[Philippines20052 mins]Two boys inserted in an ambiguous context, are the pretest in order to transgress the cinematographic shape.
Iyak ni Maria
[Philippines7minsminiDV]A music video (image video) that delves on the objectification of Filipino women through time, and the resistance or submission that have resonated since.

Apple [2005PhilippinesminiDV7 mins Cebuano with English subtitles]
A study on depravity in the eyes of a young mananaptan (local funeral/death chanter), as she struggles with an apathetic life and learns to serenade death (Synopsis from <http://www.movfest.com/films.htm>]

June 22 (Friday)
Malikot Ang Kama-Y/O: Videos by Yason Banal

Yason Banal was born in the Philistine Islands and currently works and lives under your bed. He obtained a BA in Film at the University of the Philippines, an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, University of London and a student exchange at the Rijksakademie in Netherlands, and was also former visiting tutor and artist-in-residence at the London Metropolitan University. Recent projects include Singapore Biennale 2006; 'Fuzzy Logic', Lopez Museum; 'Manila Envelope', UC Berkeley; 'Magazine Project', Documenta 12 Kassel; 'Urban Nomad', Scope Art Fair Basel and 'Les Fleurs Du Mal', Gallery Primo Alonso London, while recent solo shows include 'Disaster but Disco', AIT Tokyo and 'Imperial Satellite', Tokyo National University of Fine Arts (Geidai). He has also shown at the Horniman Museum (UK), Akademie Schloss (Germany) , Oslo Kunsthall (Norway), Seattle Art Museum (US) and the C.C.P. (Philippines). Besides a nomadic art practice, he is currently a columnist for the Philippine Star and assistant professor and gallery curator at the University of the Philippines Film Institute. Upcoming shows this year include Standpoint Gallery, Braziers, University of San Francisco and Tate Britain, as well as an art commission/collaboration with 12 artists for the newspaper column 'Sleepwalking.'

June 23 (Saturday)
Campus-Based Films from the University of the Philippines and University of the East

presenting
Bright Dead(A)Head: Six UP Film Institute Student Works
(Selected by Yason Banal)
and
Works by UE Campus-based Filmmakers
(Selected by Prof. Ramon Nunez)

including
MENSAHE (Mensahe)
(Written and directed by Ryan G. Reyes, University of the East, Recto Manila15 mins)
Do you believe that a cellphone can ruin a person's life? Follow the life of Nilo, a 23 year old man who has no interest in a cellular phone. But his perspective will change when the day of his 24th birthday, when he receive the gift that will change his life. Based on a real story of a young man living in Samar.

Ryan G. Reyes, aged 21, is a fresh graduate from the University of the East Recto Manila in which he finished the course of Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication. He usually use the genre of comedy in almost all of his produced video, it's just reflecting his true perception of life. He is currently unemployed and is spending most of his time surfing the net.

"BRIGHT DEAD(A)HEAD: SIX UPFI STUDENT WORKS"
Selected by Yason Banal

14:22:03 Running Time
by Aissa Penafiel
3 mins

Is time always exact, definite and precise as science has quantified it? Sometimes it feels that time may pass by so fast when were preoccupied and yet so slow when we are not doing anything. Which is the real time? This film translates visually the two aspects of time which we all experience: the physical time versus the psychological time.

Aissa Peñafiel is a fourth year film student from UP Film Institute. She loves the outdoors and is always out looking for her next adventure. Testing her limits both physically and mentally is a challenge that she likes setting for herself in everything that she does.

Making Out
by Sasha Palomares
3 mins

Inspired by Andy Warhol's "Kiss," MAKING OUT is a video collage of just that – couples making out. Composed of video clips generated using the computer game SIMS 2, the work is an endless stream of different animated couples making out in different places and ways. MAKING OUT experiments with the possibility of making a film with a medium not originally meant for filmmaking. At the same time, it attacks the viewer with its artificial erotic images, arousing his curiosity and or otherwise.

Sasha B. Palomares is a 4th year film student in the UP Film Institute. One of her goals is to establish herself as a female filmmaker and cinematographer. Another one of her goals is to own a chow chow one day. But for now, her main goal is to live through her thesis.

Balay Sa Umang (A Hermit Crab's Home)
by Pete Malaya Camporedondo
9 mins

Shots of Samal Island and its people.
Someone discovering home.
Ang kuliit.

Biyaheng MRT
by AD Alarilla
5.30 mins

gabi.
sa loob ng mamahaling sinehan, naghawak ang aming mga kamay.
patago, sa ilalim ng aming magkatabing siko, para walang makakita.
binigyan niya ako ng sulat.
hindi pala tatagal ng pitong buwan ang tunay na pag-ibig.

Defense
By Karl Frederick Castro
6.45 mins

A young film major struggles with her thesis -- way, way beyond the four corners of the classroom. A story of protracted performance art.

Karl Fredrick M. Castro just turned 21 last week. A graduate of the Philippine High School for the Arts, he is now a senior film major at the UP Film Institute. He loves graphic design and his film organization, UP Sining at Lipunan. He firmly believes that the recent 300 percent increase in UP tuition is downright unjust. Last year, he was editor in chief of the Philippine Collegian. Currently, he is struggling with his own thesis work.

Nasaan si Jun-Jun?
by Nestor Abrogena
2 mins

Op art, Semiotics and Dada in search of a missing boy, and finds meaning in nothing.

Mission Against Terror screening

2007-06-19T19:25:00.001+08:00

CINEKATIPUNAN
June 25, 5-6:30 PM

Mission Against Terror
48 mins | Documentary

Five Cuban men are in prison for being anti-terrorists
in the country that declared war against terror.

Cuba has every right to protect its country and people
from ultra-right groups in Miami that have killed
scores in their island right under the US government’s
nose. So were known terrorists at large in Miami
monitored by Cuban patriots, who also passed
information to US authorities. Could there have been a
mix up? Instead of the terrorists, the anti-terrorists
were abducted and locked up.

The Cuban Five (Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino,
Fernando González, René González and Antonio Guerrero)
were illegally held in US jails since 1998 and denied
family visits and bail after almost two years of being
in solitary confinement. Lawyer Leonard Weinglass
calls this case a political one, and a “violation”
from the start.

“Mission Against Terror” maps Cuba ’s 48-year struggle
against terrorism and the clamor for the freedom of
Cuban 5. Its use of historic footage and interviews
with experts and families of the accused make moving
portraits of the Cuban patriots and elusive justice in
the US .

Bernie Dwyer and Roberto Ruiz collaborated on this
critically acclaimed Irish-Cuban documentary that
debuted at Havana ’s 26th Festival of New Latin
American Cinema in December 2004.

Following the film, former political prisoner and
member of the FREE THE CUBAN FIVE Committee of Amistad
(Philippines- Cuba Friendship Association) Donato
Continente will present on the issue and inform on how
individuals can become involved. Cuban Ambassador H.E.
Jorge Rey Jimenez is also invited to give his remarks.

HAW-ANG screenings

2007-06-19T19:19:00.000+08:00

HAW-ANG: Indie film in the heritage of beauty

Set in the majestic rice terraces, Haw-Ang (English title: Before
Harvest) is a new indie film advocating children's right to quality
education, empowerment of women, and welfare of our indigenous
countrymen. It tells the story of Sister Adel, a light-hearted young
nun who goes to a farming village in Ifugao to teach catechism and
eventually build a schoolhouse. As she breaks the traditions of the
tribe, she will make a big difference in the little lives of its
people especially that of Dacmay, a seven-year-old rowdy girl in
search of her lost mother's love. At the same time, Sister Adel will
finally discover her real mission in life.

This is a poignant story of friendship and love that transcends ages,
cultures, and beliefs. A tale that is at times comic and inevitably
tragic, this is a film about being a woman, and more importantly,
being human. It all begins in the time of preparing rice paddies for
planting, in that season of hopes and dreams called "haw-ang."

Produced by Sizzling Gambas Productions, Inc. and co-presented by
UniversiTV, Haw-Ang marks the directorial debut of Bong Ramos, a
seasoned writer-line producer for television and movies. The role of
Sister Adel is played by Kalila Aguilos (Sa North Diversion Road,
Ligalig, Inang Yaya), a veteran theater and indie film actress. The
film features a support cast that includes Neil Ryan Sese (Ang
Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros) and PBB Season 1 ex-housemate Racquel
Reyes. Haw-Ang also proudly brings to the world of cinema the talent
of Dacmay Tangliban (who plays Dacmay) and the other Ifugao children
of the Tuwali tribe.

Haw-Ang will have its World Premiere at the 3rd Cinemalaya Philippine
Independent Film Festival on July 26, 2007 at the CCP. The film is set
for nationwide commercial release at SM Digital Cinemas on August 8,
2007, and will also enter the international film festival circuit very
soon.

Haw-Ang (Before Harvest) (2007)
Directed by Bong Ramos
Written by Bong Ramos and Murphy Redd
Produced by Dane Lyons (Sizzling Gambas Productions, Inc.)

Visit our website: www.sizzlinggambas. com
Join us on friendster: www.friendster. com/beforeharves t
Contact Ewong or Fudge at:
(02) 412-5119
09065208085/ 09152861928
beforeharvest@ yahoo.com

Haw-Ang is also presented by UniversiTV (Estima Content)
Check out their website: www.universitv. net
UniversiTV is on Channel 33 (UHF);
Channel 5 (Home/SkyCable) ;
Channel 98 (Destiny)
Tel. no: (02) 8929557

9th Cinemanila International Film Festival

2007-06-19T19:13:00.000+08:00

Showcasing the World’s Best: Berlinale and Cannes Winners at the 9^th Cinemanila International Film Festival

Celebrating the best of world cinema, the 9^th Cinemanila International Film Festival brings to the Philippines winners and other important films from the festivals at Berlin and Cannes . Among the films to be shown at the CIFF are the Palm D’Or winner at Cannes, 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days; The Edge of Heaven, nominated for the Palm D’Or and winner of Best Screenplay; South African film U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, Golden Berlin Bear winner in 2005; Park Chan-wook’s I’m a Cyborg But That’s OK, nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear; and 2 Days in Paris by actor/director Julie Delpy (Before Sunset, Before Sunrise).

The 9^th Cinemanila International Film Festival will have its run from 8 to 19 August 2007 at SM Mall of Asia and other selected SM theatres. The CIFF is organized jointly by the Independent Cinema Association of the Philippines (ICAP), the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), SM Cinemas, and a specially commissioned inter-agency committee.

For more information, you may refer to the official CIFF website (http://www.cinemani la.com.ph) or contact the Cinemanila Secretariat through its email address: cinemanila@gmail. com.

LEA screenings

2007-06-19T18:36:00.000+08:00

There are some changes in the schedule of GMA 7 short film festival.

The festival schedule will move to JULY 4 -10, 2007 at INDIE SINE, ROBINSONS GALLERIA.

Screening time: 12nn- 10pm

GMA 7 ARTIST CENTER and DIGIMAN PRODUCTION would like to invite you to WATCH the film "LEA", written and directed by Donnie "EL DON" Sacueza.

From July 4- 10, 2007 at INDIE SINE, ROBINSONS GALLERIA, ORTIGAS.

Brocka's Tinimbang and forum on leprosy

2007-06-16T11:55:00.000+08:00

Many people think that leprosy no longer exists. But it does. Many people think that leprosy is not curable, but it is.

Yet misguided notions about leprosy and discrimination against persons affected by leprosy persist. Even today, millions of men, women and children continue to suffer social, economic and legal discrimination, simply because they or a familymember have or have had leprosy.

Leprosy, among the world's oldest recorded diseases, still exists in many countries. But while less than 300,000 people develop leprosy each year, an estimated 100 million must deal with cruel discrimination because of their association with the disease, many spending their lives completely isolated from society.

On June 16, 2-5:30 pm at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Dream Theater, these issues will be discussed through a film showing and Forum on Leprosy and its Representations.

The forum starts at 2pm with a screening of Lino Brocka's Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (1974, 35mm, 128 mins. Color Filipino with English subtitles), the late director's film that depicts the story of a young boy growing up in a small town and his friendship with the village idiot and a person affected by leprosy.

A panel discussion led by API fellows Nick de Ocampo (film) and Jess Santiago (music) and University of the Philippines professor Dr. Eufracio Abaya will follow the screening. Discussions will revolve around representations of leprosy in film and anthropological issues related to suffering and illnesses.

The forum is organized by Asian Public Intellectuals (API) Fellowship, which is administered by the Nippon Foundation, chaired by Yohei Sasakawa, the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for the Elimination of Leprosy.

The forum is a related activity of trauma, interrupted, an international exhibition on trauma, art and healing curated by API fellow and University of the Philippines professor Flaudette May V. Datuin. Exploring the links between art, healing and a range of traumas, including those brought about by stigma, illnesses, disasters, sexual abuse, and other forms of violence and human rights violations, the exhibit will be on show at CCP Main Gallery, Third and Fourth Floor hallways from June 14 to July 29, 2007, daily, from 10 am to 6pm, except Mondays and holidays. Admission to these activities is free and open to the public.

For particulars, please call 832 3702 and visit www.trauma-interrup ted.org

pelikula@titusbrandsma

2007-06-16T00:17:00.000+08:00

Titus Brandsma Center
24 Acacia St. Brgy. Mariana, New Manila
Quezon City, FREE ADMISSION

SHOWING THIS MONTH (June 16, 2007, 1pm onwards)
KAPWA KO MAHAL KO ... MAGING SINO KA MAN (7th Gay & Lesbian Film Festival)

pelikula@titusbrandsma is a free montly film screening with dialogue that features fine samples of world cinema. It's an offering of the Titus Brandsma Center-Media Program under the auspices of the Carmelites in the Philippines. This montly event is aimed at giving a meaningful experience for film enthusiasts.

SEQUENCE:

Loving Annabelle
Katherien Brooks, USA, 2005
76 mins.

Annabelle (Erin Kelly) is a 17 year old Catholic schoolgirl who falls in
love with her teacher Simone Bradley. The pushy teenager pursues her until
the 30-something year old falls equally in love with Annabelle. Not long
after they give in to their lusts their relationship is discovered and
Simone is arrested.

BABAE (Woman), Short film
Written and Directed by Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo, Philippines, 2005
20 mins.

BABAE (WOMAN) is a coming of age story of two women who grew up together in
the city slum community beside railroad tracks. They become best friends
during childhood, shared dreams during teenage years and eventually started
a family during adulthood when a child accidentally entered their lives.
Real Stories of Women and a Man were added to give this color to this black
and white film A mixture of drama, comedy, musical and fantasy that will
surely touch the Pinoy heart in you.

Glowing Eyes/Porn Theater (La Chatte à deux têtes)
Jacques Nolot, France, 2002
90 mins., In French with English subtitles.
* Strictly for mature audience only

A tale set in a decaying Parisian porn theatre, where within its dark
confines, male patrons--soldiers, transvestites, married men--regularly
engage in anonymous sex acts. In the ticket booth of the theatre, a wise
Italian woman serves as benevolent gatekeeper, observing--but never
judging--the proceedings occurring under her watchful eyes. One day, one of
her regulars engages her in a conversation that leads to an unusual
friendship, as these two worldly souls share their common experiences.

The Mad Cage 2/Birds of a Feather 2 (La Cage aux folles II)
Edouard Molinaro, France, 1980
101 mins., In French with English subtitles
* Subject to change

Sequel to La Cage aux folles has homosexual nightclub owner Renato and his
transvesitite companion/lover Albin becoming involved with the local cops
and foreign spies when Albin unwittingly gets his hands on a role of stolen
microfilm. The gay couple then hide out in Renato's native Italy, but find
little peace there with their frequent bickering among themselves.

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Roxlee films

2007-06-15T11:50:00.000+08:00

EVERYJUAN IS INVITED: ROXLEE GETS BANNED!

Welcome to Roxlee’s Planet! Pinoy indie icon ROXLEE is the fourth filmmaker to be featured by Banned Movies Pilipinas (BMP) this coming June 15, 8 pm onwards at Freedom Bar in Anonas, Quezon City, fresh from Vote For Meyor: Sanchez Gets Banned! last May 19 which showcased the works of advocacy filmmaker Seymour Barros Sanchez. Internationally acclaimed filmmakers John Torres (in January), Jobin Ballesteros, Janus Victoria (in February) and Khavn dela Cruz (in March) were also previously featured by BMP.

ROXLEE, the ultimate Renaissance man and the face of Pinoy indie, is an award-winning and renowned Filipino animator and filmmaker, cartoonist, artist and rock star, and more. The man who created “Cesar Asar” and “Santingwa” together with his brother Mon Lee, is also a founding member of Animagination, a group of Filipino animators. He picked up his first Gawad Urian award for Best Short film for “Juan Gapang”, a collaborative effort and went on to make ‘Juan Toga,’ `Juan Gapang,' ‘Juan Gulay,' and`Juan Tunog.' He has also exhibited his oil paintings in Singapore, and was invited to stage the world premiere of “RoxLee’s Planet” as part of the Singapore International Film Festival. His alter ego Akira Brocka is also a member of The Brockas, a rock band composed of fellow filmmakers, writers and artists.

On June 15, at 8 pm onwards, Banned Movies Pilipinas will screen the short films of this legendary Pinoy Icon, in an unforgettable event that brings together the best and the brightest in the indie circuit. Watch out for The Brockas, Taggu nDios, Delakrus, Jeffplane, Bored of Trustees, Lem’s Guitar, Girls Make Me Cry, Folly, Soul Kitchen, Lagkitan, Uprising and other up and coming acts that will rock the Planet.

Don’t be left behind! P100 is your ticket to the exciting Indie Planet, and we’ll be your tour guide. Visit www.bannedmoviespil ipinas.com for updates, email banned_movies@ yahoo.com or text 0917-3705454 or 0920-9226261 for inquiries.

Lionel Bailliu films

2007-06-14T17:19:00.000+08:00

BONJOUR! VENEZ!

This is free and open to the public.

The UPFI is pleased to invite you to An Afternoon with Lionel Bailliu – a joint presentation of The Embassy of the Republic of France and the UP Film Institute (UPFI).

In time for the French Spring Film Festival 2007 in Manila, award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and editor, Lionel Bailliu is coming over to thePhilippines to present his first feature-length film, Fair Play (2006).

In this context, the filmmaker is also coming over to the UPFI Videotheque (at the back of the Cine Adarna), for an afternoon of interaction withstudents and aficionados, and to present his short works – Microsnake (2000) and Squash (2002). These two films will not be screened in the French Spring Film Festival 2007 or in any other venue in the Philippines , except in the UPFI.

The schedule of the program is as follows:

June 14 (Thursday)
(1) Lecture-Forum / Screening of Short Films (1–5 p.m.)
(2) Repeat Screening of Short Films (6–7 p.m. / 7–8 p.m.)

The filmmaker is expected to discuss the current situation of French filmculture – such as new trends in films, film producing, and film consuming;the continuations and ruptures of contemporary French cinema from its richcinematic history; and his personal film practice within these cultural and historical contexts.

The Awards of Lionel Bailliu
Fair Play (2006)- winner, Best New Director, San Sebastian Int'l Film Festival 2006
Squash (2002)- nominated, Best Short Film, Oscars 2004- winner, Best Writing, Aspen Shortsfest 2003- nominated, Best Short Film, Cesar Awards 2003- winner, Best Live-Action Short, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival 2003- winner, Golden Moon, Cinema Jove- Valencia Film Festival 2002- winner, Audience Award, Clermont-Ferrand Int'l Short Film Festival 2002- winner, Audience Award, Cork Int'l Film Festival 2002- winner, Jury Award, Leuven Int'l Short Film Festival 2002- winner, Audience Award, Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival 2002
Microsnake (2000)- winner, Special Jury Award, Avignon Film Festival 2001

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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL

2007-06-08T17:26:00.000+08:00

Cinema 3 Shangri La Cineplex
June 8-17
FREE ADMISSION

LIST OF FILMS:

Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) by Luc Besson
Animation/Adventure/Family/Fantasy
Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, a tiny people living in harmony with nature.

Fair Play (2006) by Lionel Bailliu
Thriller
Even if I am French, I am not a fanatical "french cinema lover". I think that too often french directors have more pretensions than real abilities. But, Fair Play is really a good film for those who, like me, have had difficult relationships in their job environment. Things are a little bit "over the top" in this movie, for sure. But the actors are so good... Give it a try, if you want to see how intelligence can mesh today with satirical criticism. Eric Savin is a real "ego monster" cruel and seductive. Benoit Magimel is without a doubt one of the more promising young french actors. Marion Cotillard gives a great performance too, playing a complex secretary, half shy and fearful, half aggressive and selfish. And, of course, Lionel Bailiu knows how to film. He does it like an entomologist watching his poor creatures fighting against the harshness of a meaningless existence.

Gamblers (2005) by Frederic Balekdjian
Crime Drama
Vahé, Sahak, and Toros run a bonneteau game on the streets of Paris. They're Lebanese French. Vahé also works with his father, a cloth merchant, and is in love with Lu Ann, Chinese French, who's broken off their affair. Vahé wants to make things right: with Lu Ann, with his father's business, and with Yuen, Lu Ann's younger brother, who's on the edge of delinquency and owes money to the gang who arranged his passage from China. Vahé tries to be like a father to Yuen, teaching him a work ethic. When Yuen impetuosity puts his own life in jeopardy, Vahé tries to save him. Are Vahé's impulses and hopes to die on the streets of Paris?

March of the Penguins (2005) by Luc Jacuet
Documentary
A look at the annual journey of Emperor penguins as they march -- single file -- to their traditional breeding ground.

Not There to be Loved (2005) by Stephane Brize
Comedy Drama Music Romance
Jean-Claude is 51 and weary. Since his divorce he has been leading a lonely, cheerless life. His job does not help him. Indeed, as a "huissier de justice" his everyday task consists in bringing despair into the homes of those who can't pay their rent, announcing eviction and/or property seizure. His depressing Sunday afternoons are invariably spent in the retirement home of his old father, a sour, never-satisfied pain in the neck. A glimmer of hope could come from the dance studio across his office. This is a place specializing in tango lessons. One day, Jean-Claude decides to enroll. There, he meets charming young Françoise and both click. The trouble is that Françoise is about to marry.

OSS 117 (2006) by Michel Hazanavicius
Adventure / Comedy
Secret agent OSS 117 is stupid, but at least he sort of knows it, whereas I've always found that James Bond was stupid but acted like a smart arse. Dialogue is witty with a lot of tongue-in-cheek humour that one would expect from a British rather than a French movie. The women and the music are beautiful. A refreshing trip into the past, when the bad guys were ex-Nazis or Soviet brutes, cars were shiny, and France had colonies!

Sequins (2004) by Eleanore Faucher
Drama
When Claire learns that she is five months pregnant at the tender age of 17, she decides to give birth anonymously. She finds refuge with Madame Melikian, an embroiderer for haute couture designers. And, day by day, stitch by stitch, as Claire's belly grows rounder, the threads of embroidery create a filial bond between them.

The Ax (2005) by Costa-Gavras
Comedy Crime Drama Thriller
The thirty-nine years old executive Bruno Davert has been working for fifteen years in a paper company. After a merging operation with a Romania's company, he is fired in a downsizing. While unemployed for two years, Bruno loses his self-esteem and sanity and his family loses the middle-class lifestyle without cable television, Internet and regular consumption. He concludes that there is too much competition in his sector for a few job positions and decides to literally eliminate his competitors, killing those more qualified than him.

The Little Lieutenant (2005) by Xavier Beauvois
Crime Drama
When a fresh young police academy graduate from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure world of the Parisian homicide squad, his schoolteacher wife is reluctant to go with him. He moves into a rooming house that caters to single cops as he embraces his fellow officers as an extended family. He becomes close to an Arab officer and his boss, a very professional but lonely, middle-aged female detective who is also a recovering alcoholic. Routine police procedure gives way to an intensive search among the city's homeless for an undocumented Russian immigrant who may be responsible for a series of violent crimes.

Perfume: Story of a Murderer (2006) by Tom Tykwer
Crime Drama Thriller
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of eighteenth century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

SKED:

June 8 (F)
1:00 PM Perfume
3:30 PM Arthur
6:00 PM The Ax
8:30 PM Gamblers

June 9 (Sa)
1:00 PM Arthur
3:30 PM Lieutenant
6:00 PM Penguins
8:30 PM Sequins

June 10 (Su)
1:00 PM Penguins
3:30 PM Not Here
6:00 PM Perfume
8:30 PM The Ax

June 11 (M)
1:00 PM Sequins
3:30 PM Not Here
6:00 PM The Ax
8:30 PM Penguins

June 12 (Tu)
Tribute to Philippine Cinema

June 13 (W)
1:00 PM The Ax
3:30 PM Gamblers
6:00 PM Sequins
8:30 PM Arthur

June 14 (Th)
1:00 PM Penguins
3:30 PM The Ax
6:00 PM Fair Play (Discussion with Lionel Bailliu willbe followed)

June 15 (F)
1:00 PM Not Here
3:30 PM Sequins
6:00 PM Arthur
8:30 PM Perfume

June 16 (Sa)
1:00 PM The Ax
3:30 PM Perfume
6:00 PM Fair Play
8:30 PM Gamblers

June 17 (Su)
1:00 PM Arthur
3:30 PM Lieutenant
6:00 PM Not Here
8:30 PM Penguins

Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong

2007-06-08T14:21:00.000+08:00

UP Film Institute screens
Mes de Guzman's Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong

The long wait is over as UP Film Institute finally screens Mes de Guzman's Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong—one of the very few true gems that usheredin the much ballyhooed new digital era for Philippine cinema.From Sampay Bakod Productions, the multi-awarded digital feature screens on four consecutive Fridays this June beginning June 8 until June 29 at 2, 5and 7 p.m. to constitute a fitting highlight for UP Film Institute's school opening special all throughout the month. It tells the poignant story ofsibling kids on their daily routine of crossing steep and slippery mountainsand traversing long winding roads to attend a village school.

Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong won Special Mention for Best New Directorat 2006 San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain; Best Digital Picture at the2006 Golden Screen Awards of the Entertainment Press Society; Best Directorat the 2006 Urian Awards of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino andthe 2ndBest Picture at the 1st Digital Lokal Competition of the Cinemanila International Film Festivalin 2005 among numerous awards and distinctions. Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong (The Road to Kalimugtong) Digital Feature from Sampay Bakod Productions (2005, 89 minutes) Sibling kids in Benguet go through their daily routine of crossing steep andslippery mountains and traversing long winding roads to get to school faraway from their home.Special Mention for Best New Director—2006 San Sebastian Film Festival;Official Selection—2006 Amiens International Film Festival; OfficialSelection—2006 Rome Asiatica Film Mediale; Best Digital Picture—2006 GoldenScreen Awards; Best Director—2006 Urian Awards; 2nd Best Picture—1st DigitalLokal Competition, 2005 Cinemanila International Film Festival amongnumerous awards and distinctions

Direction and Screenplay: Mes de Guzman.
Cast: Analyn Bangsi-il, RhenuelOrdoño, Hallen Sumingwa, Jay Bassig, Joey Almoete.

University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/International Association of Film and Television Schools)
Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmena Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)

UP Film Institute Screenings

2007-06-07T16:21:00.000+08:00

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

To always get screening alerts, join UP Film Institute e-group: upfilminstitute@ yahoogroups. com

University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/Internationa l Association of Film and Television Schools )
Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road , UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmena Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)
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Cinekatipunan June 2007

2007-06-04T16:08:00.000+08:00

Screening Time 5:00-6:30 PM
Mag:net Gallery Café Katipunan
www.magnet.com.ph

4 (M) International Festival for Cinema and Technology
Curated by Marisa Cohen
Neeta Mittal: WINGS OF LEGACY (Dance Film/ USA)
Paul Lazarus: DESPERATE HORSEWIFE (Musical/USA)
Chris Dowling: THE PLIGHT OF CLOWNANA (Dance Film/USA)

5 (T) Raz dela Torre: LABADA (The Laundry)
Felinda Bagas: PARA SA KABATAAN

6 (W)
Conrado’s Cabinet

7 (Th)
Avid Liongoren’s ROCKETSHEEP(Music Videos)

8 (F) Moro Film Program
Gutierrez "Teng" Mangansakan II

9 (S) Milo Sogueco: GROOVY: THE COLORS OF PACITA ABAD
(Documentary)

11 (M) International Festival for Cinema andTechnology
Curated by Marisa Cohen
Deborah VanSlet: RULES OF THE ROAD (Dance Film/Canada)
Deborah Kuleff : SALOMON (Dance Film/Australia)
Vanessa Libertad Garcia: A TWO WOMEN ONE ACT(DanceFilm/USA)
Lynn Shelton: MAGNETIZED (Dance Film/USA)
Fiona Cameron: SEA MAMMAL (Dance Film/Australia)
Passia Pandora: BEYOND TIME (Dance Film/Canada)

12 (T) RATED SLEX
Bicol Xpress: HUSTISYA! (Justice!)
(Documentary/ 30mins/2006)
ST Exposure: SULO NG BAGONG PELIKULA(Documentary/ 36min/2007)

13 (W) Films by Visual Artists
(Curated by PoklongAnading)

14 (Th) Jun Sabayton’s Nerd World Cinema Retrospective

15 (F) Khavn: PUGOT and LITERATURE

16 (S) Kidlat Tahimik: Turumba

18 (M) Korean Indie shorts
Kyoung-mi Lee: FEEL GOOD STORY (2004 Fiction 16mm Color 36min)
Soo-yeon Lee: THE GOGGLE(2000 35mm Color 34min)

19 (T)
Bong Ramos: HAW-ANG (Before Harvest)(Narrative/Digital/ 2007)

20 (W) A Midsummer’s Night of Dreams: ExperimentalFilms Curated by Waise Azimi
Donal Foreman: wsh(3min)
Jane Osborne: DRIVE (15min)
Jasmine Nadua Trice: UNTITLED (10min)

21 (Th) Sherad Anthony Sanchez: APPLE, ABSTRACTION,COMING TO PASS, IYAK NI MARIA

22 (F) MALIKOT ANG KAMA-Y/O Films of Yason Banal

23 (S) Campus-Based Films: University of thePhilippines and University of the East (selected byProf. Ramon Nunez and Yason Banal)

25 (M) Cuban Film Program Bernie Dwyer and Roberto Ruiz Rebo: MISSION AGAINSTTERROR (Documentary)
To be presented by the Philippine-Cuban FriendshipAssociation (Amistad-Philippine s)

26 (T) Cinekalikasan Curated by Lisa Ito

27 (W) Mario and Agnes Guzman

28 (Th) Kidlat de Guia

29 (F) Elvert de la Cruz Banares

30 (S) Peque Gallaga and Manny Montelibano: TalkingHeads sa Birhause (Multi-screen video installation/ 30min) Curated by Teddy Co

FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL

2007-06-02T17:52:00.000+08:00

Cinema 3 Shangri La Cineplex
June 8-17
FREE ADMISSION

LIST OF FILMS:

Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) by Luc
Besson
Fair Play (2006) by Lionel Bailliu
Gamblers (2005) by Frederic Balekdjian
March of the Penguins (2005) by Luc Jacuet
Not There to be Loved (2005) by Stephane
Brize
OSS 117 (2006) by Michel Hazanavicius
Sequins (2004) by Eleanore Faucher
The Ax (2005) by Costa-Gavras
The Little Lieutenant (2005) by Xavier
Beauvois
Perfume: Story of a Murderer (2006) by
Tom Tykwer

SKED:

June 8 (F)

1:00 PM Perfume
3:30 PM Arthur
6:00 PM The Ax
8:30 PM Gamblers

June 9 (Sa)

1:00 PM Arthur
3:30 PM Lieutenant
6:00 PM Penguins
8:30 PM Sequins

June 10 (Su)

1:00 PM Penguins
3:30 PM Not Here
6:00 PM Perfume
8:30 PM The Ax

June 11 (M)

1:00 PM Sequins
3:30 PM Not Here
6:00 PM The Ax
8:30 PM Penguins

June 12 (Tu)

Tribute to Philippine Cinema

June 13 (W)

1:00 PM The Ax
3:30 PM Gamblers
6:00 PM Sequins
8:30 PM Arthur

June 14 (Th)

1:00 PM Penguins
3:30 PM The Ax
6:00 PM Fair Play (Discussion with
Lionel Bailliu will
be followed)

June 15 (F)

1:00 PM Not Here
3:30 PM Sequins
6:00 PM Arthur
8:30 PM Perfume

June 16 (Sa)

1:00 PM The Ax
3:30 PM Perfume
6:00 PM Fair Play
8:30 PM Gamblers

June 17 (Su)

1:00 PM Arthur
3:30 PM Lieutenant
6:00 PM Not Here
8:30 PM Penguins

UPFI film screenings

2007-05-29T10:15:00.000+08:00

UP Film Institute this June

The UP Film Institute commences another school year of screenings this June. Openers include Notes on a Scandal pitting Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett; John Tucker Must Die topbilled by Desperate Housewives hunk Jesse Metcalf and the British comedy phenomenon The History Boys.

The month’s highlight is the UP Film Institute showcase (at long last!) of the international award-winning digital feature by Mes de Guzman, Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong—Winner of Special Mention for Best New Director at the 2006 San Sebastian Film Festival. San Sebastian where Lino Brocka once competed for the top plum Golden Seashell with the 1982 classic Cain at Abel is the highly prestigious filmfest in Spain in the league of Cannes , Venice , Berlin , Locarno and Karlovy Vary .

More attractions involve a fresh take on the gay-pride films and the soon-to-be-announce d move-over screenings for this year’s French Spring filmfest.

A rundown of the full month of UP Film Institute’s screenings is as follows:

June 2007

June 4 Monday
Notes on a Scandal 2 & 7 p.m.
John Tucker Must Die 5 p.m.

June 5 Tuesday
Notes on a Scandal 2 & 5 p.m.
John Tucker Must Die 7 p.m.

June 6 Wednesday
Notes on a Scandal 2 & 7 p.m.
John Tucker Must Die 5 p.m.

June 7 Thursday
Notes on a Scandal 2 & 5 p.m.
John Tucker Must Die 7 p.m.

June 8 Friday
Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 2/5/7 p.m.

June 11 Monday
The History Boys 2 & 7 p.m.
Notes on a Scandal 5 p.m.

June 12 Tuesday
The History Boys 2 & 5 p.m.
Notes on a Scandal 7 p.m.

June 13 Wednesday
The History Boys 2, 5 & 7 p.m.

June 14 Thursday
French Spring Event with Visiting Filmmaker Lionel Bailliu 1 p.m. onwards
Selected International Short Films 5 p.m. onwards

June 15 Friday
Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 2/5/7 p.m.

June 16 Saturday
Gray Matters 2/5/7 p.m.
Selected International Short Films: K ( Spain )/Melodrama ( Poland )/Josh ( Canada ) 4 p.m.

June 18 Monday
It’s a Boy Girl Thing 2 & 5 p.m.
Co-Ed Scandal 7 p.m.

June 19 Tuesday
Butterfly’s Tongue 2 & 7 p.m.
The Emperor’s Club 5 p.m.

June 20 Wednesday
The Emperor’s Club 2 & 7 p.m.
Butterfly’s Tongue 5 p.m.

June 21 Thursday
Butterfly’s Tongue 2 & 7 p.m.
The Emperor’s Club 5 p.m.

June 22 Friday
Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 2/5/7 p.m.

June 23 Saturday
Tuli 2/5/7 p.m.
Selected International Short Films: K ( Spain )/Melodrama ( Poland )/Josh ( Canada ) 4 p.m.

June 25 Monday
In Good Company 2/5/7 p.m.

June 26 Tuesday
In Good Company 2/5/7 p.m.

June 27 Wednesday
In Good Company 2/5/7 p.m.

June 28 Thursday
In Good Company 2 & 7 p.m.
Pan’s Labyrinth 5 p.m.

June 29 Friday
Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 2/5/7 p.m.

June 30 Saturday
Tuli 2/5/7 p.m.
Selected International Short Films: K ( Spain )/Melodrama ( Poland )/Josh ( Canada ) 4 p.m.

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Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmena Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
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BALIW screenings

2007-05-23T14:13:00.000+08:00

BALIW - Limited Exclusive Screening Engagement - May 23rd thru May 29th

The highly anticipated Indie Feature, BALIW, will be making it'slimited engagement screening on May 23rd thru May 29th at Robinson's Galleria in Ortigas Ave. The strong ensemble cast of BALIW stars Joel Torre, Ryan Eigenmann,Joshua Deocareza, Liza Diño, Lesley Leveriza, Igiboy Flores, NicoAntonio, Cj Mercado, Perry Escaño, Dido Delapaz and veteranstage/screen actor Jaime Fabregas. Along them are twenty of the most talented suppporting actors and actresses that make the Independent movie industry in the Philippines rapidly getting its proper worldwide recognition.

BALIW, written, produced, anddirected by Redd Ochoa, has garnered asold out crowd on several exclusive screenings in Chicago, Miami,Vancouver, and also here in Manila. It is currently making its way through the international film festival circuit. Its nationwide theatrical release will come forth soon thereafter. A story of truth, life, youth, and the path to survival.

www.baliwthemovie.com

Alliance Française de Manille

2007-05-23T14:08:00.000+08:00

The af Ciné Club presents

La Petite Lili (Little Lili)
A film by Claude Miller
(French version, with English subtitles)
2000, 104 minutes

Alliance Ondeo Auditorium
Wednesday, May 23, 2007, 8:30 pm
(Free Admission)

Le Coude Rouge Restaurant is open before and after the film screening

Starring:
Nicole Garcia (Mado Marceaux), Bernard Giraudeau (Brice),Jean-Pierre Marielle (Simon Marceaux), Ludivine Sagnier (Lili), RobinsonStévenin (Julien Marceaux), Julie Depardieu (Jeanne-Marie), and more

Genre:
Drama / Romance and more

Critic Reviews:
"A film that adapts the basic Russian Classic and then breaks away in moreways than just the setting"
- Martha Barber of Miami Herald
" Its lush feel and affectionate tone are a movie-loving Francophile's dreamcome true. "
- E!

When the young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DVart-film starring his girlfriend Lili--a sexy young local girl--to hisfamous actress mother Mado, and her lover Brice, an accomplished filmdirector, an unraveling of the delicate peace in their house begins. Thegraceful beauty Lili, who dreams of becoming a famous actress like Mado, isimmediately fascinated by Brice, who gladly falls prey to her charms. Lili'sambitions will stop at nothing and she soon seduces Brice into leaving Madoto take her to Paris so she can become a movie actress. Mado and Julien areleft to pick up the pieces of their disrupted lives, and for Julien the lossis almost fatal. Five years later, Julien, now a more established filmmaker,remakes a fictionalized account of this disastrous love quadrangle, whichnearly destroyed him. He reunites the characters--based on Mado, Brica andLili--in his first, highly autobiographical, feature film. In real life,Lili is no longer with Brice, but indeed, she has become a famous actress.When she learns of Julien's new film, and that it's about that tempestuoussummer of five years past, she tries to reconnect with him.

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 pmFriday: 9 am to 1 pm Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm

2007-05-23T13:05:00.000+08:00

Indiesine presents "BALIW" the movie

"Baliw" is a story of Angelo who as a young boy grew up in a violentand elusive environment. Despite the efforts of rehabilitation, psychological turmoil still haunts and prevents him from living a peaceful and ordinary life. Faced with this reality, Angelo searches for a way to exorcise his personal, demons. Surprisingly, he finally ended his tragic fate as he crossed path with a demon he created.

Baliw is written, directed by and produced by Redd Ochoa, a Filipino filmmaker based in America. He finished Film Direction at New York University and directed the short film "Mary" which received special acceptance at Angels City Film Festival and Los Angeles Film Festival.

Leading the cast is Ryan Eigenmann who played as Angelo. Ryan proves once again his excellence in acting for this indie film under Redd5Luke Productions, Inc. but of course with the help of Joel Torre, Jaime Fabregas plus newcomer Josh Deocareza and supporting actors Didode la Paz, Liza Dino, Perry Escano, Lesley Leveriza, Cj Mercado, LilyChu, Choy Roldan, Jerome Ortiz, Therese Carlos, Ces Aldava and Nico Antonio.

"Baliw" first public screening will be on May 23-29, 2007 under Indiesine Robinson's Galleria Ortigas.

Titus Brandsma Center screenings

2007-05-19T18:02:00.000+08:00

Showing This Month: May 19, 1pm onwards

Pelikula@TitusBrandsma : Li Gong's Retrospective (China's Iron Beauty)

24 Acacia St. Brgy. Mariana, New Manila, Quezon City

ADMISSION IS FREE

Pelikula@Titus Brandsma is a free monthly film screening with film dialogue that features fine samples of world cinema. It's an offering of the Titus Brandsma Center-Media Program under the auspices of the Carmelites in the Philippines. A film dialogue is a systematic, goal-oriented, personal ("inner") and group dialogue on films and TV stories that facilitate the sharing of faith-life experiences, reflections and interpretations of the varied meanings of life towards integration and wholeness.

Sequence:

Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao)
Yimou Zhang, China/France, 1995
103 minutes.
In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Cast: Li Gong, Baotian Li, Wang Xiaoxiao, Xuejian Li, Chun Sun

Uncle Liu brings his cousin to Shanghai to work for 'Boss,' the leader of apowerful drug empire in the 1930's. Shuisheng, a simple country boy is awedand overwhelmed by the opulence and immense wealth he is suddenly surroundedby. He is to be the attendant of Xiao Jingbao, the new mistress of 'Boss.'While he fumbles with the demands of his new role, much intrigue is going onaround him, well beyond his bewildered perception. Xiao Jingbao is having atumultuous affair, Fat Yu is starting a gang war, and 'Boss' is beginning tosuspect that one of his trusted men is not loyal.

Nominated, 1996 Academy Awards, USA - Oscar Best Cinematography; Nominated,1995 Camerimage - Golden Frog; Winner, 1995 Cannes Film Festival - TechnicalGrand Prize. Nominated - Golden Palm; Nominated, 1996 Golden Globes, USA -Best Foreign Language Film; Winner, 1995 Los Angeles Film CriticsAssociation Awards - LAFCA Award Best Cinematography; Winner, 1995 NationalBoard of Review, USA - Best Foreign Language Film; Winner, 1995 New YorkFilm Critics Circle Awards - Best Cinematographer

Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua)
Yimou Zhang, China/Hong Kong/Taiwan, 199
1125 minutes.
In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Cast: Li Gong, Caifei He, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Qi Zhao

China in the 1920's. After her father's death, nineteen year old Songlian isforced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year oldChen has already three wives, each of them living in separate houses withinthe great castle. The competition between the wives is tough, as theirmaster's attention carries power, status and privilege. Each night Chen mustdecide with which wife to spend the night and a red lantern is lit in frontof the house of his choice. And each wife schemes and plots to make sureit's hers. However, things get out of hand...

Nominated, 1992 Academy Awards, USA - Oscar Best Foreign Language Film;Winner, 1993 BAFTA Awards - Best Film not in the English Language; Winner,1992 David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Film; Winner, 1993 HundredFlowers Awards - Best Actress (Li Gong); Nominated, 1993 Independent SpiritAwards - Best Foreign Film; Winner, 1993 Kansas City Film Critics CircleAwards - Best Foreign Film; Winner, 1993 London Critics Circle Film Awards -Foreign Language Film of the Year; Winner, 1992 Los Angeles Film CriticsAssociation Awards - Best Cinematography; Winner, 1993 National Society ofFilm Critics Awards, USA - Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film;Winner, 1992 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Foreign LanguageFilm; Winner, 1991 Venice Film Festival - Silver Lion. Tied with The FisherKing (1991) and J'entends plus la guitare (1991). Nominated - Golden Lion

The Emperor and the Assassin (Jing ke ci qin wang)
Kaige Chen, France/Japan/China, 1998
162 minutes.
In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Cast: Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun, Xiaohe Lu, Zhiwen Wang

In the 3rd Century BC, Ying Zheng (Li Xuejian), heir to the Kingdom of Qin,seeks to dominate the remaining six Chinese kingdoms. Ying's strategy is toseem invincible. Ying sends his concubine Zhao (Gong Li) to the Han Kingdomas a spy, to enlist an assassin he can conquer. Zhao persuades Jing Ke(Fengyi Zhang), but falls in love.

Nominated, 1999 AFI Fest - Grand Jury Prize; Nominated, 2000 BritishIndependent Film Awards - Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language; Winner,1999 Cannes Film Festival - Technical Grand Prize. Nominated - Golden Palm;Winner, 1999 Golden Rooster Awards - Golden Rooster BestCinematography; Nominated, 2000 Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA - GoldenReel Award Best Sound Editing - Foreign Feature; Nominated, 2000 SatelliteAwards - Golden Satellite Award Best Art Direction, Production Design, BestCostume Design, Motion Picture, Foreign Language, Sound

Reference: www.imdb.com, amazon.com

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VOTE FOR MEYOR: SANCHEZ GETS BANNED!

2007-05-19T12:20:00.000+08:00

Multi-talented Seymour Barros Sanchez, popularly known as “Meyor,” is an engineer, a professor, a writer and an advocacy filmmaker. The former Editor-in-Chief of the Philippine Collegian of the University of the Philippines has honed his superior writing talents to direct and co-write several films that reflect not only his talent but his passion for advocacy.

BANNED MOVIES PILIPINAS, independent film and music vehicle, and home of indie film premieres, is proud to premiere feature Meyor Sanchez and his films this coming May 19 at Freedom Bar in Anonas Quezon City.

VOTE FOR MEYOR: SANCHEZ GETS BANNED! also showcases talented indie acts Bored of Trustees, Lem’s Guitar, Morigan, solo act Paw Navarro, Delacrus, and many more. Look out for surprise guests.

Masarap talaga ang bawal. Get the best of film and music that is indie’s best kept secret.
On May 19, 8 pm onwards, all roads lead to Freedom Bar in Anonas, Quezon City . Tickets are at P100 each.

For inquiries and reservations, text 0917-3705454 or email http://us.f514.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=banned_movies@yahoo.com. Missed out on your indie fix? Visit http://www.bannedmoviespilipinas.com/. Indie has never been this addictive.

Films by women

2007-05-17T12:23:00.000+08:00

The Feminine Force Group's (FFG) post-mother' s day celebration will blend together music from rocking moms and films on women on May 17, 10pm, at Penguin Gallery in Malate.

The monthly gig series of this women-led production will coincide this time with the rebirth of "Dokyu: Ang Bagong Mata ng Pinoy Documentaries" on its 6th season on ABC 5 with some of today's young female filmmakers.

Agaw Agimat and Puny Earthlings will provide the live band music while short films of Sockie Fernandez ("Liyab"), Pam Miras ("Blood Bank"), Rianne Hill Soriano ("Aninag"), and Grace Orbon ("Dead Letter") will be shown in the middle of the gig set.

The FFG's gig series is every third Thursday at Penguin. The show aims to continue being a regular and stable venue for women artists. "Dokyu" starts airing this Friday at 10 pm with new host Patricia Evangelista.

Ticket is at P120 each with one beer included. For other details, please text 0918-9048815 or 0915-9678383.

Sandalang Bahay

2007-05-16T16:33:00.000+08:00

Troika at the UPFI

2007-05-15T12:27:00.000+08:00

UP Film Institute screens Troika

The UP Film Institute holds the fitting grand finale to its summer season of screenings with the debut film by Ihman Esturco. Troika (Threesome) from Daven Productions screens thrice daily for three straight days in three separate sets of playdates as follows: May 15-17 Tue-Thu; May 22-24 Tue-Thu; May 31, June 1, June 2 Thu-Sat at 3, 5 and 7 p.m.

Introducing Andre Soriano, Jamil Basa and Mara Altiera, the sizzling indie flick from Eric Ramos’ screenplay tells the story of an engineer’s troubled marriage with his wife of Indian descent and the miner of ethnic Ibaloi ancestry who would arouse passion in both spouses against the backdrop of a mining site filled with sweaty, swarthy, naked men and badgered for its ill effects on the environment and the indigenous community it has displaced.

The acclaimed film with English subtitles is strictly for mature viewing. Completing the principal cast are Criselda Volks, Lauren Novero, Raven Villanueva, Carlo Lacana and Lara Morena.

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University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/Internationa l Association of Film and Television Schools )
Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road , UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmena Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)

MANORO

2007-05-15T10:02:00.000+08:00

NOW SHOWING UNTIL MAY 15 AT INDIE SINE

MANORO (The Aeta Teacher)

Fresh from her elementary graduation rites, Jonalyn, a 13-year-old Aeta,teaches middle-aged and elderly Aetas to read and write, enabling them tocast their votes for the upcoming election. To her dismay, her grandfatherprefers to hunt wild board to feed every member of the Aeta community, thusmissing his chance to exercise his birth right. Months later, the result ofthat exercise is put to suspicion because of the alleged rampant cheating.

Manoro is an eye-opener to reality. Surprising and shocking, it will tug at your heart and mind.

Alliance Française de Manille screenings

2007-05-09T10:21:00.000+08:00

The af Ciné Club presents

Roberto Succo
A film by Cédric Kahn
(French version, with English subtitles)
2000, 124 minutes

Alliance Ondeo Auditorium
Wednesday, May 9, 2007, 8:30 pm
(Free Admission)

Starring: Stefano Cassetti (Roberto Succo / alias Kurt, André), IsildLe Besco (Léa), Patrick Dell'Isola (Thomas), and more
Genre: Drama / more

Critic Reviews:
"A cool, detached movie that keeps its worst violence off-screen and makes no judgments"
- Philip French of The Observer

"He is a revolting and very unglamorous villain in one of the mostcompelling films of the year"
- Peter Bradshow of Guardian

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/roberto_succo/http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=34499.html

Synopsis: In the South of France, 25-year-old 'Kurt' seduces teenager Léa while she'sholidaying with her family. Introducing Léa to his very private world offake identities, 'borrowed' cars, and guns, Kurt enthralls and terrifiesher. Dismissing his fanciful stories about his past as nothing more thanidle boasts, Léa doesn't guess that her new boyfriend is actually Roberto
\nSucco, the escaped asylum inmate who's being hunted by half the police in\u003cbr\>\nFrance in connection with a series of kidnappings, robberies, and murders.

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

UPFI film screenings

2007-05-07T10:18:00.000+08:00

UP Film Institute holds screenings to welcome the new Iskolar ng Bayan

On the occasion of the advance freshmen registration for the country’s premier state university, the UP Film Institute welcomes the latest batch of Iskolar ng Bayan with two acclaimed and relevant films they may do well to ponder, namely, Nick Cassavetes’ “Alpha Dog” and “Kabul Express” —the Indian cinema gem from Kabir Khan in return engagement.

Here are details and descriptions pertinent to concerned screenings:
May 7 Tue 2 & 5 p.m.
May 8 Wed 2 & 7 p.m.
Alpha Dog

A Megavision Films Release
Inspired by true events. One crime, three days, 38 witnesses. How did a crime with so many witnesses go this far?
A kidnapped kid ends up enjoying an illicit summer fantasy of drinking, girls and risky behavior in a drama based on the life of suburban drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood—one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list.
Official Selection—2006 Sundance Film Festival; Winner of Best Breakthrough Performance- Male for Ben Foster—2006 Young Hollywood Awards
Direction and Screenplay: Nick Cassavetes. Cast: Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin, Dominique Swain, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, Ben Foster.
2006 117 minutes 35mm color
For mature viewing with pervasive drug use and language, strong violence, sexuality and nudity

Critics are raving:
"...a gritty, gut-wrenching and disturbing film."— USA Today

May 9 Wed 5 p.m.
May 10 Thu 2/5/7 p.m.
May 11 Fri 2/5/7 p.m.
Kabul Express

A Filipino-Indian Friendship and Cultural Society Presentation
Two Indian journalists travel to strife-torn Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11 out to scoop the world with a Taliban interview. As they cross path with an Afghan guide, a lady photographer from the United States and a Taliban militant who takes them all hostage, they find out that things wouldn’t quite work out as they hoped.
Official Selection—2006 Toronto IFF, Pusan IFF, London IFF, Dubai IFF
Direction and Screenplay: Kabir Khan. Cast: John Abraham, Linda Arsenio, Arshad Warsi, Salman Shahid, Hanif Hum Ghum
2006 106 minutes 35mm color

Critics are raving:
“Exemplary filmmaking…”—BBCi-Films

“…the first feature film to be shot extensively in Kabul after the official end of the Taliban's reign, and it demonstrates the director's love of the country and its people as well as an incredible sense of humor that both accurately portrays and caricatures all the various races involved.”—Eye for Film

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University of the Philippines Film Institute
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Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road , UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmena Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)

NUMBALIKDIWA screenings

2007-05-02T13:10:00.000+08:00

Gabi-gabi, dumadaan sa puwesto nina Anton at Karissa ang pulang sedan ng suki nilang sina Carlos at Portia. Pangarap ni Karissang makatapak sa mundong ginagalawan ng mga suki nilang Burgis. Lingid sa kanyang kaalaman, taglay ng kanyang kinakapatid na si Anton ang isang lihim upang matupad ang pinapangarap niyang buhay.

NUMBALIKDIWA

Starring Maricel Soriano, Albert Martinez, Meryll Soriano, PingMedina, and Estrella Kuenzler

Directed by: Bobby Bonifacio, Jr.
Cinemanila 2006 Digital Lokal Competition - Best Actress ; AudienceFavorite Award

Showing on:
May 2-8
Robinsons Galleria Indie Sine

Kolumn Bar screenings

2007-05-02T12:29:00.000+08:00

SUMMER EKSENA!
presents

Pelikula!

1. LETRAN Documentaries:
(Institute of Communication)

BUHAY KABAYO- From Racehorses to Tapang Kabayo

ELYEN- Alien ka ba sa Pinas?

KALAWAKAN- This place exists in the Philippines

BIYAHED DAYA (Biyaheng Langit)- Sagada Tour

2. SALAT
by John Torres

3. INSTITUSYON NG MAKATA
by Khavn Dela Cruz

Musika!
BUTCH
KING ANTARES
KONTRALUZ

MAY 2, 2007
KOLUMN BAR & CAFE
Sct Torillo near cor Timog Ave QC
(near Ponciana's/Off the Grill/Xaymaca)

FREE ENTRANCE!

an EKSENA PRODUCTIONS presentation

Cinekatipunan

2007-04-30T11:58:00.000+08:00

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.

SA NORTH DIVERSION ROAD

2007-04-25T15:18:00.000+08:00

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.

TULAD NG DATI screenings

2007-04-25T13:22:00.000+08:00

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

CineKalikasan 1.2

2007-04-24T10:17:00.000+08:00

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.

Cinekatipunan

2007-04-23T13:26:00.000+08:00

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.

Endangered Tales screening

2007-04-22T23:38:00.000+08:00

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!

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH at SM Cinemas

2007-04-22T15:06:00.000+08:00

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

Titus Brandsma Center screenings

2007-04-21T10:40:00.000+08:00

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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Titus Brandsma Center screenings

2007-04-21T10:31:00.000+08:00

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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S.A.B.A.W.

2007-04-20T14:22:00.000+08:00

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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CINEKATIPUNAN

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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 PortoroÅ¾ 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.

CINE at INSTITUTO CERVANTES

2007-04-14T19:11:00.000+08:00

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

Iranian films in UP

2007-04-13T11:00:00.000+08:00

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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UPFI this Summer

2007-04-12T14:37:00.000+08:00

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

Pelikuletran

2007-04-12T10:54:00.000+08:00

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

Le Destin screening

2007-04-11T14:31:00.000+08:00

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

CineKalikasan 1.1

2007-04-03T10:32:00.000+08:00

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.

CineKatipunan Screenings

2007-04-02T15:36:00.000+08:00

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.

Duda and Bathhouse screenings

2007-03-28T13:27:00.000+08:00

The Independent Filmmakers' Cooperative of the Philippines and Robinsons Galleria Movieworld - Ortigas brings back the landmark movies "Duda/doubt"(2002) and "Bathhouse" (2003), the first and second independent full length digital video movies to be shown in local commercial cinema venues in their original video format.

IFC presents "Con-queer-ing INDIE SINE: The Queer Cinema of Cris Pablo" which is a double feature screening of Duda and Bathhouse on March 28, 29, 30, 31, April 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10.

And to add sizzle to your summer movie visits, Grupong Sinehan presents 15 MINUTE LIVE FRONT ACTS IN THE EVENING:
MORENO (movie) BOYS VARIETY SHOW 7pm
MR. VALENTINO FINALISTS PRESENTATION 9PM

Duda stars Andoy Ranay, John Lapus, Rey Pumaloy, Paolo Gabriel, Jojo Nones, Bel Clerigo.

Bathhouse stars Jet Alcantara, Ray-an Dulay, Andoy Ranay, John Lapus, Rey Pumaloy.

Contact 4369348 or 09273613814.

EXILED screenings

2007-03-28T13:17:00.000+08:00

Set in Macau, a gangster turns his back on his syndicate with high hopes of starting a new life for his wife and children. But a pair of hit men from the syndicate arrive to execute him and prevent him from sharing anything he learned while in their employ. Two strong-arm men also arrive, determined to save him and his family.

Directed by Johnnie To nominee for BEST director in the 1ST ever Asian Film Awards for his work in EXILED.

Catch EXILED, nominee for BEST FILM in the 1st Asian Film Awards EXCLUSIVELY at the SHANG CINEPLEX, Shangri-La Plaza from March 28 to April 4, 2007. Don't miss it!!! MTRCB Rated R-18, Tickets at P120.00

ANG HULING ARAW NG LINGGO screenings

2007-03-28T12:48:00.000+08:00

Cinemalaya 2006 film ANG HULING ARAW NG LINGGO opens March 28 in SM Digital Cinema nationwide. Starring Johnny Delgado, Jennifer Sevilla, Baron Geisler, Monica Llamas, Arnold Reyes, Angeli Bayani and Ms. Boots Anson-Roa. Written and directed by Nick Olanka.

Synopsis
ANG HULING ARAW NG LINGGO spans a week in a life of seven individuals with interconnected narratives. Domeng is involved in networking or multi-level marketing business and plans to encourage his estranged daughter Luna to join in this unscrupulous business. Luna is abandoned by her husband and son so she asks help from her mother Aling Tess. Aling Tess is a land lady who lives alone and fancies a young male boarder named Kulas. Kulas is a grocery store employee who aspires to become a store manager to impress Julie. Julie is a laundry shop attendant who is obsessed with a male costumer named Brian. Brian is a nurse in a local hospital who wants to work abroad so he persuades his girlfriend Sally to provide for his "fixer" fees. An accounting graduate who failed to pass the board exam for two consecutive years, Sally enters Domeng's networking business in the hopes of proving her worth. When she found out that networking is a scam Sally plans to take revenge on Domeng. The film illustrates the interconnectedness of our lives, a cycle of random events in which the decisions we make are as important as the choices we didn't take.

About the Director
Nick Joseph Olanka graduated from the U.P. Film Institute last April 2006. Active in the theater arts through the group The UP Repertory Company, he took cinematography classes in Mowelfund Film Institute under Ms. Lee Meily."Monday of Sorrow," (Lunes ng Hapis) his graduation film, won several international and local awards. It won 2005 Kodak Filmschool Competiton Philippines and was the Philippine entry for 2005 Kodak Filmschool Competition Asia-Pacific. It also received top prizes in the 18th CCP Independent Film and Video Competition, was shown in Slingshort Film Festival in Jakarta and is currently competing in CON-CAN Movie Festival, an online film festival based in Japan.

Francophonie Film Festival

2007-03-28T12:41:00.000+08:00

af Ciné Club presents
The "Francophonie" Film Festival
(as part as the "Francophonie Week", every Wednesday at 8:30 pm at Alliance Française Ondeo Auditorium)

Canada
March 28
La Grande Séduction

Switzerland
April 4
Du Rouge sur la croix

Egypt
April 11
Le destin

Africa
April 18
Moi & Mon Blanc

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

Alliance Française de Manille screening

2007-03-28T12:34:00.000+08:00

La Grande Séduction
(Seducing Dr. Lewis)

a film by Jean-François Pouliot(French version, with English subtitles)
2004, 1 h 49 minutes

Alliance Ondeo Auditorium
Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 8:30 pm
(Free Admission)

(Le Coude Rouge Restaurant is open before and after the film screening)

Starring:
Raymond Bouchard (Germain Lesage), David Boutin (Christopher Lewis), Benoît Brière (Henri Giroux), Pierre Collin (Yvon Brunet), Lucie Laurier (Ève Beauchemin), Bruno Blanchet (Steve Laurin), and more…

Genre: Comedy / (more)

Awards:
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: WINNER - WORLD CINEMA AUDIENCE AWARD
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL: SPECIAL PRESENTATION
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL: CLOSING FILM - DIRECTOR'S FORTNIGHT

Synopsis:
Seducing Doctor Lewis is a beguiling story of a ragtag fishing community on a tiny, impoverished island who must persuade a young Montreal-based doctor (David Boutin) to live in their town in order to get a much-needed new factory. This film is a charming and funny tale, as well as a wry meditation on truth and falsehood.

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

CineKatipunan screenings

2007-03-26T13:25:00.000+08:00

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
March 26- 31, 2007

Mervin Espina opens the week with the South East Asian
program, featuring six short works by Malaysian
independent filmmaker and writer Amir Muhammed. Sine
Patriyotiko presents their winning entry to last
year's Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula
[Documentary Video] awards, Mula Third Avenue Hanggang
Dulo.

Wednesday's treat is a back-to-back screening of short
works by young acclaimed filmmakers Raya Martin and
John Torres, followed by a screening of compelling
television documentaries on the insurgency and counter
insurgency war to be presented by Southern Tagalog
Exposure on Thursday. Friday the 30th is Elvert de la
Cruz Banares' day, with eXtermination2, a marathon of
his short works.

Mag:net caps the month of March on Saturday with an
arsenal of short experimental works by campus-based
filmmakers from KALAYAAN College and the College of
St. Benilde (curated by Jay Ticar and Elvert Banares).

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
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.

26-31 MARCH PROGRAM

March 26 (Monday)
Malaysian Mondays: East Asian and South East Asian
Program (Curated by Mervin Espina)
Amir Muhammad's
6shorts (+ 1)
LOST (2002, 9.5 min) | FRIDAY (2002, 8 min) | MONA
(2002, 6.5 min) | CHECKPOINT (2002, 7 min) | KAMUNTING
(2002, 15 min) | PANGYAU (2002, 12.5 min)
+ 18MP (2006, 14 min)

March 27 (Tuesday)
Sine Patriyotiko: MULA THIRD AVENUE HANGGANG DULO

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

SIPAT [Sine Patriyotiko] is a non-profit media group
that organizes the production, distribution and
exhibition of independent audio-visual presentations.
"Sipat," a Filipino term, means to look while aiming a
target. www.sipat.tk

March 28 (Wednesday)
Raya Martin and John Torres: SHORT FILMS

Shorts 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 avoided a 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

Shorts 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. 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 is
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. KUNAP PAAANO 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.

Also by John Torres:

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."

March 29 (Thursday)
Southern Tagalog Exposure: PULANG SINE Program

March 30 (Friday)
eXtermination2 : Four Films by ELVERT de la Cruz
BAÑARES
• Ang Bayan Kong Payapa (4 min)
This is the state of the nation cycle. (Originally, a
2-channel video installation for an exhibit, the work
was re-edited for usual screening pleasures.)
• 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.
Plus
• Sukdulan Ng Pagrahuyo sa Dambana ng Sirenang Walang
Ulo
[The Zenith of Seduction at the Altar of the Headless
Mermaind] (12 min)
Poetry on video tackling themes of innocence, vices
and self-destruction. Shot in 1993 and re-constructed
in 2006. [Philippine Premiere]

Elvert de la Cruz Bañares is a filmmaker, curator,
educator and multi-media artist. His films have been
screened in underground film festivals in the United
States, Australia, Canada, Singapore and Japan. He
curated first time Filipino programs for the
'Queerfest: Vancouver Gay & Lesbian Film Festival' and
the 'Antimatter Underground Film & Video Festival' in
Victoria, Canada. He has, by far, written, produced
and directed 43 shorts (he calls them his "little
low-budget films"). "Gemini" is the only Filipino Film
in Official Selection at the Antimatter Underground
Film Festival 2004 in Canada and was presented as an
installation at the Daejon Museum of Art in South
Korea in 2005. Twice he was sent as Philippine
Delegate to Filipino film festivals in China
(Beijing'05 and Shanghai'06). He is currently
finishing his two full-length films, 'Alipo-op Sa
Animo' (Fog In The Consciousness) and 'The Atomika
Settlement: Devastation Canvas # 5'. He is the
festival director of eKsperim[E]nto Festival of Film,
Video & New Media and the 2006 ASEAN Film Festival (at
The Podium).

March 31 (Saturday)
CAMPUS BASED FILMMAKERS: Works from the KALAYAAN
College Fine Arts Majors
and Multi Media Arts Department of the College of
Saint Benilde
Selected by Jay Ticar and Elvert Banares

Students from the Fine Arts Department of KALAYAAN
College present expressions on video. Shorn of
narrative, the works are visual plays and experiments
on form. CELINE ROQUE compares and contrasts visuals
on sex and religion on digital (experimental, 2007).
JAN LUDWIG GO presents INOM, a short experimental work
about the life of a student of the artist/filmmaker,
beginning when the subject decides to consume seven
bottles of beer ( 8 mins, digital, 2006). GABRIEL
ALDECOA, PAOLO MARTINEZ, and AYA CADIZ will also
present more experimental works.

About KALAYAAN College's Bachelor of Fine Arts
program: The Department is guided by the philosophy
that every person can be nurtured to become an artist.
Although some may have special abilities concerning
art at a very early age, this does not mean that the
practice of art is limited to a few gifted
individuals. Through personal discipline, industry and
excellent training, the beginning student of fine arts
can be developed to become professional artists who
are at the same time responsive to the needs of their
communities.

The College of St. Benilde MultiMedia Arts Department
[Second Batch] presents the works ADAN by Gian Mawo,
SIPHAYO NG PINAKAMAGANDANG PANAGINIP by Rastle Lozano,
KULIGLIG by Jericho Añonuevo, KOSA by Karen Abarca,
DIWATA by Katz Delfin, WHISPERS by JM Qsuiblat, SILA
by Annie Beldia, and NGITI by Love Nakagawa.

About the CSB Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Arts
(AB-MMA) program: This degree program is the first of
its kind in the country, it combines evolving areas
such as digital media and the Internet with core
skills such as communications, programming, and
graphic design. You harness the power of the latest
digital media technology. It is also recommended for
those who are interested in broadcasting, journalism,
communication arts, new media design and
communications, and other fields using digital
technologies.

Khavn dela Cruz gets Banned!

2007-03-24T13:00:00.000+08:00

This is not a film by Khavn: Khavn dela Cruz gets Banned!

Banned Movies Pilipinas has once again proven itself as the home of indie artists when it served as the venue for the premiere of John Torres’ Gabi Noong Nalaman Kong Ang Aking Ama ay May Anak sa Labas last January 20 and Raya Martin’s Long Live Philippine Cinema! last February 17.

Come March 24, 2007, Banned Movies Pilipinas will chalk up another milestone when it premieres Khavn dela Cruz’ newest digital film, Literature based on Joel Toledo’s 2004 2nd prize winning Palanca for Poetry. A recent recipient of the Grand Jury Prize in the recently concluded Digital Lokal competition of Cinemanila, Khavn dela Cruz is an award winning filmmaker who has made 16 features and more than 60 short films. He is also one of the movers behind the Independent Filmmakers Cooperative (IFC) and Filmless Films. Khavn is jack of all trades: a teacher, a Palanca winning writer, and a musician. Considered as indie cinema’s enfant terrible (Giovanni Spagnoletti, Festival Director, Pesaro Film Festival), he will also screen his other groundbreaking digital films namely, Institusyon ng Makata (which stars Marvin Agustin), Amen, and I’m Not Batman (with the Radioactive Sago Project).

Complementing the night’s out there theme are bands with an avant garde edge: Taggu nDios, Linch 12, Khavn’s own band, The Brockas and the most avant garde of them all, the Andy Warhol’s of rock n roll, Kiko Machine and many more.

So free up your schedule on March 24 and come down to Center for Arts in Timog, Quezon City at 7PM and experience what living on the edge feels like.

The event is made possible through ClicktheCity. com, Transit, Red Leaf Printing press, Anthem magazine and NU 107.

For inquiries email us at banned_movies@ yahoo.com or visit www.bannedmoviespil ipinas.com. You can also text 0917-9180575.

The Films

Institusyon ng Makata

Tony de Guzman, current resident at the Institute of Poets , is one pissed-off, walking timebomb. Short of fuse, this shrewd citizen of the Philippine ghetto sets his sights on foreign classmate Steve Banners, a pompous self-righteous dude with delusions of America 's grandeur at the expense of Third World inequity. It stars Marvin Agustin.

AMEN

"Amen" is a brown comedy, the Filipino version of the black comedy. It's a cultural satire on blind obedience, specifically on the Filipino tradition of "mano": placing the hand of an elder on one's forehead as a sign of superficial respect.

I’m not Batman

A Batman is in the house, but he's no crusading knight from Gotham. Rather than haunting rooftops, he prowls the Quezon City streets for his prey. With special appearance by the Radioactive Sago Project.

Literature

Based on Joel Toledo’s poem of the same title. This poem is part of the collection that won Second Prize for Poetry in the 2004 Palanca Awards

Screenings at Titus Brandsma

2007-03-24T12:46:00.000+08:00

Pelikula@TitusBrandsma : Ina, Kapatid, Anak (Mother, Sister, Daughter)
24 Acacia St. Brgy. Mariana, New Manila, Quezon City
March 24, 2007, 1pm onwardsADMISSION IS FREE

Pelikula@Titus Brandsma is a free monthly film screening with film dialogue
in each line-up that features fine samples of world cinema. It's an offering
of the Titus Brandsma Center-Media Program under the auspices of the
Carmelites in the Philippines.

A film dialogue is a systematic, goal-oriented, personal ("inner") and group
dialogue on films and TV stories that facilitate the sharing of faith-life
experiences, reflections and interpretations of the varied meanings of life
towards integration and wholeness.

Sequence:

The Trip to Bountiful (1985-USA) - Peter Masterson
Cast: Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De
Mornay
108 mins

Adapted by Horton Foote from his own television play, A Trip to Bountiful is
set in 1947 Houston. Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped
in an apartment in 1940's Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law
and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish -- just once before she dies -- is to
revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers
to as "home." The trouble is her son, Ludie, is too concerned for her health
to allow her to travel alone and her petty daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae,
insists they don't have money to squander on bus tickets. This prompts
"escape" attempts each month which coincide with the arrival of Mrs. Watts'
Social Security check. With writing by Horton Foote ("To Kill a
Mockingbird," "Tender Mercies"), this is the touching story of Mrs. Watts
successful escape and last trip home.

Awards/Nominations:
1986 Oscar Awards - Winner, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Geraldine Page).
Nominated, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium;
1986 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Winner, Best Actress; 1986
Golden Globes, USA - Nominated, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion
Picture - Drama; 1986 Independent Spirit Awards - Winner, Best Female Lead,
Screenplay. Nominated, Best Director, Feature; 1988 Mainichi Film Concours
- Winner, Best Foreign Language Film; 1987 Retirement Research Foundation,
USA - Winner, Wise Owl Award Television and Theatrical Film Fiction; 1986
Writers Guild of America, USA - Nominated, Best Screenplay Based on Material
from Another Medium

Pauline & Paulette (Pauline et Paulette) (2001-Belgium/France/Netherlands)
- Lieven Debrauwe
Cast: Dora van der Groen, Ann Petersen, Rosemarie Bergmans, Julienne De
Bruyn, Idwig Stephane
78 mins. In Dutch with English subtitles.

Pauline is a 'little girl of 66 years old'. She is mentally retarded and
been cared after by her sister Martha. When Martha dies, her two younger
sisters, Paulette and Cecile have to make a decision on the best place for
Pauline to be looked after. Neither of them is ready to take care of her.
Paulette has a shop to look after and Cecile has her Albert. But according
to Martha's last will, her fortune will only be divided in three equal parts
if one of the sisters looks after Pauline. If they decide to take her to an
institution, Pauline will be the only heir.

Awards/Nominations:
2001 AFI Fest - Nominated, Grand Jury Prize; 2001 Cairo International Film
Festival - Winner, Golden Pyramid; 2001 Cannes Film Festival - Winner,
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention; 2002 Flaiano Film Festival -
Winner, Best Actress (Ann Petersen), Costume Design; 2001 Gardanne Film
Festival -Winner, Audience Award; 2001 Joseph Plateau Awards - Winner, Box
Office Award, Best Belgian Actress (Dora van der Groen), Belgian Director,
Belgian Film, Belgian Screenplay. Nominated, Best Belgian Actress (Ann
Petersen); 2001
World Soundtrack Awards - Nominated, Best Original Score of the Year Not
Released on an Album

The Mirror (Ayneh) (1997-Iran) - Japar Panahi
Cast: Mina Mohammad Khani, Kazem Mojdehi, Naser Omuni
95 mins. In Arabic/Persian with English subtitles.

A girl in traditional female clothing, and her arm in plaster, comes out of
school one day and doesn't find her mother meeting her. She decides to
travel home her self though she doesn't know her address and remembers the
road only visually.

Awards/Nominations:
1998 Istanbul International Film Festival - Winner, Golden Tulip; 1997
Locarno International Film Festival - Winner, Golden Leopard; 1996 New York
Film Critics Circle Awards - Winner, Best Foreign Language Film; 1998
Singapore International Film Festival - Winner, Silver Screen Award Best
Asian Director; 1997
Valladolid International Film Festival - Nominated, Golden Spike

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Alliance Française de Manille screening

2007-03-21T12:33:00.000+08:00

The af Ciné Club presents

Cause Toujours
a film by Jeanne Labrune
(French version, with English subtitles)
2004, 87 minutes

Alliance Ondeo Auditorium
Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 8:30 pm
( Free Admission )

(Le Coude Rouge Restaurant is open before and after the film screening)

Starring:
Victoria Abril (Jacinthe), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Bruno), Sylvie Testud
(Léa), Didier Bezace - (Laurent), Claude Perron (Judith), and more
Genre: Comedy / (more)

Critics Reviews:
"beautiful images and music and of course, great quality of its actors."
-Le Parisien

"The film forms a crackle whole of intelligence, humour and humanity."
-Libération - Gérard Lefort

Synopsis:
My first is a moth (exasperating)
My second is a mute (enigmatic)
My third is a house (worrying)
My all is a film, which takes the form of a fantasy, about mistrust and
trust.

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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

PANTASYA at UPFI

2007-03-20T13:06:00.000+08:00

Gay fantasies for the straight guy

You’ve encountered queer eye for the straight guy, now experience the gay fantasies for the straight guy as UP Film Institute in Diliman, Quezon City premieres for a one-time-only affair on Tuesday, 20 March 2007, at 7 p.m. the new digital feature entitled Pantasya from international award-winning director Brillante Mendoza.

A digital feature in five episodes that all deal with the wildest gay fantasies involving “men in uniform,” Pantasya in action takes place round the clock with each episode segueing to the next as follows:

Biyahe (10:45 a.m.): A jealous teen gay student hails a taxi cab of a jilted taxi driver. Misery loves company, so the two depressed hearts easily find comfort in each other’s lonely arms.

Linya (1:20 p.m.): A hermit gay homeowner calls a phone company to have his landline fixed. Two easy-going linemen show up to fix not only the line gone awry but also the hermit’s lonesome heart.

Laro (3 p.m.): After an inter-barangay basketball game, an introverted gay fan finds way into the locker room and takes a closer peek at the ball players doing a different game under the shower.

Biliiis! (5:48 p.m.): A delivery boy races against time to bring pizza to a bored gay yuppie working overtime. Luck seems to evade the frantic boy but the yuppie changes it.

Bantay (11:45 p.m.): Gay lovers are quarreling. Boyfriend drops artist at the townhouse after the tiff. The horny security guard in his graveyard shift offers more than a shoulder to cry on.

Pantasya is a Viva Entertainment presentation produced by Centerstage Productions and topbilled by Philippine cinema’s sexiest men today! Its premiere is another UP Film Institute exclusive certainly not to be missed.

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CineKatipunan screenings

2007-03-19T14:22:00.000+08:00

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
March 19-24, 2007

Mervin Espina opens this week with the Malaysian
Mondays program of AsiaLunes, featuring a documentary
by Lam Li. Other exciting highlights for this week’s
Cinekatipunan program are animated shorts by
multi-awarded graphics artists and art educators Ramon
del Prado, Edwin Guillermo, ArtFarm, Avid Liongoren,
Vivian Limpin, Brendan Goco and Roxlee on Friday,
March 23, and Lav Diaz’s 10-hour opus Ebolusyon ng
Isang Pamilyang Pilipino (Evolution of a Filipino
Family) for the whole of Saturday.

For our painter’s pick this Wednesday, independent
curator and conceptual artist Roberto Chabet
recommends Francois Girard’s 32 vignettes on the life
of Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould. This is
followed on Thursday by Sigfried Sanchez’s
mockumentary on the protracted search for the late
Lino Brocka’s purported progeny. S-Express continues
with its selections on Tuesday.

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
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.

PROGRAM

March 19 (Monday)
ASIALunes: East Asian and South East Asian Program
(Curated by Mervin Espina)
A documentary by Lam Li
SURVIVING BEIJING
(Lam Li | 2005 | Documentary | Malaysia-China |
85mins)
+ NAO

March 20 (Tuesday)
Alexis Tioseco: S-Express

Alexis Tiosco presents selections from S-Express, an
active Southeast Asian network for short film
exchange. Initiated in 2001 by programmers Yuni Hadi
(Substation, Singapore), Chalida Uabumrungjit (Thai
Film Foundation), and Amir Muhammad (Malaysian
Shorts), the group has expanded to involve Indonesia
(Minikino) since 2004, plus the Philippines, and China
(Maggie Lee) since 2005.

March 21 (Wednesday)
Chabet's Choice: Francois Girard: 23 SHORT FILMS ABOUT
GLENN GOULD (1993)

A collection of vignettes highlighting different
aspects of the life, work, and character of the
acclaimed Canadian classical pianist, Glenn Gould.
Directed by Quebec native Francois Girard, it won
multiple Genie awards--including best picture, and
best director for Girard--for its sensitive treatment
of Gould's life and considerable legacy.

François Girard originally conceived 32 Short Films
About Glenn Gould as a biography to try to explain the
bizarre genius of the master pianist who stopped
touring in 1963 at the height of his success.

March 22 (Thursday)
CINEMA ONE ORIGINALS PROGRAM
Sigfreid Sanchez: ANAK NI BROCKA
A motley group of television journalists stumble upon
a possible scoop: that the Philippines' national
cinema hero, Lino Brocka, actually sired a son. Video
cameras in hand, the journalists set off in search for
clues about the National Artist's life, discovering
much more aspects to the late filmmaker's than what
they initially expected. This eye-opening digital
feature and mockumentary includes interviews with many
of Brocka's protégés and colleagues, including Nonie
Buencamino, Jacklyn Jose, Gina Alajar, Bembol Roco,
Angie Ferro, Jeffrey Quizon, Joonee Gamboa, Chanda
Romero, Soxy Topacio, Menggie Cobarrubias, Geoff
Eigenmann, Nanding Josef, Allan Paule, Timothy Diwa,
Francis Magalona, Behn Cervantes, and Philip Salvador.

Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez directed Ang "Anak Ni Brocka"
and the black comedy Lasponggols (Last Take, Last
Shot) via film grants from Cinemalaya and Cinema One
Originals, respectively. "Ang Anak ni Brocka" was
screened at the Pesaro Film Festival in Italy and at
the San Pedro, California Film Festival and the Hawaii
Film Festival. As a music video director, Sanchez won
the Best Director plum for the 2006 Awit Awards for
Sugarfree's "Hari Ng Sablay". His next video, Hale's
"The Day You Said Goodnight" was nominated at the 2005
NU Rock Awards for Best Music Video, the 2006 MYX
Awards, and the 2006 Awit Awards.

March 23 (Friday)
ANIMATION PROGRAM: Works by Ramon del Prado, Edwin
Guillermo, ArtFarm, Avid Liongoren, Vivian Limpin,
Brendan Goco and Roxlee

Ramon del Prado is a self taught 2d animator/
filmmaker / graphic designer. Born on May 1, 1982 in
Dumaguete City Negros Oriental, where he grew up. He
moved to Manila at age 17 and graduated from De La
Salle University - Manila at 2003 under the
Communication Arts Program where he received his
Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis award for his first
major film, "EGG". He is currently doing freelance
graphic design and tries to find time to do more
animated films on his own.

Edwin Guillermo showcases the following recent short
works done in Claymation:

Karaniwang Tae: Originally set in Ortigas, this
Claymation short tells the story of an anthropomorphic
piece of shit who gains the ability to turn into human
form in order to woo the prettiest woman he has ever
seen. She turns out to be a call center agent.
Guillermo's first narrative animation short, the final
project from UPFI's Art and Animation workshop
facilitated by Roxlee.

Poring Glory: This Claymation short narrates about the
friendship between a teardrop-like Poring and a
catterpillar- like Fabre. These two fantasy creatures
were taken from Ragnarok Online, a popular online game
in the Philippines. Poring Glory has won 3rd place in
the Level-Up LIVE! 2006 Filmfest.

Moral Lesson: Another Claymation short based on
another online game. Based on the sci-fi game RF
Online, this is the story of a young human clone being
taught the fundamentals of their robotic Accretian
race - science and logic, before she sheds her flesh
for a sturdier metallic body. Offical entry to the
Level-Up LIVE! 2006 Filmfest.
Mutationpermutation : A Claymation short designed to
introduce Math and Science week for a certain high
school. Exposed to nuclear radiation, a primitive
creature starts to mutate and evolve into higher and
mathematical forms.

ArtFarm Asia, the first animation school in the
Philippines, has produced the all-Filipino animated
feature called "Kuwentong Kayumanggi" that was aired
on GMA-7. The company also did two feature films for
Roger Corman, a Hollywood-based movie producer.

Avid Liongoren is an illustrator, graphic designer,
commercial and music video director and more. A
graduate of the University of the Philippines College
of Fine Arts (UP-CFA), he combines free-hand art and
digital technology, contemporary quirk and
individualist expression in his digital art works and
'drawings' and multi-awarded music videos. Avid is all
set to release his first independent motion picture
entitled "Saving Sally."

Vivian N. Limpin is a graduate of B.A. Malikhaing
Pagsulat sa Filipino (Creative Writing in Filipino)
from the University of the Philippines in 1995. She
has published poems, essays, short stories, feature
articles and scripts in various magazines, newspapers,
comics, and books for NGO’s, written and translated
plays and vignettes for TROPA (Teatro, Pelikula, Arte)
and other production groups. She has also expanded her
poetry readings into performance poetry. She was a
Writing Fellow for Drama in the 22nd UP National
Writers Workshop in 1994, and for Poetry in Filipino
in the 19th Cornelio Faigao Writers Workshop in 2002.

Brendan Goco is a prolific animator, illustrator and
photographer. A dedicated art educator, he has
facilitated animation workshops at the Mowelfund Film
Institute and the UP Film Institute and is currently a
part-time instructor (teaching illustration) at the
Ateneo de Manila University.

Roxlee is an advocate of independent and underground
cinema in the Philippines. Apart from making animated
and collage films, he is also a comic strip artist,
drawing such strips as 'Cesar Asar' and 'Santingwar' .
He started as a cartoonist and began making animation
and short films in 1983 up to the present. He made
around six short super 8 films, six short films in
16mm, one short 35mm film, and a full length 35mm
feature film entitled "Cesar Asar," based in his
popular comic strip. One of the founders of a group of
Filipino animators called "Animagination, " Roxlee is
also a staff of the Yamagata Documentary Film
Festival, held every two years in Japan.

March 24 (Saturday)
Lav Diaz: Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino
(Evolution of a Filipino Family)

(10 1/2 hours):
The story of "Eboluyson ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino"
spans the years 1971 to 1987, the period that defines
the problems of the present Filipino psyche-why is it
so brutalized, so troubled, so apathetic and complex.
The years 1971 and 1972 were the height of radicalism
by the Philippine Left, the onset of the
Muslim-Christian strife in the island of Mindanao and
the eventual declaration of Martial Law by dictator
Ferdinand Marcos. From 1964 up to 1985, the Marcos
regime trampled on human rights, institutionalized
graft and corruption in the bureaucracy, and looted
the national coffers. In 1986, a peaceful uprising
called The People's Power Revolution forced Marcos out
of the country ending his dictatorial rule and
installing Corazon Aquino, widow of the murdered Ninoy
Aquino- Marcos' top political foe, as President.

Against this backdrop is the farming family Gallardo,
whose struggle and condition mirrors the marginalized
population of the Philippines; the sector trapped in a
situation not of their own doing, but born from a
system that could not provide proper social services,
and of a feudal culture that only protected and
empowered the status quo. Central to the story are the
disintegration, displacement and dysfunction caused by
poverty, not just to the family unit but, also, to the
individual members. These and other characters form
the cycle of lives that intertwine and interact as the
nation struggles to survive economically, politically,
sociologically and spiritually.

For those who are familiar with Diaz’s works,
"Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino" is "Batang
West Side I". "Batang West Side" tackled the very same
premise, subject and theme but explored it in a very
different time and milieu-the need to critique the
Filipino, examine his condition, confront his past.
"Batang West Side" dealt with our scars, "Ebolusyon…"
explores the infliction of the wound.

"Ebolusyon…" is eleven years in the making.
Pre-production started in December of 1993 in Jersey
City, and began photography on March 8, 1994 in
Lexington, New Jersey. Production was protracted and
independent; shot only when there was money, and if
the crew and actors were available. The Philippine
shoot started in early 1997 in Gerona, Tarlac, and
culminated early April of 2003 in the majestic
mountains of Itogon, Benguet. More scenes were added
last October and November of 2004.

Post production started February of 2004 and finally
stopped January 31, 2005. Different versions of the
film was already shown in various festivals-The Asian
American International Film Festival of New York 2004
(8 hours rough cut on vhs), The Toronto International
Film Festival 2004 (10 hours on digital beta), The
Rotterdam International Film Festival 2005 and
Goteberg Film Festival 2005 (10 hours 43 minutes).

THE DEPARTED at UPFI

2007-03-19T12:50:00.000+08:00

Special Full Run for The Departed

The UP Film Institute is most proud to bring back this year's Oscar Winner
for Best Picture The Departed for which Martin Scorsese has finally
bagged the Academy Award for Best Director gets a full run as follows: March
19 Mon 2/5/7:30 p.m.; Mar 20 Tue 1:30/4:30 p.m.; Mar 21 Wed 1:30/5/7:30 p.m.;
Mar 22 Thu 5/7:30 p.m.

A Warner Bros. Pictures release,The Departed is the US remake of
Infernal Affairs-the acclaimed 2002 Hong Kong flick co-directed by Alan Mak
and Andrew Lau that was followed in turn by a prequel and a sequel.

The UP Film Institute's full run for The Departed forms part of a
school-ends special to wrap up the entire academic year.

Here's a recap of UP Film Institute's current screenings for the convenient
reference of all concerned:

Mar 19 Mon 2/5/7:30 p.m.

The Departed

Mar 20 Tue 1:30/4:30 p.m.

The Departed

Mar 20 Tue 7 p.m.

Premiere: Pantasya

Mar 21 Wed 1:30/5/7:30 p.m.

The Departed

Mar 21 Wed 4 p.m.

Free Film from Iran: Thought (Pendar) by Leila Mirhadi

Mar 22 Thu 5/7:30 p.m.

The Departed

Mar 23 Fri

Cine Italia

5 p.m. Paisa' (Paisan) by Roberto Rossellini
7 p.m. Il Postino (The Postman) by Michael Radford

Mar 24 Sat

Cine Italia

2 p.m. Germania Anno Zero (Germany Year Zero) by Roberto Rossellini
5 p.m. I Vitelloni (The Young and the Passionate) by Federico Fellini
7 p.m. La Notte di S. Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars) by Paolo and
Vittorio Taviani

March 26 Mon 9 a.m. onwards

Theses Day 1

Mar 26 Mon 5/7 p.m.

Kabul Express

March 27 Tue 9 a.m. onwards

Theses Day 2

Mar 27 Tue 5/7 p.m.

Kabul Express

Mar 28 Wed 5/7 p.m.

Ask the Dust

Mar 29 Thu 5 p.m.

Free Films from Iran

Up by the Road by Marjan Ashrafizadeh

Milkan by Minoo Kiani

Thought (Pendar) by Leila Mirhadi

Mar 29 Thu 7 p.m.

Ask the Dust

Mar 30 Fri

Free Films from Iran

2 p.m. The Actor by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

5 p.m. Kandahar by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

7 p.m. The Father by Majid Majidi

Mar 31 Sat

Free Films from Iran

2 p.m. The Peddler by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

5 p.m. The Cyclist by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

7 p.m. The Color of Paradise by Majid Majidi

Apr 2 Mon 5/7 p.m.

Kabul Express

Apr 3 Tue 5/7 p.m.

Kabul Express

University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/International Association of Film and Television Schools)
Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)

BATAD at SM Cinemas

2007-03-19T12:44:00.000+08:00

"BATAD UNTIL MARCH 20 ONLY!

Now you have a chance to see the award-winning film BATAD sa Paang
Palay, at SM Digital Theaters!

Watch the funny, heartwarming & magical story unfold at the following
SM branches: SM Fairview, Mega, North Edsa, Manila, Centerpoint, Southmall,
San Lazaro, Davao, Cebu, Clark, San Fernando & Mall of Asia

Screening Schedule:
M/T/W/TH - 2PM 5PM 8PM
F/SAT/SUN - 12NN 3PM 6PM 9PM

Rated "G" by MTRCB
Rate "A" by Cinema Evaluation Board (CEB)

SURVIVING BEIJING screening

2007-03-19T12:34:00.000+08:00

A documentary by Lam Li
SURVIVING BEIJING
March 19, 2007
Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café, Katipunan Avenue
Cinekatipunan screenings start at 5:30 PM.
For more inquiries please call 9293191 or visit www.magnet.com.ph.

SURVIVING BEIJING
(Lam Li | 2005 | Documentary | Malaysia-China | 85 mins)
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: Chinese & English

Dedicated to the Huang Ho label, pioneers of Malaysian Chinese independent music, the documentary traces the group's infamous trip to China to find international recognition--only to return disillusioned.

Surviving begins as they set off from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in the autumn of year 2000, and tracks their one month experience living illegally in a place known as the Rockers' Village in the outskirts of Beijing—an erstwhile farming village once considered as the base of aspiring Chinese underground musicians, who led alternative lifestyles and dedicated their lives to making music with a strong social and political bent.

Seeking performance opportunities in shabby pubs and bars, struggling to make an impression while adapting to the alien environment where speaking the same language does not necessarily translate to understanding, their musical quest in the name of the independent spirit quickly turns into a baptism of fire and a test of friendships. The film also examines the impact the month-long Beijing escapade had on the development of the Malaysian Chinese independent music scene.

A crowd favorite in several film and music festivals in Singapore and Taiwan, including "Urban Nomad Film Festival 2006", "Shooting Left Asia Film Festival 2006" and "Spring Scream Music Festival 2006," this documentary has even made its way back to China through a series of nationwide screenings organized by Chinese rock band Miserable Faith and independent film producer, Sun Zhi Qiang.

Special thanks to Mak Wai Hoo of Soundscape Records for making the Cinekatipunan screening possible. This film will be a preceded by NAO, a short documentary on a militant young Malaysian band that has “a voice with the critical precision of a surgeon’s knife.”
http://myspace.com/isnao
http://www.soundscape-records.com/nao/

Cine Italia at UPFI

2007-03-16T12:44:00.000+08:00

Cine Italia

The UP Film Institute presents an Italian cinema showcase of vintage and instant classics courtesy of the Philippine-Italian Association.

Schedule of screenings all for free at the UPFI Videotheque is as follows:

Mar 16 Fri

5 p.m. Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) by Vittorio de Sica
7 p.m. Roma, citta’ aperta ( Rome , Open City) by Roberto Rossellini

Mar 17 Sat

2 p.m. Francesco, giullare di Dio (Francis, God’s Jester) by Roberto Rossellini
5 p.m. Viaggio in Italia (Journey to Italy ) by Roberto Rossellini
7 p.m. La Corsa dell’ innocente (Flight of the Innocent) by Carlo Carlei

Mar 23 Fri

5 p.m. Paisa’ (Paisan) by Roberto Rossellini
7 p.m. Il Postino (The Postman) by Michael Radford

Mar 24 Sat

2 p.m. Germania Anno Zero ( Germany Year Zero) by Roberto Rossellini
5 p.m. I Vitelloni (The Young and the Passionate) by Federico Fellini
7 p.m. La Notte di S. Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars) by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Please refer to the following for notes and descriptions:

Roma, citta’ aperta ( Rome , Open City)
1946, 100 minutes, War
Director : Roberto Rossellini
Starring : Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero

One of the greatest foreign language films ever made, Roberto Rossellini’s Rome , Open City was filmed in the direct aftermath of World War II on the war-ravaged streets of Italy . Shunning Hollywood gloss and glamour, this frank tale is set against the backdrop of extreme conditions– natural lighting, handheld camerawork and a cast composed largely of non-actors. Based on real events that took place on Nazi-occupied Italy in 1944, it examines the choices that people are forced to make in wartime.

Il Postino (The Postman)
1994, 115 minutes, Drama/Romance
Director : Michael Radford
Starring : Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret and Maria Grazia Cucinotta

The touching relationship between the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, exiled in a little island near Naples , and a shy and uncultured postman who possessed the heart of a poet. It was the first international success for Troisi, a popular star in Italy , who died the day after filming was completed.

Germania Anno Zero (Germany Year Zero)
1947, 78 minutes, Neorealism
Director : Roberto Rossellini
Starring : Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Barbara Hintz, Franz Graer,
Hingetrad Hinzf, Eric Guhne

After the devastation of World War II, Berlin has become a wasteland of citizens fighting for survival and trying to rebuild some semblance of a normal life. This is the world of twelve-year old Edmund, a child who has known only upheaval and violence. Yet he goes on from day to day, trying to help his family by finding money or food on the streets. One day he meets his former school teacher, who now profits from Nazi propaganda, which sets in motion a shocking new chain of violence.

La Notte di S. Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars)
1982, 116 minutes, War/Drama
Directors : Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
Starring : Omero Antonutti, Margherita Lozano

Six year-old Cecilia is fascinated by the world and everything in it. And when her family and neighbors flee their village to escape the Nazis, it’s the most exciting moment of her life! But the excitement turns to terror when the enemy begins to close in. Little Cecilia prays for rescue, on this, the Night of the Shooting Stars an evening during which, it is said, all wishes are granted. Can Cecilia’s wish be granted…? Or will this be her eternal night?

Paisa’ (Paisan)
1946, 90 minutes, Neorealism
Director : Roberto Rossellini
Starring : Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Dots Johnson, Alfonsino Pasca, Maria Michi

Paisan consists of six episodes depicting the resistance struggle and Allied liberation of Italy at the close of World War II. Using a cast of largely non-professional actors, the stories center mostly on small encounters between the Italian people and their liberators: a Sicilian woman is murdered for warning an American patrol of nearby Germans; a drunken GI has his shoes stolen and stumbles upon the children on Naples living in squalor; a girl from Rome, innocent at the time of liberation, becomes a prostitute.

La Corsa dell’ innocente (Flight of the Innocent)
1992, 115 minutes, Thriller
Director : Carlo Carlei
Starring : Manuel Colao, Francesca Neri, Jacques Perrin, Federico Pacifici, Lucio Zagaria

The gentle son of a brutal kidnapper, ten-year-old Vito (Manuel Colao) witnesses the massacre of his family by rival gang and narrowly escapes into the Italian countryside. Relentlessly pursued by the killers and the police, he begins a terrifying life on the run, determined to outwit his followers, find a new, honorable and caring family for himself and end his family’s lineage of crime.

Viaggio in Italia (Journey to Italy )
1953, 80 minutes, Drama
Director : Roberto Rossellini
Starring : Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders

Widely misunderstood and shamefully denigrated at the time of its original release, but now recognized as not simply on of Rossellini’s greatest films but as one of the key works of modern cinema, Journey to Italy is a deceptively simple piece. There is a little plot to speak of: a marriage is breaking up under the strains of a trip to Italy and we watch. But in its deliberate rejection of many aspects of ‘classic’ Hollywood narrative and its stubborn pursuit of a quite different aesthetic, its meandering story line creates space for ideas and time for reflection.

Francesco, giullare di Dio (Francis, God’s Jester)
1950, 75 minutes, Religion / Biography
Director : Roberto Rossellini
Starring : Nazario Gerardi, Aldo Fabrizi, Arabella Lemaitre

Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly render the very spirit of Franciscan teaching in this extraordinarily fresh and simple film – largely unappreciated at the time of its release, but now regarded as one of his greatest. Shot in a neorealist manner with non-professional actors (including thirteen actual Franciscan monks) it avoids the pious clichés of haloed movie saints with an economy of expression and a touching, human quality.

I Vitelloni (The Young and the Passionate)
1953, 103 minutes Drama
Director : Federico Fellini
Starring : Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste,
Riccardo Fellini, Carlo Romano, Enrico Viarisio, Paola Borboni

I Vitelloni (literally "fatted veal calves") is largely a lighthearted autobiographical story of a 4 idle young men who live in a small seaside town, and their hopes antics, miseries and aspirations. I Vitelloni was Oscar nominated in 1958 and won at Venice Film Festival.

Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief)
1949, 90 minutes, Drama / Neorealism
Director : Vittorio De Sica
Starring : Lamberto Maggiorani, Roberto Staiola, Lionella Carrell

An excellent example of Italian neorealism, the Bicycle Thief depicts the extreme living conditions in Italy after World War II. Impoverished and desperate for work, Ricci is finally called to a well-paying job in the city, the only condition is that he needs a bicycle-which he has just pawned. The relationship between individuals and the masses is emphasized and Director de Sica chooses amateurs to portray many of the characters.

The film is noted as the Most Outstanding Foreign Film in the U.S. in 1949, and the Golden Globe Winner for Best Foreign Film in 1950

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University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/Internationa l Association of Film and Television Schools )
Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road , UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)

ANG HULING ARAW NG LINGGO screening

2007-03-15T12:50:00.000+08:00

ANG HULING ARAW NG LINGGO opens March 21 in SM Digital Cinema nationwide. Starring Johnny Delgado, Jennifer Sevilla, Baron Geisler, Monica Llamas, Arnold Reyes, Angeli Bayani and Ms. Boots Anson-Roa. Written and directed by Nick Olanka.

ANG HULING ARAW NG LINGGO

Synopsis
ANG HULING ARAW NG LINGGO spans a week in a life of seven individuals with interconnected narratives. Domeng is involved in networking or multi-level marketing business and plans to encourage his estranged daughter Luna to join in this unscrupulous business. Luna is abandoned by her husband and son so she asks help from her mother Aling Tess. Aling Tess is a land lady who lives alone and fancies a young male boarder named Kulas. Kulas is a grocery store employee who aspires to become a store manager to impress Julie. Julie is a laundry shop attendant who is obsessed with a male costumer named Brian. Brian is a nurse in a local hospital who wants to work abroad so he persuades his girlfriend Sally to provide for his "fixer" fees. An accounting graduate who failed to pass the board exam for two consecutive years, Sally enters Domeng's networking business in the hopes of proving her worth. When she found out that networking is a scam Sally plans to take revenge on Domeng. The film illustrates the interconnectedness of our lives, a cycle of random events in which the decisions we make are as important as the choices we didn't take.

About the Director
NICK JOSEPH OLANKA graduated from The UP Film Institute last April 2006. His graduation short film "Lunes ng Hapis" won the 2005 Kodak Film School Competition and is the Philippine entry for the Asia-Pacific Kodak Film School Competition. It also won award in 18th CCP Independent Film and Video Competition and is currently competing in CONCAN Movie Festival in Japan. "Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo" is his first digital feature.

The Holiday at UPFI

2007-03-15T12:48:00.000+08:00

UP Film Institute’s women’s celebration culminates with The Holiday

The UP Film Institute’s own women’s celebration highlighted by the 17th International Women’s Film Festival currently extended culminates with female auteur Nancy Meyers’ latest oeuvre, The Holiday, with a big-screen showcase on Wednesday, 14 March 2007, at 2 and 7 p.m. and Thursday, 15 March 2007, at 5 p.m.

The Solar Entertainment presentation of the United International Pictures release stars Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law and Jack Black. It tells the tale of a successful trailer editor from Los Angeles with man problems jaunting over to England in a distinct exchange deal with a lady journalist from Surrey who has similar troubles. Meyers is the award-winning screenwriter- turned-director behind such female-empowering crowd pleasers as The Parent Trap, What Women Want, Something’s Gotta Give.

The distinct screening of The Holiday constitutes Solar Entertainment and United International Pictures’ precious contribution to the UP Film Institute’s festivities this year in conjunction with the worldwide women’s celebration come every March.

The Holiday

A United International Pictures Release through Solar Entertainment

A trailer editor from Los Angeles with man problems jaunts over to England in a distinct exchange deal with a lady journalist from Surrey who has similar troubles.

Direction and Screenplay: Nancy Meyers. Cast: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black.

2006 140 minutes 35mm color

Compound returns to Indiesine

2007-03-14T12:59:00.000+08:00

Compound returns to

Indie Sine, Robinsons Galleria Ortigas

on March 14 to 20, 2007

MTRCB rating is R-18 (approved without cuts)

EKSENA BAR screenings

2007-03-13T12:40:00.000+08:00

LINAO FILMS in cooperation with EKSENA present

MOMENTARIES
The Films of JP V. CARPIO

1. BUNKER 0: SUMIRIB PLUS - 2006
- 10 minutes
- Color
- Documentary
- MiniDV

The film shows a series of moments involving the people of Sitio
Sumirib, Barangay La Paz in the municipality of Nueva Valencia,
province of Guimaras, one of the areas most affected by the massive
oil spill from the sunken tanker Solar 1 chartered by the Petron oil
corporation. The film focuses more on their thoughts and feelings
regarding this man-made ecological disaster, and the actions they
are taking to somehow cope with very difficult times ahead.

Bunker 0: Sumirib Plus is the first in a series of films concerning
the Guimaras Oil Spill disaster. It is presented here in Ilonggo and
Tagalog languages with English subtitles. (Screened as part of the
Independent Filmmaker Cooperative' s "Guimaras: Short films from the
Oil Spill" Festival, November 2006)

2. VTR - 2007
- 10 minutes
- Color
- Experimental Narrative
- MiniDV

Edited from footage shot in 2004, the film is an attempt to ask the
question "How much of our life are we in on and how much are we out
of?" (PREMIERE Status)

STARRING: Tessa De Guzman and JP V. Carpio

3. TAKO (cue)- 2007
- 42 minutes
- Color
- Narrative
- MiniDV

Also edited from footage shot in 2004, the film follows the get-
together of a group of friends at a house somewhere in Metro Manila.
In the midst of the fun and the partying, underlying tensions rise
and break out between Jimmy and Aissa during a friendly game of
billiards. The film is an episode in a future full length
film "Jimmy, Aissa: Henry, Tricia".
(PREMIERE Status)

STARRING: Jourdan Sebastian, Vanny Liwanag, Reinier Laiño, Elaine
Jose Bobadilla

ALSO FEATURING: Aren Adao, Ida Calumpang, Magali Cleret, +Kat
Diamante, Mikko Javier, Francis Mantis, Oz Mendoza, Miguel Pancho,
Sophie Rodriguez, Joacqui Tupas, Adelle Victoria

PLUS!!!!

FILMS By ANGONO Artist REMBRANDT VOCALAN

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* TALES OF DOOM

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MARCH 13, 2007
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Timog Avenue, QC
(Ponciana's/ Off the Grill side)

9pm onwards

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an EKSENA productions presentation
love films. love pinoy music.

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN

2007-03-12T12:51:00.000+08:00

March 12 - 17, 2007

CINEKATIPUNAN opens the week with its South East Asian
Program on March 12, featuring digital short films by
Malaysian filmmaker and theater director James Lee.
Activist audio-visual group SIPAT shows us how it is
to be inside Mendiola's bowels on Tuesday. Watch new
and experimental works by visual artists Kaloy
Olavides and Manuel Ocampo on Wednesday and Thursday
respectively, while Filipino-Canadian
filmmaker/musician/performer Romeo Candido offers us a
mix tape featuring 13 of his short works on Friday,
March 16. Kidlat Tahimik closes the week with
critically-acclaimed work on Saturday.

March 12 (Monday)
ASIALunes: East Asian and South East Asian Program
Curated by Mervin Espina

James Lee's
Shorts About Love
GOODBYE TO LOVE (2004, 16 min) | A MOMENT OF LOVE
(2005, 10 min) | BERNAFAS DALAM LUMPUR (2005, 18 min)
| SOMETIMES LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL (2005, 12 min)

March 13 (Tuesday)
SIPAT: Mendiola (31 mins)

From the First Quarter Storm in the 1970s to the
Mendiola massacre in 1987 to the state's Calibrated
Preemptive Response policy two years ago--from the
very start, the road to Mendiola has cradled the very
centers of conflict. This work is a documentary about
Mendiola's significance as a symbolic and actual site
of struggle, the stretch of road a tug-of-war for the
Palace several hundred meters away. Treading through
Mendiola is still a great risk, but a necessary one
nonetheess, for to look directly at the eye of the
storm is to have the strength to confront those in
power. On the road to Mendiola, one can tread across
the history of a peoples' continuing struggle for
change.

March 14 (Wednesday)
Films by Visual Artists
Kaloy Olavides: DIRECTORY (Curated by Poklong Anading)

Directory is a two-piece work yet which is
interdependent on each other. The first of the piece
is a video projection of a hand with a pen writing an
instruction. The video is shot in slow motion, running
approximately for 40 minutes. The other half of the
work can be seen after the whole video will be
screened.

DIRECTORY is a critique directed at artworks that are
bound only to the place where they stand or are put
in. An example is that most paintings are treated
according only to the boundaries of the image inside
the canvas. It's idea is to go beyond the piece; thus
creating a new set of pieces but which, conversely,
rely on each other.

March 15 (Thursday)
Manuel Ocampo: Manuel 's Selective Up-chunks

March 16 (Friday)
Romeo Candido: KA-AMULAN and other SHORTS
The ROMEO CANDIDO MiX TAPE (49 mins)
An exploration of culture through music, dance, drama
and media. Features works such as:
1. a sunday in the park (2003) - a Hi 8 video
featuring Rona Figueroa. A beautiful actress, singer,
writer, with Broadway credits and a penchant for
longsword. The music plays a variation of the main
kulingtan theme from the Singkil dance. The work
documents Candido's experimentation with potential
filmmaking techniques, including cheap in-camera
effects, for an arnis film he was working on for the
last three years.
2. Meditations For the Restless (2001)- Candido's
first work to explore editing within a static image
and the title track for his first solo E.P. "I was
just learning final cut pro, on my G3, and discovered
freeze frames, 1 frame cuts, dissolves, color grading.
I started at 6 in the evening and finished 6 in the
morning," he says of this.
3. KUTTIN KANDY (2001)- Candido's first project
edited with FCP. A feature on Kuttin Kandy, one of the
first and most feared female turntablists in the U.S
and an ate to the thriving Filipino/a hip hop scene.
4. ST JAMESTOWN trailer and excerpt (2004) - A one
hour television pilot about the most ethnically
diverse neighborhood in Toronto Canada, featuring a
cast composed of actual residents from the area and
shot during a time when the neighborhood was
experiencing terrible conflicts between youth and law
enforcement.
5. Fool 4 Love (2007) -Footage from Candido's first
children's commercial shot in the Philippines.
6. Lilac Cana (2002) -An exercise in overexposure and
shadows, featuring the Filipino-Canadian artist who
broke into the classical music scene in Toronto in
2000.
7. Snowhere (2007) - A DIY video shot recently during
Candido's first winter back in Canada in three years.
8. The Kuya Medley (2003) - A docu-musical of the soul
group KUYA performing in the executive offices of
record labels in New York and hustling for a deal.
Despite the undeniable talent, the industry couldn't
commit to an all-Pinoy soul group. They had many
supporters, from Wycleff, to Babyface, to Pharell, to
Timbaland and beyond. Also an exercise in live music
editing.
9. Purification by Fire (2002) - Members from The
Fiesta Filipina Dance Troupe of Canada backstage
before a performance in Pittsburg. This is an excerpt
from DANCERS! PICK UP YOUR BAMBOOS! a 26 minute
documentary about the history of the oldest Filipino
Folkdance company in Canada.
10. Babylon is Falling Trailer (2001) - a spec trailer
of a martial arts movie that was never, ever made.
11. Lolo's Child Music Video and excerpt (2001) - The
very first Filipino feature film from Canada, and up
to now, the only one. From Candido's Ishmael Bernal
award -winning feature length film Lolo's Child. A
film about dealing with death and domestic violence in
an immigrant home.
12. Ka-Amulan (2002) - An impressionistic piece based
on the kaamulan Filipino folkdance. Another excerpt
from the documentary Dancers! Pick Up Your Bamboos!
13. Ang Pamana : The Inheritance extended trailer
(2006) - This is Candido's first feature film to be
shot in the Philippines. A supernatural folktale about
what happens when a balikbayan inherits land in deep
dark Bulacan, shot in 35mm dolby digital.

March 17 (Saturday)
Kidlat Tahimik: TURUMBA

Turumba (1984)
Set in a tiny Philippine village, Tahimik's Turumba
focuses on one family which traditionally made
papier-mache animals to sell during the Turumba
religious festivities. When they get a huge order, the
whole life of the family is changed, as Tahimik wryly
observes the "creation of the proletariat."

Perfumed Nightmare (1977)
The story of the filmmaker's awakening from his long
nightmare, the lotus land of a third world naif's
entrancement by the promises of American technological
society.

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.

Malaysian Mondays at Cinekatipunan

2007-03-12T12:50:00.000+08:00

ASIALunes

More Malaysian Mondays this March at CINEKATPINUNAN

March 12, 2007

James Lee's
Shorts About Love

GOODBYE TO LOVE (2004, 16 min) |A MOMENT OF LOVE (2005, 10 min) |BERNAFAS DALAM LUMPUR (2005, 18 min) |SOMETIMES LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL (2005, 12 min)

March 19, 2007

A documentary by Lam Li
SURVIVING BEIJING

(Lam Li | 2005 | Documentary | Malaysia-China | 85 mins)

+ NAO

March 26, 2007

Amir Muhammad's
6horts (+ 1)

LOST (2002, 9.5 min) | FRIDAY (2002, 8 min) | MONA (2002, 6.5 min) | CHECKPOINT (2002, 7 min) | KAMUNTING (2002, 15 min) | PANGYAU (2002, 12.5 min)

+ 18MP (2006, 14 min)

300 at Rockwell

2007-03-07T13:30:00.000+08:00

In 480 B.C., in the face of certain death,
and enemies that numbered two million,
300 elite Spartans stood their ground.
This is their story.

EX LIBRIS PHILIPPINES presents
a special screening of

300
based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller

For the benefit of the Ex Libris Philippines Scholarship Project

7.00 pm. 07 March 2007. Cinema 6. Rockwell Powerplant
Tickets at Php 300.00 each.

For ticket reservations please contact
Gabi Francisco 09209470835, gabitwin@gmail. com
Tata Francisco 09209470861, tatatwin@gmail. com

Watch this blockbuster film and, in the process, help send a U.P. student to school!
Please buy tickets and help us in our cause.

For more information about Ex Libris Philippines and our Scholarship Project, please go to
http://exlibrisphilippines.multiply.com

For more information about the movie "300", please go to
http://300themovie. warnerbros .com/
http://movies. yahoo.com /feature/300. html
http://movies. yahoo.com/ movie /1809262865/ info

"Saan Nagtatago si Happiness?" screenings

2007-03-07T12:56:00.000+08:00

"Saan Nagtatago si Happiness?" TO BE SHOWnN AT SM DIGITAL THEATERS NATIONWIDE

"Saan Nagtatago si Happiness?" is coming to the big screen
in all SM digital theaters nationwide starting March 7. A box-office
hit in last year's Cinemalaya film festival, this light and breezy
semi-musical cum comedy movie tackles man's elusive search for
happiness in typical Pinoy fashion.

Starring veteran stage actor and singing champion Andy
Bais in the role of Tikyo, an ice cream vendor searching for his lost
mother. The movie was hailed by the father of independent cinema
Kidlat Tahimik for capturing the true sentiments and longings of
ordinary Filipinos. In fact, Tahimik, one of the jurors in the second
Cinemalaya filmfest, handed his special Bamboo Camera award to this
digital film produced by Mediarevolution Film Productions in
cooperation with Tadpole, Inc.

Lending full support to the talented Bais are veteran
movie and television actors like Ricky Davao, Caridad Sanchez, Nanette
Inventor, Rez Cortez, Nonie Buencamino, January Isaac and "Little Big
Star" child sensation Mica Torre and 2006 Singapore filmfest best
actor winner Elijah Castillo.

A surprising twist to this supporting cast is the unusual love team of
Cortez and Inventor, whose funny portrayal of single middle-aged
people looking for the love of their lives elicited wild cheers from
the crowd in last year's CCP run.

Set in a Tondo tenement, the movie unveils insights on
love, faith, trust and the beauty of life despite the hard times. As
Bais explains: "This is the kind of film for the whole family. It has
funny and wacky moments and at the same time, dramatic highlights that
are sure to tug the hearts of viewers. Moviegoers will also be treated
to a set of original Filipino songs that will surely delight them."

The theme song of "Saan Nagtatago si Happiness?" written
by Chi Datu, arranged by Arnold Buena and performed by Nanette
Inventor is nominated Best Original Song in the coming Golden Screen
Awards.

For further information, email mediarevolution@gmail.com.

ROME AND JULIET returns to Indiesine

2007-03-07T12:37:00.000+08:00

ROME & JULIET Makes a Return Engagement in Galleria
starting March 7

After its sensational Valentine's week box office
performance, Cinema One Originals' ROME & JULIET gets
an encore theatrical run starting March 7 at the
Robinsons Galleria's Indie Sine Theater.

Starring the daring Mylene Dizon and Andrea del
Rosario, Rome & Juliet was one of the seven chosen
entries in last year's Cinema One Originals Digital
Movie Festival. It also stars Rafael Rosell, Mico
Palanca, Liza Dino, Glydel Mercado and featuring Ms.
Tessie Tomas. The film garnered both acclaim and talks
of controversy for its intriguing plotline which
involved themes of lesbianism.

This digital movie directed by Connie S.A. Macatuno
revolves around the idea that love knows no rules.
When Juliet (Andrea del Rosario), a conservative
pre-school teacher hires Rome (Mylene Dizon), a
liberated wedding planner, for her nuptials, they
become close and develop a romance that becomes a huge
scandal after Juliet's groom (the sexy Rafael Rosell)
and their families discover their affair. Not long
after, Juliet is driven away by her parents and gets
into an accident that puts her in a coma. Tracing the
reasons and depths why two women fell unexpectedly in
love make Rome & Juliet a romance that is both
touching and thought-provoking.

Mylene Dizon won a much-deserved Best Actress trophy
in the Cinema One Originals Digital Movie Festival and
Competition held last November. Co-star Andrea Del Rosario also
impressed movie watchers and observers and was nominated for Best
Actress at the Golden Screen Awards. The movie also got major
category nominations in the upcoming 2007 Star Awards for Movies such
as Movie Actress of the Year for Andrea del Rosario,Movie Director of
the Year for Connie S.A. Macatuno,and Digital Movie of the Year.

Its first successful two-week theatrical run at
Robinsons Galleria, Robinsons Metro East and at
Robinsons Place Ermita Manila precipitated this return
theatrical engagement showing at the Robinsons Galleria.

Rome & Juliet returns to Robinsons Galleria starting March 7. Rome &
Juliet was produced by Creative Programs, Inc. (CPI) through its
annual Cinema One Originals project. Rome & Juliet will also be shown
in Iloilo and Bacolod after its theatrical run in Robinsons Galleria
this March.

CineVita film festival

2007-03-07T12:29:00.000+08:00

MANORO, KUBRADOR at the UST CineVita film festival

Brillante Mendoza's "MANORO" and Jeffrey Jeturian's "KUBRADOR" will
be screened on March 7, 10 a.m., and March 8, 6 p.m., respectively,
as part of the CineVita Film Festival to be held at the Thomas
Aquinas Research Center, University of Santo Tomas, España, Manila.

Organized by the Varsitarian, the 79–year–old student publication of
UST, CineVita will run on March 7–9. According to the Varsitarian,
CineVita is meant "to celebrate life, truth, and faith and uphold
the cinema as tool for meaningful expression and authentic
education."

The festival will also feature local and international
documentaries, shorts, and digital films such as "Orasyon" by Milo
Tolentino, "Armed with Hope" by John Foppe, "Shit Happens" by Nich
Retz Perez, "Ikasiyam na Palapag" by Anna Isabelle Matutina,
and "Sigaw Ko, Pakinggan Mo" by Pro–life Philippines.

All documentaries and local films are open to the public. Foreign
full–length films are exclusive to lecturers, film critics, and
students. Admission is free. For full festival program and schedule,
log on to www.varsitarian.com.

International Women’s Film Festival 2007

2007-03-05T12:54:00.000+08:00

The UP Film Institute gears up for the worldwide women’s celebration for March with the 17th International Women’s Film Festival slated from March 5 Monday to March 8 Thursday.

This year’s theme: “Women Refigured—Making Choices, Creating Changes, Crossing Boundaries.” Admission is free.

Schedule of screenings and other activities all open to the public for free is as follows:

March 5 Mon

5 p.m. International Women’s Short Films: Mindy (USA), Visiting Hours ( Israel ), Sliding Flora ( Israel )

6:45 p.m. Opening Program with Diwata Awards for Women in Film and the 2nd Women’s Short Film Competition

7: 30 p.m. Opening Night Film: Sevigne ( Spain )

March 6 Tue

2 p.m. Amazones (The Netherlands )

5 p.m. Sevigne ( Spain )

7 p.m. La Pasion de Maria Elena ( Mexico )

March 7 Wed

10 a.m. onwards: Official Selection, 2nd Women’s Short Film Competition

2 p.m. Women Refigured Forum with screenings of 2nd Women’s Short Film Competition Winners

5 p.m. Inang Yaya ( Philippines )

7 p.m. Amazones (The Netherlands )

9 p.m. La Pasion de Maria Elena ( Mexico )

March 8 Thu

2 p.m. Digital Feature: Rome and Juliet ( Philippines )

4 p.m. International Women’s Short Films: A Sweet Scent of Mothballs (Serbia-Montenegro) , Stones Fall into a Shallowing Well ( Hungary ), Pangarap Ko Saluhin Mo ( Philippines )

5 p.m. Digital Feature: Mudraks ( Philippines )

7 p.m. Documentary Feature: Alyana ( Philippines ) to be preceded by the new short documentary Breaking Down the Barrier

To always get screening alerts, join UP Film Institute
e-group: upfilminstitute@ yahoogroups. com

University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/Internationa l Association of Film and Television Schools )
Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road , UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN

2007-03-05T12:36:00.000+08:00

Monday to Saturday, March 5-10, 2007

This week’s Cinekatipunan features an eclectic mix of
foreign and local, full-length and short works. The
selection kicks off on Monday with the work Cries and
Whispers by Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman on
Monday. Tuesday, KODAO Productions features a short
documentary produced during the 2005 Hong Kong
demonstrations against the World Trade Organization.

Wednesday delves into art and fashion with a work by
German filmmaker Wim Wenders on Japanese fashion
designer Yohji Yamamoto on Wednesday. Mia Buenaventura
features her short films Gantsilyo and Leon on
Thursday while Emman dela Cruz features his
directorial debut Sarongbanggi on Friday. Saturday’s
program on campus-based film-makers features student
works from the Fine Arts Department of Kalayaan
College, selected by visual artist and teacher Jay
Ticar, and the Multi Media Arts Department of the
College of Saint Benilde, selected by teacher,
filmmaker, and Eksperimento film festival director
Elvert Banares.

5 March (Monday)
Ingmar Bergman: CRIES AND WHISPERS

Cries and Whispers
(1972, Sweden, 91mins)
Ingmar Bergman's dream play is set in a manor house at
the turn of the century where a spinster in her late
30s is dying. Her two sisters have come to attend her,
and they watch and wait, along with a peasant servant.
The movie is built out of a series of emotionally
charged images that express inner stress, and Bergman
handles them with the fluidity of a master. Superbly
photographed by in a style suggesting Edvard Munch,
and with blood-red backgrounds, the film is smooth and
hypnotic; it has oracular power and the pull of a
dream. Yet there's a 19th-century dullness at the
heart of it. Each sister represents a different aspect
of woman—woman viewed as the Other—and the film
mingles didacticism with erotic mystery.

6 March (Tuesday)
TUDLA Productions and KODAO Productions

DA DOU SAI MAU (Junk WTO)
January 2006 | 28:40 mins
(To be presented by Raymund Villanueva)
A documentary on the raging protests that filled Hong
Kong streets against the World Trade Organization's
Third Ministerial Meeting (2005). Bayan Muna Rep.
Teddy Casino explores Hong Kong and guides us to the
creative protest actions from delegates of different
countries.

KODAO Productions produces and distributes multimedia
and related materials on timely and relevant subjects
to promote the self-determining and democratic
struggle of the Filipino people for cultural,
political and economic development. Kodao produced the
award winning radio program, Ngayon Na, Bayan!, which
was cut off the air upon the proclamation of PP1017 in
February 2006.

7 March (Wednesday)
From Conrado's Cabinet:

Notebook on Cities and Clothes
1991 | 80 mins | Road Movies Filmproduction GmBH
Berlin
German film maker Wim Wenders engages design maverick
Yohji Yamamoto in an articulate dialogue about the
rootless quality of our identities, cities and
fashion. Wenders incorporates a dizzying,nearly
discordant,and highly inventive array of video images
invading, breaking down and blocking out clear, crisp
film shots. The film is both a delightful and
despairing tour through the 20th century systemof
visual language with Wenders as a charming
philosophical guide.

8 March (Thursday)
Mia Buenaventura’s Short Films

Leon

A 7-minute experimental film that suggests a possible
ending to “The Prodigal Son” parable. The film
centers on the good son and how he resolves sibling
rivalry and sibling jealousy issues. Whereas evil can
turn to good, the good can just as easily turn to
evil. Ronnie Lazaro stars in the leading role.

Gantsilyo

The narrative DV movie tells of a grandmother whose
elaborate knitted creations affect the lives of her
family. Armed with her needles and balls of yarn,
Grandma employs time-weathered wisdom and loving hands
to heal hearts with every stitch. Gloria Romero plays
the lead role.

Mia Buenaventura is no newcomer in the indie movement.
Largely committed to the short film format, she has
done several shorts since college at the Ateneo where
she took up AB Communications. She wrote and directed
“Leon”, in 16-mm format and a Gawad-CCP winner, while
she was at Mowelfund. Her first narrative DV is
“Gantsilyo” starring Gloria Romero. “Gantsilyo” has
been screened at the “Pelikula at Lipunan Festival”
and at the U.P. Film Institute during the “Women
Filmmakers Festival”. The film was a Cinemalaya entry
and currently nominated for best short film in the
Cineaste Film Association of the Phils.’ Annie Awards.
Mia also did several AVPs and past Clients
include Coca-Cola and Gillette Philippines. A new
short film project is lined-up for 2007.

9 March (Friday)
Eman Dela Cruz: SARONGBANGGI

Sarongbanggi (One Night)
04 mins. color/sound NTSC video
An intense encounter between an aging prostitute and a
sixteen-year old boy in a night of seduction,
connections and revelations.

The night begins... A boy is celebrating his sixteenth
birthday with his rowdy group of friends who all agree
- there's no better gift to give him than his first
sexual experience. They book him a night with a
prostitute. The night grows deeper… The boy strikes an
unusual connection with a sensual but older woman.
What starts out casually turns intimate and
surprisingly tender. In this most unusual one night
stand the teenage boy loses his virginity and the more
experienced, toughened woman rediscovers her
vulnerability.

Sarong Banggi features a most memorable and riveting
performance by the luminous Jaclyn Jose, one of the
Philippines' truly great and most awarded actresses
(and who’s iconic fallen woman role in films like
“White Slavery,” and “Private Show” inspired and
informed the role of Jaclyn in this film) and an
exciting star turn by first-time actor Angelo Ilagan.

Written and directed by: Emmanuel A. Dela Cruz
Official Selection: ImaginAsian, New York and Cine
Asia, Barcelona, Spain

10 March (Saturday)
Campus-based Filmmakers
Featuring short works by KALAYAAN College Fine Arts
Majors and students from the Multi Media Arts
Department of the College of Saint Benilde
(selected by Jay Ticar and Elvert Banares)

This Saturday’s first batch from CSB features eight
works: Empathy for Emmanuel by Rafael de Leon;
Unforseen by Jason Confesor; Dalangin by Love
Nakagawa; Abo by Dino Mark Reyes; Sabaw by Anton
Miguel Halagena; Blindness Within by JR Siojo;
Paggising sa Mundong Tulog by Paolo Miguel Lopez; and
Tu(la)ya by Raine Orallo.

Four works produced by third year and second year
students from the Fine Arts department of Kalayaan
College under the Visual Studies and Art Theory class
of Jay Ticar: Sangandaan (2007, 8 mins.), a narrative
work by Gato Borrero about the personal crossroads
faced by a peasant boy: whether to migrate to the city
or to remain in the countryside; an 8-minute narrative
video about a tatoo by Camillo Guanzon; Hand-Droid (8
mins.), a documentary work by Dave Cuenca featuring
the production process of an abstract painting; and a
three-minute animation work by Angelo Alejandro.

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 Filipino 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.

Instituto Cervantes film screenings

2007-03-03T13:19:00.000+08:00

In the last few years, cinema done by Spanish women has grown notably, following a general trend in Spanish society. This cycle shows the work produced by five young Spanish female directors.

Film Cycle presented with the collaboration of Filmoteca AECI

Te doy mis ojos

Directed by Icíar Bollaín
Duration: 103 min.
Production: España, 2004

Cast:
Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Peña, Rosa María Sardá, Kity Manver, Sergi Calleja

In Spanish with English subtitles

Date: March 3
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
For Adults Only

Catch the movie that swept the Goya Awards (Spain's equivalent of the Oscars) of 2004! An award-winning tale of domestic abuse. Pilar is a terrified housewife on the run from husband Antonio and his regular outbursts of violent rage. Taking refuge with her sister Ana, she tries to build a new life - but she's still in love with the man who beat her. Te doy mis ojos is a powerful and moving look at the image of spousal abuse. Director and co-screenwriter Icíar Bollaín’s approach to the subject is excellent, giving it the respect and importance that it deserves.

El tren de la memoria

Directed by Marta Arribas, Ana Pérez
Duration: 80 min.
Production: España, 2005

Cast: Documentary

In Spanish with NO subtitles

Date: March 10
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes

Spain, 1960´s. Two million Spaniards leave the country forced by need. Destination: France, Germany, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Half of them are illegal immigrants who travel without a contract of employment. 80% of them are illiterate. They have to face the wall of different languages and habits. Spain, at present: other people in need knock on the doors of a prosperous nation. Almost nobody remembers the story. Josefina does. She keeps memory alive by her travel in the memory train. Destination: Nuremberg, Germany.

Cosas que nunca te dije

Directed by Isabel Coixet
Duration: 93 min.
Production: España, 1996

Cast:
Lili Taylor, Andrew McCarthy, Debi Mazar, Alexis Arquette, Leslie Mann, Richard Edson

In Spanish with English subtitles

Date: March 17
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes

Ann, a saleslady of a photography shop has moved to an unfamiliar city because she wants to be near her boyfriend Bob. One day he calls her to suddenly break-up with her. Ann, who is devastated, searches for a hotline desperate people and meets Don, a volunteer who sells houses and seems unable to understand her problems.

El alquimista impaciente

Directed by Patricia Ferreira
Duration: 111 min.
Production: España, 2002

Cast:
Ingrid Rubio, Roberto Enríquez, Chete Lera, Adriana Ozores, Miguel Ángel Solá

In Spanish with NO subtitles

Date: March 24
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes

A cadaver of a man is found naked and tied to a bed in a drive-by motel. Vila, a disillusioned psychologist-turned-cop, accompanied by his female partner Chamorro, receives orders to investigate the death. They discover that he is a nuclear plant worker and head off to interview the victim’s his co-workers and wife. They found that he led a normal family life with young children and discovered that nobody seemed suspicious. The case is closed fairly quickly and ruled as an accident. It is re-opened however when the detectives discover the body of a woman who had been partially devoured by wolves and is believed to be connected to the man’s murder.

El cielo gira

Directed by Mercedes Alvarez
Duration: 115 min.
Production: España, 2004

Cast: Documentary

In Spanish with English subtitles

Date: March 31
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes

This film tells of one year in the life of a tiny village in northern Spain depicting the ordinary lives of the elderly residents. This is first feature film documentary by Mercedes Alvarez, a promising Spanish female director who happens to have been born in the village where the picture is shot.

Opening Film at the 17th International Women Film Festival

Sévigné

Date: March 5
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Cine Adarna, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Free entrance

In Spanish with English subtitles

As the opening of the 17th International Women Film Festival, UP Film Institute and Instituto Cervantes are proud to premiere in the Philippines the Spanish film Sévigné.

The life of Júlia Berkowitz, a prestigious theatrical director living in Barcelona, takes an unexpected turn when she decides to stage a theatre play on Madam of Sévigné. Júlia discovers that she must choose between her husband —a respected and influential theatrical critic— her lover— the attractive producer of Public Theater— and Marina, the unforeseeable female author of the play on Madam of Sévigné.

UPFI this March

2007-03-02T12:32:00.000+08:00

UP Film Institute this March

The UP Film Institute is proud to present a variety of screenings for March. Among the month’s highlights is the 17th International Women’s Film Festival slated from March 5 Monday to March 8 Thursday. Opening night film is Marta Balletbo-Coll’ s Sevigne. More women films include Amazones from Netherlands and La Pasion de Maria Elena from Mexico.

A spotlight on Canadian filmmakers Marie Boti and Malcolm Guy (on two consecutive Fridays of March 2 and 9) features documentaries filmed in Asia, the Middle East and Canada tracing the experiences of Philippine migrant workers and revealing the broader economic and social policies that dictate their deployment around the world.

An Italian cinema showcase is lined up for a couple of weekends on March 16 and 17 and March 23 and 24. Masterworks both of classic and current vintage are exhibited.

Added main features on view begin with the month’s opener, namely, Bill Condon’s Kinsey while surprise titles await film buffs for a “School Ends Special” to wrap up the current academic year.

Here is a roundup of UP Film Institute’s screenings this March:

March 1 Thu 5 p.m.

Kinsey

March 2 Fri 5 p.m. onwards

Turbulent Waters; Brown Women, Blond Babies

March 5 Mon-March 8 Thu

17th International Women’s Film Festival

March 9 Fri 5 p.m. onwards

Brown Women, Blond Babies; When Strangers Re-Unite; The Melca Salvador Story

March 10 Sat

Iranian Films

March 12 Mon-March 15 Thu 2/5/7 p.m.

Special Full Run: Inang Yaya

March 16 Fri 5/7 p.m.

Italian Films

March 17 Sat 2/5/7 p.m.

Italian Films

March 19 Mon 5 p.m.

Little Children

March 20 Tue 7 p.m.

Premiere: Digital Feature by Brillante Mendoza

March 21 Wed- March 22 Thu 2/5/7 p.m.

School Ends Special

March 23 Fri 5/7 p.m.

Italian Films

March 24 Sat 2/5/7 p.m.

Italian Films

March 26 Mon

9 a.m. onwards - Theses Day 1

5/7 p.m. School Ends Special

March 27 Tue

9 a.m. onwards - Theses Day 2

5/7 p.m. School Ends Special

March 28 Wed

10 a.m. onwards - Kodak Event

1 p.m. onwards - Reserved for Production Classes

5/7 p.m. School Ends Special

March 29 Thu 7 p.m.

School Ends Special

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University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/Internationa l Association of Film and Television Schools )
Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road , UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)

Cinekatipunan in March

2007-03-01T13:46:00.000+08:00

Mag:net Café Cinekatipunan in March (Screening Time: 5:30PM)
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1 (Thu) Ditsi Carolino: MULA PABRIKA HANGGANG FUKUOKA
2 (Fri) Milo Sogueco: GROOVY: THE COLORS OF PACITA ABAD
Garry Beitel: CHEZ SCHWARTZ (To be Presented by Visiting Canadian Producer Barry Lazar)
3 (Sat) FIRST FILMS: Tey Clamor, Sol Garcia,Tanya Jamon, Dohna Sarmiento, Joy Domingo, Ging Flores, Rianne Hill Soriano, Vivian Limpin
5 (Mon) Ingmar Bergman: CRIES AND WHISPERS
6 (Tue) TUDLA Productions and KODAO Productions
7 (Wed) (From Conrado's Cabinet) German filmmaker Wim Wenders on Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto
8 (Thu) Mia Buenaventura: SHORT FILMS
9 (Fri) Eman Dela Cruz: SARONGBANGGI
10 (Sat) Campus-based Filmmakers: KALAYAAN College Fine Arts Majors,
Multi Media Arts Department of College of Saint Benilde (selected by Jay Ticar and Elvert Banares)
12 (Mon) East Asian and South East Asian Program (Curated by Mervin Espina)
13 (Tue) SIPAT: SHORT FILMS (Sneak Preview)
14 (Wed) Films by Visual Artists- Kaloy Olavides: DIRECTORY (Curated by Poklong Anading)
15 (Thu) Manuel's Selective Up-chunks
16 (Fri) Romeo Candido: KA_AMULAN and other SHORTS
17 (Sat) Kidlat Tahimik: TURUMBA
19 (Mon) East Asian and South East Asian Program (Curated by Mervin Espina)
20 (Tue) Alexis Tioseco: S-Express
21 (Wed) (Chabet's Choice) Francois Girard: 23 SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD
22 (Thu) CINEMA ONE ORIGINALS PROGRAM
Sigfreid Sanchez: ANAK NI BROCKA
23 (Fri) ANIMATION PROGRAM: Ramon del Prado, Edwin Guillermo, ArtFarm, Avid Liongoren, Vivian Limpin, Brendan Goco and Roxlee
24 (Sat) Lav Diaz: Ebolusyon ng Pamilyang Pilipino (10 1/2 hours)
26 (Mon) East Asian and South East Asian Program (Curated by Mervin Espina)
27 (Tue) Sine Patriyotiko: MULA THIRD AVENUE HANGGANG DULO
28 (Wed) Raya Martin and John Torres: SHORT FILMS
Bakasyon / Life Projections / Long Live Philippine Cinema! / Tawid Gutom / Salat
Kung Paano Kita Liligawan nang Di Kumakapit sa Iyo / Gabi Noong Sinabi ng Ama Ko
29 (Thu) PULANG SINE Program
30 (Fri) Elvert Banares: Gemini / Astrangian / Plema / Sundulan ng Pagrahuyo sa Dambana ng Sirenang Walang Ulo
31 (Sat) KALAYAAN College Fine Arts Majors, Multi Media Arts Department of College of Saint Benilde (selected by Jay Ticar and Elvert Banares)

SEROKS screening at UPFI

2007-02-28T13:16:00.000+08:00

One rainy night, a xerox operator meets a mysterious woman in a dark, passionate tale of duplicating fates and identities.. .

"Seroks", an intriguing digital indie film by Ed Lejano, will have its UP premiere on February 28 (Wed.) at the UPFI Cine Adarna with screening times at 5 & 7pm.

The pyschological drama, a production of Cinema One Originals, makes use of the film noir style and fuses elements of the thriller, in conveying a recurring pattern of duplicating events that reflect the film's title.

Set in the vibrant world of Recto, Juliana Palermo plays the mysterious woman who moves into a boarding house above a xerox shop. Palermo's femme fatale character soon encounters the xerox operator who works below her (played by Neil Ryan Sese).

As the story unfolds, its diverse, offbeat characters get intertwined into a mosaic of human experience where they all seem to meet a similar "xeroxed" fate. Set amidst contemporary realities of piracy as it tackles the nature of destiny and identities, whether genuine or fake... this is the intriguing world of "Seroks".

For ticket information, please contact UPFI Cine Adarna at 9263640 or text Kriz 09209450344.

"Seroks has a sense of experimentation both in visuals and narrative, ultimately allowing different stories to be told in different ways."
--Yonina Chan, Manila Bulletin

"One of the more interesting entries in this year's Cinema One Digital Film Fest...the production is an exhilarating mishmash of themes - convoluted sex, violence, drama, romance, fate, and the human mind."
--Rito Asilo, Philippine Daily Inquirer

"SEROKS" (112 min. Rated PG-13) Starring Juliana Palermo, Neil Ryan Sese, Lauren Novero, Soliman Cruz, Alchris Galura, Ramon Bautista. Dyal Chowdhary. Bong Aragon. Gerry Cornejo, Mystika & Maria Isabel Lopez.

Director/Writer: Ed lejano.
Line Producer: Amor Olaguer.
Cinematographer: Neil Daza.
Production Design: Bianca Dadivas.
Art Director: Ching Danseco.
Assistant Director: Lorna Sanchez.
Screenplay Co-Writer: Lye Candelaria.
Musical Scorer: Nani Naguit.
Production Co-Managers: Kriz Gazmen & KC Pamintuan.
Editor: Amrei Dizon/Vitalstrats Creative Solutions.

HEREMIAS screening

2007-02-27T13:49:00.000+08:00

National Arts Month will screen Lav Diaz' 9 hour epic film, Heremias.

Feb. 27, Tue, 10AM at NCCA Camera Obscura gallery.

Free admission!

Cinekatipunan screenings

2007-02-26T13:27:00.000+08:00

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
26 February – 3 March 2007

The personal and political interweave in this week's
CineKatipunan programme. Cultural workers alliance
ARREST GLORIA delivers the opening salvo for the 2007
election season with a program on the Artists Vote
Against Electoral Fraud and Violence on February 26
and 28. Watch artists as they "vote [with] poetry,
music, and other works for genuinely clean and
peaceful elections this year and beyond [and] against
all who have benefited from the vicious cycle of
electoral fraud and violence".

The ARREST Gloria! Program will be conducted back to
back with a screening of The Fourth World War on
Monday, February 26 (to be presented by Tom Tulathon),
while Ruelo Lozendo, Luis Quirino, Tad Ermitano, and
Rox Lee will close the month with the finale to the
SINEKALYE series.

CineKatipunan also welcomes Women's Month this March
with an early documentary on the lives of Filipina
workers by Ditsi Carolino and a film on the life of
the late visual artist Pacita Abad by Milo Sogueco on
March 1 and 2, respectively. March 2, visiting
Canadian producer Barry Lazar will also personally
present the film Chez Shwartz by Garry Beitel and will
be available for interaction with the audience. Young
Filipina film-makers Tey Clamor, Sol Garcia,Tanya
Jamon, Dohna Sarmiento, Joy Domingo, Ging Flores,
Rianne Hill Soriano, and Vivian Limpin will present
their debut works in this Saturday's First Films
programme.

26 February (Monday):
Big Noise: THE FOURTH WORLD WAR (Presented by
TomTulathon)To be Followed by ARREST Program

5pm Screening of THE FOURTH WORLD WAR
6pm - 9:30pm Poetry and Music by Bobby Balingit, Lourd
de Veyra, Jess Santiago, Vim Nadera, Kilometer 64
Poetry Group, Datu's Tribe, Agaw Agimat, Anak ni Aling
Juana, Republika de Lata, and Tolongues Death Squad

The Fourth World War
From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico,
Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, 'the North'
from Seattle to Genova, and the 'War on Terror' in New
York, Afghanistan, and Iraq. It is the story of men
and women around the world who resist being
annihilated in this war. ??While our airwaves are
crowded with talk of a new world war, narrated by
generals and filmed from the noses of bombs, the human
story of this global conflict remains untold. " The
Fourth World War" brings together the images and
voices of the war on the ground. It is a story of a
war without end and of those who resist. The product
of over two years of filming on the inside of
movements on five continents, " The Fourth World War"
is a film that would have been unimaginable at any
other moment in history. Directed by the makers of
"This Is What Democracy Looks Like" and "Zapatista",
produced through a global network of independent media
and activist groups, it is a truly global film from
our global movement.

Independetnt publisher Chaithawat (Tom) Tulathon is an
Asian Public Intellectuals (API) fellow from Thailanf
and editorial staff of Fah-Diew-Kan (Same Sky) and a
member of the independent Labor Center Thai Labour
Solidarity Committee. He has been in the Philippines
since July 2006 for a research project on labor
contractualization.

27 February (Tuesday): SINEKALYE 4 program
X FOR 4
SHAMAN by Ruelo Lozendo
TRUE BLUE by Luis Quirino
HULIKOTEKAN by Tad Ermitaño
LIZARD by Rox Lee

28 February (Wednesday):
Tudla Productions: BANTA NG BAYAN To be followed by
ARREST Program
5:30pm Screening of BANTA NG BAYAN a film by TUDLA
?6pm - 9:30pm Poetry and Music by Cynthia Alexander,
Bayang Barrios, Dr. Bien Lumbera, Vivian LImpin,
Peryodiko, Rockbato, Gapos, Traumaligno, and The
Brockas

1 March (Thursday)
Ditsi Carolino: MULA PABRIKA HANGGANG FUKUOKA

Mula Pabrika Hanggang Fukuoka
A trilogy on the plight
of Filipina workers. Elsa works long hours in a
garment sweatshop, spends the night at the picketline
and barely squeezes family time in between. Veng is an
independent filmmaker who tries her luck as "TNT" in
Tokyo. By day, she goes around photographing and
filming. By night, she is a karaoke bar hostess. In
Fukuoka, three Pinays give meaning to the term
"Japayuki." Emily, Marlene and Kay who are all married
to Japanese nationals reveal their stories as
entertainers in Fukuoka's red light district.

2 March (Friday)
Milo Sogueco: GROOVY: THE COLORS OF PACITA ABAD
Garry Beitel: CHEZ SCHWARTZ (to be presented by
Visiting Canadian Producer Barry Lazar)
Chez Scwartz

Chez Schwartz takes us inside a year in the life of
Schwartz's Deli – the 75-year-old landmark on
Montreal's historic Main. Filmed through changing
seasons, Chez Schwartz is an evocative, cinematic
portrait of a small spunky deli known worldwide
equally for its atmosphere and smoked meat.Through
observational vignettes, we come to know the men of
Schwartz's: the waiters and busboys, meat cutters and
grill men who have become fixtures of the deli – some
for as long as 40 years. Most are immigrants from
Portugal, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
While they serve generously stacked sandwiches, fries,
pickles and cherry colas to an array of local and
international patrons, we discover how a legendary
institution transforms their lives. We also meet
another group of men: the panhandlers who have
stationed themselves at the front entrance for the
past 15 years and earn their livelihood from the
deli's patrons. ??As these stories interweave, we
become immersed in the restaurant's culture and daily
rituals. Lush and sensual cinematography follows the
daily preparation and consumption of spiced smoked
meat and condiments. Our camera moves between
privileged revelations of character and simple
gastronomy as we capture the magic of a classic 'hole
in the wall' packed with atmosphere and dynamism.
??Garry Beitel is a Montreal based documentary
filmmaker. His probing portraits of individuals and
communities have been broadcast on Canadian television
for over 20 years, winning national and international
awards. He works primarily in Canada – both in English
and French - but has also made films in West Africa,
South America and Mexico. His acclaimed Bonjour!
Shalom! won three Gémeaux awards including Best Quebec
Documentary (1991). Garry has an MA in Film and
Communications from McGill University where he has
been a Faculty Lecturer (since 1988) teaching courses
on Documentary Film and Cultural Studies.

3 March (Saturday): FIRST FILMS programme ?First works
by young film-makers Tey Clamor, Sol Garcia,Tanya
Jamon, Dohna Sarmiento, Joy Domingo, Ging Flores,
Rianne Hill Soriano, and Vivian Limpin

Among the works to be shown in this program are:
Silig
A person decides to "end it all". What would be the
best way to do it? Silig searches for answers.
Vivian N. Limpin is a graduate of B.A. Malikhaing
Pagsulat sa Filipino (Creative Writing in Filipino)
from the University of the Philippines in 1995. She
has published poems, essays, short stories, feature
articles and scripts in various magazines, newspapers,
comics, and books for NGO's, written and translated
plays and vignettes for TROPA (Teatro, Pelikula, Arte)
and other production groups. She has also expanded her
poetry readings into performance poetry. She was a
Writing Fellow for Drama in the 22 nd UP National
Writers Workshop in 1994, and for Poetry in Filipino
in the 19th Cornelio Faigao Writers Workshop in 2002.
She was also a fellow in the 2002-2003 Rio Alma Poetry
Clinic, and has won a Don Carlos Palanca Memorial
Award for Literature for Poetry in Filipino in 1995.
Her first solo experimental animation film, "Silíg",
has been screened in different film and art events
locally and abroad, including the 10th Singapore
International Film Festival in 1997, Arkipelago
Filipino-American Film Festival in New York in 1998,
Kita Mo Fil-Am Indie Film Festival in San Francisco in
2000, and Blowin' Up a Spot Film Festival in Texas and
MadCat International Women's Film Festival in San
Francisco in 2005. It was produced by the NCCA, MFI,
Kodak Philippines, and PIA, 16 mm, 7.26 min, 1996.

Aninag
"Aninag" ("Light's Play") is Rianne Hill Soriano's
first film after graduating from the University of the
Philippines Film Institute. This 35mm short feature is
a film grant from the National Commission for Culture
and the Arts. In this film, Isabel journeys in a dream
world with her new mystical friends "Saya" (Happiness)
and "Pag-asa" (Hope) in an attempt to overcome her
isolation due to her blindness.

This short film plunges into the domain of a blind
girl and her struggle to overcome her fear and
depression. It promotes hope against the setback of
interests of the incapacitated, the frustrated, and
the depressed, who tend to lose hope because of the
tribulations that come into their lives. The film
provides particular appeal to the children audience.
Most of the film stocks came from Kodak Philippines
through the filmmaker's prize as Kodak Film Awardee
2003 of the University of the Philippines Film
Institute with her thesis film "Karsel" ("Prison").
"Aninag" competed at the New York International
Independent Film and Video Festival 2005 and the Louis
Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival 2006. It
also won 3rd Place at the PBO (Philippine Box Office)
Digitales Film Contest, a film competition by Viva
Entertainment's PBO cable channel. The film was also
exhibited at the New York Filipino Film Festival 2005,
Cinema Purgatoryo 2005, Pelikula at Lipunan Film
Festival 2005, and the Pi Omicron Independent Film
Festival 2005. It was also selected for the UNESCO
(United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization) Audio-Visual E-Platform and the
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market.

About Cinekatipunan
Mag:net Café's entire second floor
is transformed into a movie house Monday to Saturday
from 5:30 to 7:00 PM. Filmmakers, film students, and
film lovers are able to watch films uninterruptedly
for an hour and half, with talks and fora occasionally
preceding the screenings. Foreign films are shown on
Mondays, films on gender and human rights on Tuesdays,
experimental/video art films on Wednesdays, critically
acclaimed films by emerging and established filmmakers
on Thursdays and Fridays and films by campus-based
filmmakers on Saturdays (which precedes Campusition
Nights, the Saturday gigs of campus-based bands).
??While the film screenings are free, viewers are
encouraged to make voluntary contributions for the
honoraria of the filmmakers. Cinekatipunan programs
precede Mag:net Café's nightly holding of Live
Performances by well-known and emerging bands and
musicians. For schedule of screenings:
www.magnet.com.ph.