CINEKATIPUNAN

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
April 16 to 21, 2007

This April, CINEKATIPUNAN presents the second phase of
Mag:net’s collaboration with independent and
contemporary dancers and choreographers in line with
the celebration with the International Dance Day on
April 29. Foreign and local dance films courtesy of
the International Festival of Cinema and Technology
and Uncensored Bodies will be showcased for three
consecutive Wednesdays (April 11, 18th and 25th)
prior to evening performances by dance and
choreographer communities. This Wednesday’s
Cinekatipunan program features works by Carlitos
Siguion-Reyna, Paul Morales, Romeo Candido, and Keith
Sicat, to be followed by performances by Makiling
Ensemble, Myra Beltran and Airdance starting 9 PM.

In the same line, Monday’s AsiaLunes program (April
16) will feature dance films from Korea and Malaysia.
Tuesday (April 17) sets the tone for the upcoming
Cordillera Day 2007 with a work by activist filmmaker
Ron Papag, featuring people’s theater in the context
of fetad (the Cordillera indigenous people’s
mobilization for war). Thursday (April 19) features
the Films by Visual Artists program with a work by
Cocoy Lumbao, while Nika Bohinc, visiting editor of
the 45-year old film magazine Ekran, will present
award-winning Slovenian film Gravehopping for Friday.
Cinekatipunan caps the week on Saturday (April 21)
with FIRST FILMS by young Filipina filmmakers Felinda
Bagas, Pam Miras and emerging filmmakers from the UP
Film Institute led by Armi Cacanindin.

Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café Katipunan,
Cinekatipunan screenings start at 5:30 PM.While the
film screenings are free, viewers are encouraged to
make voluntary contributions for the honoraria of the
featured filmmakers. For questions or comments about
Cinekatipunan write to sinag_haraya@ yahoo.com.
Cinekatipunan programs precede Mag:net Café's nightly
holding of Live Performances by well-known and
emerging bands and musicians. Mag:net Café is located
along Katipunan Avenue (fronting Miriam and Ateneo) in
Quezon City. For more inquiries please call 9293191 or
visit www.magnet.com. ph. #

APRIL 16-21 PROGRAM

April 16 (Monday)
Asian Dance Films: Wall (Malaysia) and Hitchiking
(Korea)

James Lee: WALL ( 2006 | MiniDV | Color | 13 min)
Language: Mandarin

Synopsis: Between the Man and his love one lies a
wall. Between the Man and his country lies another
wall. It's just a matter of dialogue and monologue.

"Wall" dance choreography by: Amy Len

Director’s Biography:
Born in 1973, Ipoh, Malaysia. Trained as a graphic
designer. A self-taught filmmaker, he began acting &
directing theatre plays before venturing into video
filmmaking.

"The Beautiful Washing Machine", his fourth
DV-feature, won the Best Asean Feature Award and
FIPRESCI Prize in the 2005 Bangkok International Film
Festival. He also produced Amir Muhammad's award
winning documentary "The Big Durian" and Ho Yuhang's
"Sanctuary".
He also works as a director of photography for
independent shorts and features. Which includes two
award winning works, Tan Chui Mui's "Love Conquers
All" and Azharr Rudin's "Majidee".

http://www.doghouse 73pictures. com/sh_wall. html
http://www.doghouse 73pictures. com/about. html

Jin-sung Choi : HITCHHIKING (2004 | 35mm | Color |
30min 30sec)
Language: Korean

Synopsis: It's the first trip together for a couple
that has been dating for about six months. To get out
of boredom, a guy demands for new kind of excitement
from his girlfriend and 'not she' but 'she' ends up
'hitchhiking' himself.

Director's Statement: I wanted to unfold a story about
'dating is hell' in a dry, fantasy tale, in showing
difficulties in communication and weariness found
after six months in a relationship.

Director’s Biography:
Born in 1975, Ulsan. Graduated from Sugang University,
Department of Mass Communications Independent Film
Production 'Freakshow'

Awards and citations for "Hitchhiking" :
Best Short Film, 3rd Korean Film Award (2004,
Korea)
Jury's Special Mention, Busan Asian Short Film
Festival (2004, Korea)
Best Video Film & Special Mention, 21st Turin
Int'l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (2006, Italy)
3rd Prize in Press Award for Best Film, 11th
Lyon Asian Film Festival (2005, France)

April 17 (Tuesday)
Ron Magbuhos Papag: FETAD! People’s Theatre Cordillera

FETAD! People’s Theatre Cordillera (65 mins, 2007) - A
cinema verite’documentary- performance. Theatre artists
from Metro Manila and Baguio City engaged in “Peoples
Theatre”, return to the origin of their performance
piece, the Basao Tribe, located in located in Kalinga
Province in Northern Philippines.

Produced by Point of View (POV) Productions for
PAN-AP, MASIPAG and UBINIG

[Direction: Ron Magbuhos Papag; Producer: Aya Santos;
Script: Ron Magbuhos Papag and Edwin Quinsayas]

April 18 (Wednesday)
6 PM: UNCENSORED BODIES - A Dance On Screen Series
Featuring films from the International Festival of
Cinema and Technology, Carlitos Siguion-Reyna, Paul
Morales, Romeo Candido, Keith Sicat

Video works on dance, dance archives. UNCENSORED
BODIES are screenings of Filipino contemporary dance
works that capture the magic of this ephemeral art
form (from http://www.geocitie s.com/wifibody/) in
collaboration with the International Festival of
Cinema and Technology (IFCT).

IFCT Dance Film Showcase (from
http://www.ifct. org/ifctschedule dance.html)

Wings of Legacy (Directed by Neeta Mittal, USA)
"Wings of Legacy" is the story of two women from a
world full of movement and a heart of dance that has
no boundaries. "Hip-hop and ballet were chosen as
motifs to represent the contradictory entities of
youth and wisdom, ability and disability, life and
death."

The Plight of Clownana (Directed by Chris Dowling,
USA)
It is about a man who has a job as a store's dancing
mascot that is half-clown, half-banana. A dancing
fight begins between the Clown Banana mascot and the
dancing mascot of the competing store across the
street.

Desperate Horsewife (Directed by Paul Lazarus, USA)
Parody of a musical theatre film involving an
unconventional love triangle.

Tiny Dancer (Directed by Stefan Georgiou, UK)
Very rarely do dreams actually come true but that
doesn't make it wrong to have them. How do you deal
with not doing what you love? You Do It.

Contrapunto (Directed by Jean-Pierre Jacquet,
USA/France)
Hand-drawn animation of a dancing couple in Buenos
Aires, exploring the details of the tango.

The Double Woman (Directed by Carla B Guttmann,
Germany)
The Double Woman is a film about a modern dancer who
confronts her childhood in a haunting, carnal dance.
As she contorts and moves her body, childhood ghosts
and memories are released. It is a film about the
secrets the body hides and how one woman frees herself
through movement.

Hand Sum (Directed by Eva Colmers, Canada)
Miro moves through life without much conviction until
a magical incident helps her escape her daily routine.

Rules of the Road (Directed by Deborah VanSlet,
Canada)
Rules of the Road is a dance video on hitchhiking ; a
metaphor for the calculated risk. The video
expresses both the exhilaration and the anxiety
associated with taking a chance and breaking out for
parts unknown.

Salomon (Directed by Deborah Kuleff, Australia)
Narrative Dance piece that is a record of a woman's
journey to rediscover her past.

A Two Women One Act (Directed by Vanessa Libertad
Garcia, USA)
A dramatic period piece featuring Latin dance

Magnetized (Directed by Lynn Shelton, USA)
Music video for Laura Veirs

Sea Mammal (Directed by Fiona Cameron, Australia)
An atmospheric dance piece featuring a pregnant woman

Beyond Time (Directed by Passia Pandora, Canada)
"Weaving metaphor into dance, filmmaker Passia Pandora
explores the nuanced world of personal grief."

9 PM: UNCENSORED BODIES LIVE!
With Makiling Ensemble, Myra Beltran and Airdance

April 19 (THURSDAY)
Films by Visual Artists (Curated by Poklong Anading)
Cocoy Lumbao: VANGUARD

Cocoy Lumbao has been involved in video-based art
exhibitions in Manila and is a graduate of the Film
and Audiovisual Program at the University of the
Philippines Diliman. He was one of the students of Big
Sky Mind founder and director Ringo Bunoan and was
also included in the latter’s groundbreaking Satellite
exhibition for the 13 Artists Award held at the
Cultural Center of the Philippines. Lumbao is also a
founding member of the Future Prospects Artists’
Association, along with Mizuki Endo, Louie Cordero,
Cocoy Lumbao and Gary-Ross Pastrana.

April 20 (FRIDAY)
GRAVEHOPPING (Slovenia)
Curated and to be presented by Nika Bohinc, visiting
editor of the 45-year old film magazine Ekran.

Jan CvitkoviÄ? : GRAVEHOPPING (Original title: Od
groba do groba, 2005)
(shown with permission from the director)
Running Time: 103 minutes

Synopsis: Pero is a professional funeral speaker in a
small Slovenian town. His unique gift is to make every
funeral that extra bit special. Pero just can't help
turning his eulogies into witty personal confessions
that bring the grieving crowd to tears for all the
wrong reasons.
At home Pero is busy trying to intercept his father's
frequent but hopelessly inept suicide attempts.
Meanwhile he also seeks to win the heart of local girl
Renata, who bears secrets beneath her innocent blonde
curls. In all his daily fortunes and misfortunes Pero
is assisted by his devote friend and fan Shooki.
Although quite capable of enjoying life, Shooki often
ponders about death and makes his own funeral plans.
The otherworldly Ida has a weak spot for him and makes
sure to cross his path ever more often. It remains to
be seen whether Pero and his companions will succeed
in their search for intimacy and love in the absurd
chaos that is life.

In such a seemingly innocent setting Gravehopping
accumulates force and a dark abyss looms behind every
moment of happiness - and the other way round.
Director Jan Cvitkovic plays with the themes of heaven
and earth, life and death. His characters live on the
edge between the two worlds and they do not always end
up on the side on which they would prefer to be.

Gravehopping link:
Interview with director:
http://www.odgrobad ogroba.com/ en/novinarska_ soba/
*interview conducted by our host for evening, Ekran
editor Nika Bohinc

AWARDS: IFF San Sebastian 2005 award Alatadis for best
first and second film of festival | IFF Warshaw award
SEECN for best film by accredited industry
professionals | IFF Cottbus Award for Best film, Award
for Best Film by Ecumenical Jury | IFF Torino Award
for Best film by Festival Jury, Award for best Script
| IFF Ljubljana, Special Jury Mention Award | Slovene
Film Festival Portorož 2005 Award for the best
Slovene film 2005, Awards for best side actor and
actress | IFF Spirit of fire 2006 Khanty Mansisk
Silver Tayga second best film Award, Award for most
impressive film scene | IFF Sofia, No Man's Land Best
Balkan Film Award | IFF Festroia Setubal, Silver
Dolphin Award second best film, Award CICAE | IFF Pali
“ Golden Tower“ best film of the festival | IFF Pecs :
award for Best Cinematographer, Award for Best Actor,
Audience Award | IFF Torun Special Jury award, Award
Zygmund | Kaluzynski - for most extraordinary scene in
film | IFF Nordeliijk: Student Jury Award | Slovenian
candidate for Oscar Award for foreign language film

April 21 (SATURDAY)
FIRST FILMS by
Felinda Bagas: PARA SA KABATAAN (SNEAK PREVIEW)
Pam Miras: REYNA NG KADILIMAN
with UP Film Institute Thesis Productions, selected by
Armi Cacanindin

Sneak Preview: Para sa Kabataan (For the Youth)
Felina Bagas is a Filipina filmmaker, scriptwriter,
video editor and musician whose short films have been
screened locally and abroad. She dedicates the work to
“all the poor children of the Philippines who struggle
everyday so they could get an education” and to “those
who continue to fight for real freedom”.

Reyna ng Kadiliman (Queen of Darkness)
Pam Miras is a writer and a segment producer for
television. She graduated with a film degree at the
University of the Philippines College of Mass
Communications in 1999, the same year she completed
her first short feature “Reyna ng Kadiliman”.This film
won several awards in 2000, including the First Prize
for the Short Feature Category of the 13th Gawad CCP
Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula and the 23rd Gawad
Urian Award for Best Short Film.

CineKalikasan 1.1

You are invited to

CineKalikasan 1.1

Environmental film screening at mag:net Katipunan
April 10, 2007 (Tuesday)
5:30 – 7 PM
Mag:net Gallery and CaféAGCOR Building , 335 Katipunan Ave. (fronting Miriam and Ateneo), Quezon City www.magnet.com.ph.

Cinekalikasan is a project initiated by Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) aiming to popularize various environmental and peoples struggles through film screenings in different venues. This screening at mag:net Katipunan, a bookshop/gallery/café and home to the Cinekatipunan film project*, will be the first in this year's series.

Cinekalikasan 1.1. presents selected environmental documentaries on mining in the Philippines. The works focus on two current sites of struggle where irresponsible mining has induced adverse damage: Marinduque—the thirteenth largest island in the Philippine archipelago—and Rapu-Rapu island in Albay, Bicol.

The film screenings are free, while food and drinks may be bought at the café.

April 10 program
In cooperation with the Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines

Sigaw ni Longinus (Longinus' Cry)
Milo A. Paz / 28 mins.
A video documentary on the aftermath of the Marcopper mine spill tragedy in Marinduque with the Moriones Festival as a metaphorical background.

Kalagin ang Kadena ng Imperyalistang Pagmimina (Breaking the Chains of Imperialist Mining)
SIPAT/25 mins.

The fight for environmental justice continues, more than a decade after the 1996 Marcopper mine tragedy.

Lason (Poison)
9 mins.

A short work on the effects of the Lafayette mine spill in Rapu-Rapu island, Albay. Produced by Umalpas Ka, Sagip Isla, and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines.




ABOUT CINEKATIPUNAN

Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café Katipunan, Cinekatipunan screenings start at 5:30 PM.While the film screenings are free, viewers are encouraged to make voluntary contributions for the honoraria of the featured filmmakers. Cinekatipunan programs precede Mag:net Café's nightly holding of Live Performances by well-known and emerging bands and musicians. Mag:net Café is located along Katipunan Avenue (fronting Miriam and Ateneo) in Quezon City. For more inquiries please call 9293191 or visit www.magnet.com.ph.

CineKatipunan Screenings

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
April 2-4, 2007
Screening Starts at 5:30 PM
Mag:net Cafe Katipunan (fronting Miriam and Ateneo)
www.magnet.com.ph

Announcement:
Cinekatipunan will be closed for the duration of Holy
Week, from April 5 onwards. Screenings will resume on
Monday, April 9.

April 2 (Monday)
Elli Safari: The Noble Struggle of Amina Wadud
(Documentary)
The Netherlands/US, 2006, 29 minutes

On March 18, 2005, Amina Wadud shocked the Islamic
world by leading a mixed-gender Friday prayer
congregation in New York. THE NOBLE STRUGGLE OF AMINA
WADUD is a fascinating and powerful portrait of this
African-American Muslim woman who soon found herself
the subject of much debate and Muslim juristic
discourse. In defying 1400 years of Islamic tradition,
her action caused global awareness of the struggle for
women's rights within Islam but also brought violence
and death threats against her.

Filmmaker Safari follows this women's rights activist
and scholar around the world as she quietly but with
utter conviction explains her analysis of Islam in the
classroom, at conferences, in her home, and in the
hair dresser's shop. Wadud explains how Islam, with
its promise of justice, appeals to the African
American community. And she links the struggle for
racial justice with the need for gender equality in
Islam. Deeply engaging, this film offers rare insights
into the powerful connections between Islam, women's
rights, and racial justice.

April 3 (Tuesday)
From Conrado's Cabinet: MAN RAY: PROPHET OF THE
AVANT-GARDE

Man Ray, famed Dada artist, expatriate, and innovator,
is the subject of this PBS American Masters Series
episode. Stockard Channing hosts this in-depth
documentary. Several interviews with the artist
himself and other archival footage aptly covers and
describes one of the 20th Century's most influential
artists

April 4 (Wednesday)
Carl Th. Dreyer: THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC

THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
by André Bazin
Those who have the opportunity of seeing Carl
Dreyer's masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc are
actually seeing a print made from the original
negatives. They were thought to have been destroyed
but were miraculously discovered among the out takes
of sound film at Gaumont Studios. There is perhaps no
other film in which the actual quality of the
photography is more important.

The Passion of Joan of Arc was filmed in France in
1928 by the Danish director Carl Dreyer, using French
writers and a French crew. Based on a script by Joseph
Delteil, the film is in fact inspired by the actual
minutes of the trial. But the action here is condensed
into one day, conforming to a dramatic requirement
that is in no way a distortion.

Dreyer's Joan of Arc will remain memorable in film
annals for its bold photography. With the exception of
a few shots, the film is almost entirely composed of
close-ups, principally of faces. This technique
satisfies two apparently contradictory purposes:
mysticism and realism. The story of Joan, as Dreyer
presents it, is stripped of any anecdotal references.
It becomes a pure combat of souls. But this
exclusively spiritual tragedy, in which all action
comes from within, is fully expressed by the face, a
privileged area of communication.

I must explain this further. The actor normally uses
his face to express his feelings. Dreyer, however,
demanded something more of his actors—more than
acting. Seen from very close up, the actor's mask
cracks. As the Hungarian critic Béla Balasz wrote,
"The camera penetrates every layer of the physiognomy.
In addition to the expression one wears, the camera
reveals one's true face. Seen from so close up, the
human face becomes the document." Herein lies the rich
paradox and inexhaustible lesson of this film: that
the extreme spiritual purification is freed through
the scrupulous realism of the camera as microscope.
Dreyer forbade all makeup. The monks' heads are
literally shaved. With the film crew in tears, the
executioner actually cut Falconetti's hair before
leading her to the stake. But this was not an example
of real tyranny. We are indebted to Dreyer for his
irrefutable translation direct from the soul.
Silvain's wart (Cauchon), Jean d'Yd's freckles, and
Maurice Schutz's wrinkles are of the same substance as
their souls. These things signify more than their
acting does. Some twenty years later Bresson
resubstantiated this in Diary of a Country Priest
(1950).

But there is still so much more to say about this
film, one of the truest masterpieces of the cinema. I
would like to enumerate two more points. First, Dreyer
is perhaps, along with Eisenstein, the only filmmaker
whose works equal the dignity, nobility, and powerful
elegance found in masterpieces of painting. This is
not only because he was inspired by them but
essentially because he rediscovered the secret of
comparable aesthetic depths. There is no reason to
harbor false modesty with respect to films. A Dreyer
is the equal of the great painters of the Italian
Renaissance or Flemish school. My second observation
is that all this film lacks is words. The only thing
that has aged is the intrusion of subtitles. Dreyer so
regretted not being able to use the still frail sound
available in 1928. For those who still think that the
cinema lowered itself when it began to have sound, we
need only counter with this masterpiece of silent film
that is already virtually speaking.

(Radio-Cinéma—1952)

La Passion De Jeanne d'Arc

With its stunning camerawork and striking
compositions, Carl Th. Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of
Arc convinced the world that movies could be art.
Renee Falconetti gives one of the greatest
performances ever recorded on film, as the young
maiden who died for God and France. Long thought to
have been lost to fire, the original version was
miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981 - in a

Norwegian mental institution. Criterion is proud to
present this milestone of silent cinema in a new
special edition featuring composer Richard Einhom's
Voices of Light, an original opera/oratorio inspired
by the film.

CineKatipunan screenings

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.

CineKatipunan screenings

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).

SURVIVING BEIJING screening

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/

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN

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

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)

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN

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.

Cinekatipunan in March

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)

Cinekatipunan screenings

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.

Cinekatipunan this week

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
19-24 February 2007 (Monday to Saturday)

Cinekatipunan opens this week with selections from
Filipino-American directors with FLIP SHORTS. Tudla
Productions presents a take on Philippine social
realism in their depiction of the current-day
Philippine National Railways and its surrounding
communities. Chabet's Choice for Wednesday is a
documentary on the life of mail-art and performance
artist Ray Johnson. Sinekalye presents new
documentaries on sites of contradictions: Sagada's
rituals, the Guimaras oil spill, and the perya
(carnival). Friday's pick is a horror film by Khavn,
Three Days of Darkness, while Saturday showcases short
student works from UP and UST-based film
organizations.


19 February (Monday)
FLIP SHORTS (Films by Fil-American Directors)
Michael Sandoval, and Keith Sicat


20 February (Tuesday)
Tudla Productions: DAANG BAKAL
To be presented by Jewel Maranan

Daang Bakal (24:10 mins.)
A video-documentary on the devastation brought about
by the Philippine National Railways Modernization and
Rehabilitation Program to the lives and livelihood of
thousands of urban poor residents living alongside the
railroad tracks. The persistence of the situation that
has forced people to reside along the PNR's tracks and
face demolition attempts points to how the national
government's road to progress remains a "danger zone"
for the marginalized.


21 February (Wednesday)
CHABET'S CHOICE
John Walter and Andrew Moore: HOW TO DRAW A BUNNY

HOW TO DRAW A BUNNY (90 mins.)
A documentary on the life of Ray Johnson, pioneer
mail-art and performance artist, who committed suicide
in early 1995. Famous for his trademark "bunny"
signature, Johnson made his name primarily as a
producer of abstract paintings and collages built on
iconic images from the pop culture world around him.

The film provides a generous sampling of Johnson's
work, along with interviews with counterculture
friends and supporters who often seem more bizarre and
"out there" than Johnson himself reportedly was. The
film faces self-imposed limits on just how revelatory
it can end up being.


22 February (Thursday)
SINEKALYE 3 - NEW DOCS
Joy Domingo: PERYA
Ruel Bimuyag and Tommy Hafalla: SEDEY
Ligaya Domingo: Perya

Sedey (documentary/ 30min./ video/ 2007)
Sedey is a private ritual made by the ammam-a (council
of elders) of Sagada where they visit, repair and
clean the old camps used by their ancestors to secure
the boundaries of Sagada and protect its umili
(people). The performance of the Sedey has no exact
schedule, it is only done when a community suffering
is attributed to ancestral spirits to be fed and
visited

HUNA-HUNA (by Wilfred Galila/ documentary/ 7min./
video/ 2006)
Meaning consciousness in Hiligaynon, Huna-huna is an
advocacy for Mother Earth battling with the
nightmarish effects of the oil spill disaster in
Guimaras. It attempts to extend more conscious efforts
to do something about the tragedy. Part of the omnibus
film project Guimaras: Films from the Oil Spill.

PERYA (Sneak Preview)
by Ligaya Domingo/ documentary/ 30min./ video/ 2007

Perya, or as in the easiest way we can associate with
any word, the 'carnival' but not quite. Yes, perya
with its binggo bazaar, tangaan, ferry's wheel and
cotton candies not to mention the mugs and
a-plate-a-peso shot at the tanggaan. Where did the
magic go? Probably gone with the Fiesta Carnival as
soon as Enchanted kingdom came. Then again where is
the live chicken-eating man or the fire-eating man or
the serena? Perya is a documentary about a group of
peryante (people working in perya). Where they move
from one town to another to another as they scrounge
their ways through the very travels of beginnings and
endings of every new site of every new fiesta that
presides their presence Every new site is just another
splendor. Every new site just another backyard for
just another night.


23 February (Friday)
Khavn: THREE DAYS OF DARKNESS (Tatlong Araw Ng
Kadiliman)

Liza, Shereen, & Mika are trapped inside their house
when the apocalyptic prophecy happens. Khavn draws on
the Book of Revelation for one of the most frightening
phenomenon prophesied to happen. Three girls are
trapped in their home as the Three Days of Darkness
descend on the Earth and they must cope and try to
fend off the demons that have come to take them. A
chilling vision of God's Wrath or of people imposing
God's Wrath on one another, the film frightens with
its questions as much as it does with its visuals.


24 February (Saturday)
UP SILIP, UP CAST and UST Moving Concepts

Short films by student film-makers from the University
of the Philippines and University of Santo Tomas.


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
email magnetcafekatips@yahoo.com.ph or visit
www.magnet.com.ph.

Juan Night Stand sa CineKatipunan

Mag-Juan Night Stand na sa bisperas ng araw ng mga Puso!

Ikaw ba ay nalolongkot at walang makausap? Pwes, sugod na sa
Cinekatipunan at maki-Juan Night Stand sa mga pelikula na
kinatatampukan ng ating paboritong indie film hero, si Rox Lee!

Silipin ang masayang mundo ni Roxlee at ng Sinekalye sa mga pelikulang
"Juan Gulay", tungkol sa isang vegetarian na kumakain lamang ng karne
tuwing Mahal na Araw; "Juan Toga", isang gradweyt na nagkasakit nang
sinuot ang kanyang toga; "Juan Gapang"; isang mamang pagapang-gapang
sa Maynila upang hanapin ang kanyang destiny; "Juan Orasan", isang
manggagawang galit sa bundy clock; at "Juan Kaliwa", tungkol sa isang
mama na nakipagtalik sa puno bago tumungo sa polluted na lungsod.
Ipapalabas sa ika-13 ng Pebrero ang programa. Lahat ng mga pelikulang
tampok sa gabing ito ay katha ng mga kasapi ng Sinekalye.

Ang Sinekalye ay isang grupo ng mga independent filmmakers, visual
artists at musicians na nagnanais palawakin ang impluwensiya ng
independently- produced, Proudly-Philippine made na art sa Pilipinas.
Kasama sa vision na ito ay dalhin ang sining sa sambayanan- at saan pa
ba pinakamainam na abutin ang sambayanan kundi sa kalye? Mula Leyte
hanggang Mountain Province hanggang Singapore, bitbit lamang ang LCD
projector, mga pelikula, at isang telang puti upang paglapatan ng mga
gumagalaw na imahe, naipararanas ng Sinekalye sa ating mga kababayan
ang kapangyarihan ng sining. Libre ang lahat ng palabas at mga
workshop, na itinatanghal sa kalsada, sa basketball court, sa parking
lot, sa bundok, at kung saan-saan pa. Kaakibat ito ng paniniwala ng
Sinekalye na ang sining ay para pagsilbihan ang masa at pasayahin ang
buhay.

Magkakaroon din ng pagkakataong makilala si RoxLee at mapanuod siya sa
isang natatanging musical number. Kaya ano pang inaantay niyo?
Makipagtalik sa sining ngayong araw ng mga puso at baka mahanap niyo
na ang tru lab niyo! Free admission ito kaya walang palusot!

Ang programa ng Sinekalye Films ay ongoing sa Cinekatipunan ng Mag:net
Katipunan tuwing Martes/ Huwebes, ika-5 ng hapon buong Pebrero. Ang
mga filmmaker ay dadalo sa pagpapalabas. Kung kayo ay may mga
katanungan makipag-ugnayan na lamang sa Cinekatipunan o sa Sinekalye c/o
Ruel Lozendo(0917-2407911) . Ang Cinekatipunan ay dinaraos bago ang mga
pagtatanghal ng mga emerging at sikat na musicians sa Pilipinas. Ang
Mag:net Café ay nasa Katipunan Avenue, harap ng Miriam College at
Ateneo University. Maari rin kontakin ang Mag:net Katipunan sa
www.magnet.com. ph o sa telepono 929-3191.

Kitakits! Pwede magdala ng date/nililigawan/ papakasalan. At kung
single, magsuot ng pulang laso o necktie!

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN

12 – 17 February 2007
(Monday to Saturday)


Monday, 12 February
Maya Deren and Alexander Hamid Experimental Short Films
(S-Express Curated by Alexis Tioseco moved to February 28)


Tuesday, 13 February
Sinekalye 2 -Juan Night Stand
Roxlee: JUAN GAPANG (1989/6 minutes/Super 8)
Ray Gibraltar & Rox Lee: JUAN TOGA (2003/6 minutes/16mm)
Bulan Luna and Roxl Lee: JUAN GULAY (2000/12 minutes/35 mm)
Lai Crisostomo & Rox Lee: JUAN KALIWA
Geraldine Borja Flores: JUAN ORASAN


Wednesday, 14 February
Films by Visual Artists?
Curated by Poklong Anading


Thursday, 15 February
Khavn dela Cruz:?Goodbye My Shooting Star (Paalam Aking Bulalakaw)
and John Red "Beyond IMAHE NASYON"


Friday, 16 February
Cinema One Originals Program
Sigfried Barros Sanchez: Anak ni Brocka (The Son of Lino Brocka)


Saturday, 17 February
Peter Chua: The Last Parian


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.

SINEKALYE@CINEKATIPUNAN

February 2007, 5:30PM
Mag:net Cafe Katipunan

February 6, Tuesday
MGA UNANG OBRA: (Short Feature)
Simula by Ruelo Lozendo
Obra by Chris Manjares
Ang Obrang Di Tapos by Rembrandt Vocalan

February 13, Tuesday
JUAN NIGHT STAND: ("Juan" Series)
Juan Gulay by Bulan Luna & Rox Lee
Juan Toga by Ray Gibraltar & Rox Lee
Juan Kaliwa by Lai Crisostomo & Rox Lee
Juan Orasan by Geraldine Borja Flores
Juan Gapang by Rox Lee

February 22, Thursday
NEW DOCS:(Documentary)
Perya by Ligaya Domingo
Huna-huna by Wilfred Galila
Sedey by Tommy Hafalla & Ruel Bimuyag

February 27, Tuesday
X for 4: (eXperimental)
Shaman by Ruelo Lozendo
True Blue by Luis Quirino
Huikotekan by Tad Ermitano
Lizard by Rox Lee

SHOWING THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN

Monday to Saturday, 5-10 February 2007

Monday, 5 Feburary

Singaporean Program
Featuring Martyn See’s SINGAPORE REBEL and SPEAKERS’ CORNERED
To Be Presented by Nai Rui Chng

Martyn See is a Singaporean filmmaker most famous for making the 26-minute documentary film Singapore Rebel, about Dr. Chee Soon Juan, the leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). Before this he has worked as editor on the movie Mee Pok Man and the documentary Samurai: Behind the Blade.

In March 2005, government movie censors ordered the withdrawal of his film from the Singapore International Film Festival. See was put under police investigation by the Singapore government, and threatened with prosecution under the Films Act, requiring him to surrender his video camera, taped footage of the documentary and materials related to the production. See could face up to two years in jail or a fine of up to S$100,000.

Martyn See is now currently making a new 49 minute documentary on Singapore's ex-political prisoner Said Zahari, who spent a total of 17 years in detention without trial.


Tuesday, 6 February
SINEKALYE 1 – MGA UNANG OBRA
Ruelo Lozendo: SIMULA
Chris Manjares: OBRA
Rembrandt Vocalan: ANG OBRANG DI TAPOS

(To be followed by a performance by Dayuhan)

Ruelo Lozendo: SIMULA (2006/10
minutes/16mm/Experimental Narrative/Filipino with
English subtitles)

Synopsis: A worm enters a man's ear and lives inside his body. As the worm's metamorphosis unfolds, the man experiences his own transformation.

Festival Screenings: 19th Singapore International Film Festival; VC Film Fest 2006, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival; 13th Pinoy Visions Online Movie Festival 2006

You may visit the film's website:
http://web.mac.com/ruelozendo/iWeb/simula


Wednesday, 7 February
Richie Quirino and Collis Davis: PINOY JAZZ
The Story of Jazz in the Philippines

(The screening of PINOY JAZZ will be followed by a
Johnny Alegre Trio performance with open jam)

“Whatever it is you choose to play, don’t lose the Filipino soul.”
Lito Molina

Based on Richie Quirino’s book, Pinoy Jazz Traditions, which won the 2004 National Book Award in the music category, PINOY JAZZ is a 58-minute video documentary that provides the first-ever documentation of the development of jazz in the Philippines, from its infancy in 1898, when Filipinos were first exposed to Black music performed by African-American soldiers, to its present-day maturity in which musicians are
turning to indigenous sources for inspiration. Incorporating historical still photography, turn-of-the century film footage, maps, old recordings, present-day performances and interviews with veteran and contemporary musicians, the video presents an eye-opening view into an almost-forgotten history of the art of jazz as it developed in the Philippines over the last century.

Video Production Credits

Produced by Richie Quirino, Collis Davis, Gus Lagman
Narrated by Wayne Enage
Artistic Direction by Richie Quirino
Directed by Collis Davis
Edited by Collis Davis and Richie Quirino
Foreign Correspondent - Prof. Ron Nethercutt
Audio Mastering - Noel De Brackinghe, Sweet Spot Studio
Cameraman - Collis Davis (Okara Video)


Thursday, 8 February
Mark and Joaquin Misa: SA KABILANG DAKO PROGRAM

San-Pits Productions would like to invite you to SA KABILANG DAKO-- an independent docu-experimental digital film exhibit featuring two inspired works by cousins Marc Misa and Joaquin Misa. The featured short films are:

LARO SA QUIAPO (20 minutes)
Laro Sa Quiapo is a glimpse into a day in the life of urban poor children who have made Quiapo their playground. Quiapo is associated with the Black Nazarene, amulet and herbal medicine vendors, fortune tellers, and cheap DVDs in the Muslim quarter. Nick Joaquin once called it the armpit of Manila, for indeed, the filth and stench of the streets of Quiapo make it a harsh environment in which to grow up. Some children, however, have managed to claim this piece of earth to have something like childhood.

Directed by Joaquin Misa
Edited by Marc Misa

EYE CANDY POETRY (30 minutes)
Eye Candy Poetry is the beat of the city. These experimental short films are created with the muddled dispositions and inspirations that roam the streets of Manila and its people. With several different rivers of undertones, each image or segment is free to be interpreted by the viewer according to whatever he or she experiences it to be. Using a particular recipe of camera techniques and playful editing, Eye Candy
Poetry manifests a flavor of its own and utilizes this taste to fascinate, haunt, or even pleasure the visual palette of the audience. Eye Candy Poetry is a continuous endeavor that will always evolve according to the tides of experience and thought.

Created by Marc Misa and Adelle Victoria.
Directed by Marc Misa
Produced by Marc Misa
Edited by Marc Misa


Friday, 9 February
Ditsi Carolino: RILES
(Philippines/Documentary/2002/Digital/70 mins)

From the first astonishing shots of men, women and children casually moving their belongings from the railroad tracks seconds in front of an onrushing train, Ditsi Carolino makes the viewer feel completely at home in what should be the most alien of environments. Focused on a couple, the film settles into the rhythm of life along the tracks in Manila with an intimacy that never feels intrusive. RILES is a humbling and indelible portrait of human dignity, resilience and community.


Saturday, 10 February
CAMPUS-BASED Filmmakers
UP Sining at Lipunan (UP SILIP) with UP Cinema Arts
Society (UP CAST)