UP Film Institute screenings this Friday
For two consecutive Fridays on January 12 and 19, the UP Film Institute is proud to showcase works of eKsperim[E]nto moving force Elvert de la Cruz Bañares.
Full program is as follows:
eXtermination : The Films of ELVERT de la Cruz BAÑARES
The Videotheque, UP Film Institute
January 12, 2007 – Program 1 & 2
January 19, 2007 – Program 3 & 4
5 p.m. onwards
FREE ADMISSION
PROGRAM 1: EXPONENT + 9 / WITHHELD
Approximate Running Time: 60 minutes
Works that explore themes of irony, manipulation, control, consumption and voyeurism – with each seemingly building causal relationships.
UNDERWATER (4 min)
9:28 NG UMAGA SA KARTAXIM (5 min)
ASTRANGIAM (8 min)
CARIÑOSO (15 min)
WALLS (4 min)
PINK BROWNIES (15 min)
GEMINI (7 min)
PROGRAM 2: TOXICITY
Approximate Running Time: 90 minutes
Autobiographical videos – highlighting on Elvert’s video letter (Plema) to his Experimental Video class and their video replies.
As a prelude, ‘Pangil’ will play before ‘Plema’.
MAY PANGIL ANG HALIMUYAK (5 min)
PLEMA (22 min)
* plus the eight selected ‘video replies’ to Plema
PROGRAM 3: RESILIENCE > INTERZONE
Approximate Running Time: 90 minutes
Earlier works directing as Anthony Jayvee Elvert, consisting of student works and earlier ‘trips’ using Betamax, VHS, Video-8 and 16mm.
BANAL (9 min) restored version
APOY (7 min) restored version
EH…AT! (5min) restored version
ITIWARIK: TALU-SALING BATAS (5 min) restored version
PANGATLONG DULO NG AXIS (7 min) restored version
THE COCKROACH PRINCIPLE (20 min) millennium cut
F (7 min) restored version
ELEMENTAL CONSPIRACY JUNCTION (7 min) restored version
PATAK-KAMANDAG (9 min) restored version
PROGRAM 4: EXPONENT- 9 / GIVEAWAY
Approximate Running Time: 90 minutes
A rehash of Program 1 plus a few works exploring themes of irony, manipulation, control, consumption,
voyeurism plus spaces – especially spaces. .
GEMINI (7 min)
UNDERWATER (4 min)
9:28 NG UMAGA SA KARTAXIM (5 min)
ASTRANGIAM (8 min)
SUKDULAN NG PAGRAHUYO SA DAMBANA NG SIRENANG WALANG ULO (7 min)
WALLS (4 min)
ONCE UPON A SHOWER (5 min) recently restored version
QUARESMA (8 min)
KRONUS (4 min)
* plus one new work
[Note: Each program shall start with the trailer of ALIPO-OP SA ANIMO]
ALIPO-OP SA ANIMO
[FOG IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS]
the debut full-length film by ELVERT de la Cruz BAÑARES updated teaser to be featured in CINEMALAYA 2006!
ELVERT de la CRUZ BAÑARES
the eXterminator
http://elvert.multiply.com
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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)
Friday, January 12, 2007
MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR at Mag:net Cafe
You are all invited to attend the Cinekatipunan screening of the film MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR
The screening will be followed by poetry performances of visiting Fil-American poets and Kryp Yuson and a back to back musical performance of siblings Joey Ayala and Cynthia Alexander.
Friday, 12 January
5:30- 7 PM
Mag:net Cafe Katipunan
www.magnet.com.ph
Camilla Griggers and Sari Ll. Dalena: MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR
(USA,Philippines/Documentary/Digital/2001/60 minutes)
In the decade following the Spanish-American War, more Filipinos were killed by US troops than by the Spanish during the 300 years of colonial rule. More than 1
million Filipinos died between 1899 and 1913. Yet few remember any details of the war or why it was fought, though the war’s history holds the key to twentieth
century US foreign policy in Southeast Asia. This experimental documentary about the Philippine-American war of 1899 combines archival photographs and turn-of-the-century film, digital video and 16mm film footage to create memories of a forgotten history. A contemporary Filipina-American narrator weaves this complex history through historiography, experimental documentary and intercultural cinema. Shot on location in the Philippines and edited in the US, MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR was produced by an international team of Filipino and American film and media artists.
CO-DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS: Sari Lluch Dalena and Camilla Benolirao Griggers
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roberto Yniguea, Robert Quebral, Regiben Romana
EDITING: Andres Tapia Urzua
SCRIPT: Camilla Griggers, Lilia Quindoza Santiago, Gabriela Krista Ll. Dalena
SOUND: Ed Um Bucholtz
ART DIRECTOR: Rocio Martinez
MOTION GRAPHICS: Christina Hung DIGITAL IMAGING: Rocio Martinez, Gabriela Krista Ll. Dalena
MUSICAL SCORE: Grace Nono and Bob Aves
PRODUCTION DESIGNERS: Katya Guerrero, Gerry Lugod, Gabriela Krista Ll. Dalena, Aba Ll. Dalena, John Olivares
CO-PRODUCERS: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, Paul Robeson Foundation, New York State Council of the Arts
Sari Raissa Lluch Dalena-Sicat is a Filipina independent filmmaker living and working in Manila. She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Film at New York University under a Fulbright-Hayes scholarship. Her films have been screened
internationally in Asia and the U.S. Her films include Church Dog (1994), Little Crosses (1995), Jamming on an Old Saya (1995) The White Funeral (1997), Attack
Champion (2000), Bullet Days (2001) Divine Wind (Kamikaze) (2001) and Memories of a Forgotten War (2001) co-directed with Camilla Griggers. Sari Dalena was honored as one of the Cultural Center of the Philippine’s 13 Artists Awardess in 2000 and received Grand Jury Prize for Best Experimental Film at the Eksperimento 2001 International Film Festival. Her feature length narrative film Rigodon (co-directed
with husband Keith Sicat) was recently awarded the best foreign film feature at the 8th Panorama of Independent Cinema in Athens, Greece.
Camilla Benolirao Griggers, PhD, is a Certified Rubenfeld Synergist®, a Prepare for Surgery™ Counselor, and Certified Massage Therapist with a private practice in Santa Monica , California . She teaches at the Institute for Psycho-Structural Balancing and California State University at Channel Islands. In her bodymind integration practice, she combines guided visualization, touch, movement, language and energy-work to teach clients to reach their highest state of intelligence and adaptability.
She is the author of Becoming-Woman and numerous articles on culture, gender and health. Dr. Griggers is the director of Alienations of the Mother Tongue (1995) and The Micropolitics of Biopsychiatry (1996), and is the co-director of Memories of a Forgotten War. Her films, characterized by wrenching emotionality and astute cultural analysis, integrate healing, education, and visual media. Her films have screened at international film festivals, the Smithsonian, and the Museum of Modern Art , and have been reviewed by Variety , The New York Times and Asia Times. She is
currently authoring a collection of interviews with a variety of renowned bodymind practitioners about how education can evolve by embracing the new bodymind paradigm entitled The Evolution of Education.
(Camilla’s profile was lifted from www.onebodymind.net)
The screening will be followed by poetry performances of visiting Fil-American poets and Kryp Yuson and a back to back musical performance of siblings Joey Ayala and Cynthia Alexander.
Friday, 12 January
5:30- 7 PM
Mag:net Cafe Katipunan
www.magnet.com.ph
Camilla Griggers and Sari Ll. Dalena: MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR
(USA,Philippines/Documentary/Digital/2001/60 minutes)
In the decade following the Spanish-American War, more Filipinos were killed by US troops than by the Spanish during the 300 years of colonial rule. More than 1
million Filipinos died between 1899 and 1913. Yet few remember any details of the war or why it was fought, though the war’s history holds the key to twentieth
century US foreign policy in Southeast Asia. This experimental documentary about the Philippine-American war of 1899 combines archival photographs and turn-of-the-century film, digital video and 16mm film footage to create memories of a forgotten history. A contemporary Filipina-American narrator weaves this complex history through historiography, experimental documentary and intercultural cinema. Shot on location in the Philippines and edited in the US, MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR was produced by an international team of Filipino and American film and media artists.
CO-DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS: Sari Lluch Dalena and Camilla Benolirao Griggers
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roberto Yniguea, Robert Quebral, Regiben Romana
EDITING: Andres Tapia Urzua
SCRIPT: Camilla Griggers, Lilia Quindoza Santiago, Gabriela Krista Ll. Dalena
SOUND: Ed Um Bucholtz
ART DIRECTOR: Rocio Martinez
MOTION GRAPHICS: Christina Hung DIGITAL IMAGING: Rocio Martinez, Gabriela Krista Ll. Dalena
MUSICAL SCORE: Grace Nono and Bob Aves
PRODUCTION DESIGNERS: Katya Guerrero, Gerry Lugod, Gabriela Krista Ll. Dalena, Aba Ll. Dalena, John Olivares
CO-PRODUCERS: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, Paul Robeson Foundation, New York State Council of the Arts
Sari Raissa Lluch Dalena-Sicat is a Filipina independent filmmaker living and working in Manila. She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Film at New York University under a Fulbright-Hayes scholarship. Her films have been screened
internationally in Asia and the U.S. Her films include Church Dog (1994), Little Crosses (1995), Jamming on an Old Saya (1995) The White Funeral (1997), Attack
Champion (2000), Bullet Days (2001) Divine Wind (Kamikaze) (2001) and Memories of a Forgotten War (2001) co-directed with Camilla Griggers. Sari Dalena was honored as one of the Cultural Center of the Philippine’s 13 Artists Awardess in 2000 and received Grand Jury Prize for Best Experimental Film at the Eksperimento 2001 International Film Festival. Her feature length narrative film Rigodon (co-directed
with husband Keith Sicat) was recently awarded the best foreign film feature at the 8th Panorama of Independent Cinema in Athens, Greece.
Camilla Benolirao Griggers, PhD, is a Certified Rubenfeld Synergist®, a Prepare for Surgery™ Counselor, and Certified Massage Therapist with a private practice in Santa Monica , California . She teaches at the Institute for Psycho-Structural Balancing and California State University at Channel Islands. In her bodymind integration practice, she combines guided visualization, touch, movement, language and energy-work to teach clients to reach their highest state of intelligence and adaptability.
She is the author of Becoming-Woman and numerous articles on culture, gender and health. Dr. Griggers is the director of Alienations of the Mother Tongue (1995) and The Micropolitics of Biopsychiatry (1996), and is the co-director of Memories of a Forgotten War. Her films, characterized by wrenching emotionality and astute cultural analysis, integrate healing, education, and visual media. Her films have screened at international film festivals, the Smithsonian, and the Museum of Modern Art , and have been reviewed by Variety , The New York Times and Asia Times. She is
currently authoring a collection of interviews with a variety of renowned bodymind practitioners about how education can evolve by embracing the new bodymind paradigm entitled The Evolution of Education.
(Camilla’s profile was lifted from www.onebodymind.net)
Thursday, January 11, 2007
ANAK NI BROCKA and LABABO screenings
Thursday, 11 January
5:30 - 8:00 PM at Mag:net Café Katipunan
Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez: ANAK NI BROCKA
(Philippines/ Narrative/ 2005/150 mins/Filipino with E.S.)
Seymour Barros-Sanchez: LABABO
(Philippines/ Narrative/ 2006/17 mins/Filipino and English with E.S)
LABABO (Kitchen Sink) covers significant dates concerning the Philippines' relationship with the United States. Parallel to these historical events is the story of Kuala (a crazy woman based on the female character in Lino Brocka's "Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang") and a young woman named Juana who both fell for the same American soldier, Joe. "Lababo" is a look into the complex relationship between the Philippines and the United States. This relationship is mirrored in the lives of the film's protagonists, two Filipinas who fall in love with an American soldier. The short film comes at the most opportune time, when the Philippines is taking a closer look at the Visiting Forces Agreement in the wake of the alleged rape of a Filipina by American soldiers in Subic.
DIRECTOR: Seymour Barros Sánchez PRODUCTION: Red Room Productions PHOTOGRAPHY: Ogi Sugatan SCREENPLAY: Sigfreid & Seymour Barros Sánchez FILM EDITING: Sunshine Matutina CAST: Nerissa Icot, Virnie Tolentino, Stephen Patrick Moore
(Lababo synopsis from rtfest.com/
ANAK NI BROCKA (The Son of Lino Brocka). A motley group of television journalists stumbles upon a possible scoop: that the Philippines' national cinema hero, Lino Brocka, actually sired a son. Video cameras in hand, they set off in search for clues by asking people if they might have come across a young man named "Onil" who claims he is the son of Brocka. They delve into the life of the National Artist, even going so far as to interview director Brocka's family members, friends, associates, and many of the actors and actresses he groomed. In the end, the journalists discover a lot of things about the late filmmaker-much more than they expected. This eye-opening digital feature includes interviews with many of the late directors 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.
THIRTY-year old, six-feet four, and two-hundred pounds Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez was born to a family of writers and artists in Vito Cruz, Manila. At 16 years old, he wrote articles and interviewed alternative and underground musicians for 1990s Filipino rock music bible, Rock & Rhythm, while studying Political Science and trying out for a basketball varsity slot at the University of the East-Recto campus. He decided to leave school to learn more about filmmaking after watching short films done by Jon Red ("Trip") and Roxlee ("Tito's Wedding"), which a Humanities professor asked them to watch.
In 1999, he became part of the prestigious 11th Ricky Lee Scriptwriting Workshop and shortly after studied directing at the Filipino Feature Filmmaking class of Direk Marilou Diaz-Abaya in Ateneo. The year after, he further honed his craft at the 10th Cinema-As-Art Filmmaking Workshop at the Univeristy of the Philippines Film Center (UPFC) under Direks Tikoy Aguiluz and Raymond Red, among others.
His first job in the movie industry was as a script reader for Viva Films until he was given a chance to write his first script "Alas Dose" (2000). His next assignments include writing "Kilabot at Kembot" (2002), "Bertud ng Putik" (2003), and "Prosti" (2003) and acting for "Dos Ekis" (2001). He also wrote for TV shows like "Erik Matti's Kagat ng Dilim" (2001) and "Darating Ang Umaga" (2003) and acted for kiddie shows like "Hirayamanawari" and "DetekKids". In between, he was also taken as script reader for Seiko Films (2003).
His first foray into indie filmmaking was as an actor for Jon Red's "ASTIGmatism" (2004) whom he met for an aborted project ("Balong Malalim") back in 2001. He then acted for Khavn dela Cruz's "Barong Brothers" (2004), Topel Lee's "Nak Ng!" (2004), Ato Bautista's "Sa Aking Pagkakagising Mula Sa Kamulatan" (2004), and again for Jon Red in "Boso" (2004).
Before the year 2004 ended, he was finally given a chance to direct his first two films via film grants from Cinemalaya and Cinema One Originals. The result are the black comedy "Lasponggols (Last Take, Last Shot)" and the mockumentary "Ang Anak Ni Brocka (Lino Brocka's Son)". "Lasponggols" was invited to the Fribourg Film Festival in Switzerland last March and is again invited to the Leeds Film Festival in UK and the Hawaii Film Festival late this year. "Ang Anak ni Brocka" was screened last June at the Pesaro Film Festival in Italy and will also be screened at the San Pedro, California Film Festival and the Hawaii Film Festival. Aside from these, he also wrote Topel Lee's Cinema One entry "Dilim" and acted for other indie film festivals finalists like Mike Daganalan's "Isnats," Ron Bryant's "Baryoke," and Jon Red's "Anak Ng Tinapa".
Sanchez is also an accomplished music video director. He recently won Best Director plum for this year's Awit Awards for Sugarfree's "Hari Ng Sablay". His next video, Hale's "The Day You Said Goodnight" was also as successful as it was nominated at the 2005 NU Rock Awards for Best Music Video, the 2006 MYX Awards, and the 2006 Awit Awards. His third video Kyla's "Till They Take My Heart Away" is also faring well in the charts. He was also assistant director to Bamboo's "Hallelujah" video. He has two recent music videos in the tube, Shamrock's "Okey Lang" and Parokya Ni Edgar's newest video "Gitara".
He considers his stint at the actual film shoots of his filmmaker friends and mentors Erik Matti and Jon Red his best film schools.
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 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 email magnetcafekatips@ yahoo.com.ph or visit www.magnet.com.ph.
5:30 - 8:00 PM at Mag:net Café Katipunan
Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez: ANAK NI BROCKA
(Philippines/ Narrative/ 2005/150 mins/Filipino with E.S.)
Seymour Barros-Sanchez: LABABO
(Philippines/ Narrative/ 2006/17 mins/Filipino and English with E.S)
LABABO (Kitchen Sink) covers significant dates concerning the Philippines' relationship with the United States. Parallel to these historical events is the story of Kuala (a crazy woman based on the female character in Lino Brocka's "Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang") and a young woman named Juana who both fell for the same American soldier, Joe. "Lababo" is a look into the complex relationship between the Philippines and the United States. This relationship is mirrored in the lives of the film's protagonists, two Filipinas who fall in love with an American soldier. The short film comes at the most opportune time, when the Philippines is taking a closer look at the Visiting Forces Agreement in the wake of the alleged rape of a Filipina by American soldiers in Subic.
DIRECTOR: Seymour Barros Sánchez PRODUCTION: Red Room Productions PHOTOGRAPHY: Ogi Sugatan SCREENPLAY: Sigfreid & Seymour Barros Sánchez FILM EDITING: Sunshine Matutina CAST: Nerissa Icot, Virnie Tolentino, Stephen Patrick Moore
(Lababo synopsis from
ANAK NI BROCKA (The Son of Lino Brocka). A motley group of television journalists stumbles upon a possible scoop: that the Philippines' national cinema hero, Lino Brocka, actually sired a son. Video cameras in hand, they set off in search for clues by asking people if they might have come across a young man named "Onil" who claims he is the son of Brocka. They delve into the life of the National Artist, even going so far as to interview director Brocka's family members, friends, associates, and many of the actors and actresses he groomed. In the end, the journalists discover a lot of things about the late filmmaker-much more than they expected. This eye-opening digital feature includes interviews with many of the late directors 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.
THIRTY-year old, six-feet four, and two-hundred pounds Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez was born to a family of writers and artists in Vito Cruz, Manila. At 16 years old, he wrote articles and interviewed alternative and underground musicians for 1990s Filipino rock music bible, Rock & Rhythm, while studying Political Science and trying out for a basketball varsity slot at the University of the East-Recto campus. He decided to leave school to learn more about filmmaking after watching short films done by Jon Red ("Trip") and Roxlee ("Tito's Wedding"), which a Humanities professor asked them to watch.
In 1999, he became part of the prestigious 11th Ricky Lee Scriptwriting Workshop and shortly after studied directing at the Filipino Feature Filmmaking class of Direk Marilou Diaz-Abaya in Ateneo. The year after, he further honed his craft at the 10th Cinema-As-Art Filmmaking Workshop at the Univeristy of the Philippines Film Center (UPFC) under Direks Tikoy Aguiluz and Raymond Red, among others.
His first job in the movie industry was as a script reader for Viva Films until he was given a chance to write his first script "Alas Dose" (2000). His next assignments include writing "Kilabot at Kembot" (2002), "Bertud ng Putik" (2003), and "Prosti" (2003) and acting for "Dos Ekis" (2001). He also wrote for TV shows like "Erik Matti's Kagat ng Dilim" (2001) and "Darating Ang Umaga" (2003) and acted for kiddie shows like "Hirayamanawari" and "DetekKids". In between, he was also taken as script reader for Seiko Films (2003).
His first foray into indie filmmaking was as an actor for Jon Red's "ASTIGmatism" (2004) whom he met for an aborted project ("Balong Malalim") back in 2001. He then acted for Khavn dela Cruz's "Barong Brothers" (2004), Topel Lee's "Nak Ng!" (2004), Ato Bautista's "Sa Aking Pagkakagising Mula Sa Kamulatan" (2004), and again for Jon Red in "Boso" (2004).
Before the year 2004 ended, he was finally given a chance to direct his first two films via film grants from Cinemalaya and Cinema One Originals. The result are the black comedy "Lasponggols (Last Take, Last Shot)" and the mockumentary "Ang Anak Ni Brocka (Lino Brocka's Son)". "Lasponggols" was invited to the Fribourg Film Festival in Switzerland last March and is again invited to the Leeds Film Festival in UK and the Hawaii Film Festival late this year. "Ang Anak ni Brocka" was screened last June at the Pesaro Film Festival in Italy and will also be screened at the San Pedro, California Film Festival and the Hawaii Film Festival. Aside from these, he also wrote Topel Lee's Cinema One entry "Dilim" and acted for other indie film festivals finalists like Mike Daganalan's "Isnats," Ron Bryant's "Baryoke," and Jon Red's "Anak Ng Tinapa".
Sanchez is also an accomplished music video director. He recently won Best Director plum for this year's Awit Awards for Sugarfree's "Hari Ng Sablay". His next video, Hale's "The Day You Said Goodnight" was also as successful as it was nominated at the 2005 NU Rock Awards for Best Music Video, the 2006 MYX Awards, and the 2006 Awit Awards. His third video Kyla's "Till They Take My Heart Away" is also faring well in the charts. He was also assistant director to Bamboo's "Hallelujah" video. He has two recent music videos in the tube, Shamrock's "Okey Lang" and Parokya Ni Edgar's newest video "Gitara".
He considers his stint at the actual film shoots of his filmmaker friends and mentors Erik Matti and Jon Red his best film schools.
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 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 email magnetcafekatips@ yahoo.com.ph
JACKIE CHAN at UPFI
Jackie Chan Mambo
UP Film Institute reissues a pair of Jackie Chan classics to serve as part of its annual homage to Asia coinciding with its own New Year celebration. Please mark the date to catch them. One is a co-starrer with screen sensation Shu Qi and the other directed no less by leading figures of the Hong Kong film scene.
Jan 11 Thu 5 p.m.
High Risk (Gorgeous)
A Golden Films Release
A cryptic message in a bottle prompts a Taiwanese girl nursing romantic daydreams to travel all the way to Hong Kong.
Official Selection—1999 Tokyo International Fantastic FF
Direction: Vincent Kok. Screenplay: Jackie Chan, Vincent Kok, Lo Yiu Fai.
Cast: Jackie Chan, Shu Qi, Tony Leung
1999 121 minutes 35mm color
Jan 11 Thu 7 p.m.
Twin Dragons
A Golden Films Release
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. The two inevitably get mistaken for each other when the pianist leaves the US for a performance tour in Hong Kong where they must switch gears, swap places and take action to save each other from the mob.
Direction: Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark. Screenplay: Barry Wong, Tsui Hark, Cheung
Tung Jo, Wong Yik. Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Sylvia Chang
1992 100 minutes 35mm color
For screening alerts, join UP Film Institute e-group: upfilminstitute@yahoogroups.com
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 reissues a pair of Jackie Chan classics to serve as part of its annual homage to Asia coinciding with its own New Year celebration. Please mark the date to catch them. One is a co-starrer with screen sensation Shu Qi and the other directed no less by leading figures of the Hong Kong film scene.
Jan 11 Thu 5 p.m.
High Risk (Gorgeous)
A Golden Films Release
A cryptic message in a bottle prompts a Taiwanese girl nursing romantic daydreams to travel all the way to Hong Kong.
Official Selection—1999 Tokyo International Fantastic FF
Direction: Vincent Kok. Screenplay: Jackie Chan, Vincent Kok, Lo Yiu Fai.
Cast: Jackie Chan, Shu Qi, Tony Leung
1999 121 minutes 35mm color
Jan 11 Thu 7 p.m.
Twin Dragons
A Golden Films Release
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. The two inevitably get mistaken for each other when the pianist leaves the US for a performance tour in Hong Kong where they must switch gears, swap places and take action to save each other from the mob.
Direction: Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark. Screenplay: Barry Wong, Tsui Hark, Cheung
Tung Jo, Wong Yik. Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Sylvia Chang
1992 100 minutes 35mm color
For screening alerts, join UP Film Institute e-group: upfilminstitute@yahoogroups.com
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)
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Films by Visual Artists
You are invited to the Cinekatipunan screening of
Films by Visual Artists
Poklong Anading
Yason Banal
Lena Cobangbang
Louie Cordero
Ranelle Dial
Robert Langenegger
Lea Lim
Cocoy Lumbao
Jayson Oliveria
Jevijoe Vitug
MM Yu
Curated by Poklong Anading
5:30PM, Wednesday, 10 January 2007
Mag:net Café
Katipunan Ave, QC
www.magnet.com.ph
Films by Visual Artists
Poklong Anading
Yason Banal
Lena Cobangbang
Louie Cordero
Ranelle Dial
Robert Langenegger
Lea Lim
Cocoy Lumbao
Jayson Oliveria
Jevijoe Vitug
MM Yu
Curated by Poklong Anading
5:30PM, Wednesday, 10 January 2007
Mag:net Café
Katipunan Ave, QC
www.magnet.com.ph
Monday, January 8, 2007
KALELDO screening
Special Full Run for Kaleldo
To usher in New Year 2007, the UP Film Institute holds a special full run for one of the year’s most significant Filipino films, Kaleldo (Summer Heat),
directed by Brillante Mendoza and starring Cherry Pie Picache, Angel Aquino, Juliana Palermo and Johnny Delgado.
The acclaimed film that had its world premiere in the first ever Rome International Film Festival last October screens on
Jan 4 Thu, Jan 5 Fri, Jan 6 Sat, and Jan 8 Mon to Jan 10 Wed
thrice each day at 2, 5 and 7 p.m.
Its internationally exhibited full integral version (Director’s Cut) will be shown exclusively for the country’s premier state university community as a truly rare occasion not to be missed.
The saga of a domineering father and his three grownup daughters in a town devastated by volcanic eruption ten years earlier, Kaleldo sustains the expanding line of local titles prominently placing the Philippines in the world map of cinema. After serving as Opening Film at the Extra Section of the 1st Rome IFF (13-21 October 2006), Kaleldo made more world stops, namely, 43rd Vienna IFF (13-25 October 2006); 26th Hawaii IFF (Filipino Focus, 19-29 October 2006); 30th Cairo IFF (Festival
of Festivals, 28 November-8 December 2006).
The UP Film Institute’s series of screenings for Kaleldo seeks to provide the needed push for Filipino quality films that indeed make a difference for the general good of Philippine cinema.
Kaleldo (Summer Heat)
A Centerstage Productions
Three grownup sisters with a domineering father in a town devastated
by volcanic eruption ten years earlier contend with the difficulties
of a motherless family.
Official Selection—2006 Rome IFF/Vienna IFF/Hawaii IFF/Cairo IFF
Direction: Brillante Mendoza. Screenplay: Boots Agbayani Pastor.
Cast: Johnny Delgado, Cherry Pie Picache, Angel Aquino, Juliana Palermo, Alan Paule, Lauren Novero.
2006 90 minutes 35mm color English subtitles
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)
THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
Monday to Saturday, 8-13 January 2007
Cinekatipunan to Feature Films That Affirm Filipino Dignity and Tackle the Complex Relationship Between the Philippines and the United States
Monday, 8 January
FOREIGN FILM/FILMMAKER In FOCUS
Surprise Program TBA
Tuesday, 9 January
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.
Wednesday, 10 January
FILMS BY VISUAL ARTISTS curated by Poklong Anading
Thursday, 11 January
5:30 - 8:00 PM
Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez: ANAK NI BROCKA
(Philippines/Narrative/2005/150 mins/Filipino with E.S.)
Seymour Barros-Sanchez: LABABO
(Philippines/Narrative/2006/17
mins/Filipino and English with E.S)
LABABO (Kitchen Sink) covers significant dates concerning the Philippines' relationship with the United States. Parallel to these historical events is the story of Kuala (a crazy woman based on the female character in Lino Brocka's "Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang") and a young woman named Juana who both fell for the same American soldier, Joe. "Lababo" is a look into the complex relationship between the Philippines and the United States. This relationship is mirrored in the lives of the film's protagonists, two Filipinas who fall in love with an American soldier. The short film comes at the most opportune time, when the Philippines is taking a closer look at the Visiting Forces Agreement in the wake of the alleged rape of a Filipina by American soldiers in Subic.
ANAK NI BROCKA (The Son of Lino Brocka). A motley group of television journalists stumbles upon a possible scoop: that the Philippines' national cinema hero, Lino Brocka, actually sired a son. Video cameras in hand, they set off in search for clues by asking people if they might have come across a young man named "Onil" who claims he is the son of Brocka. They delve into the life of the National Artist, even going so far as to interview director Brocka's family members,
friends, associates, and many of the actors and actresses he groomed. In the end, the journalists discover a lot of things about the late filmmaker-much more than they expected. This eye-opening digital feature includes interviews with many of the late directors 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.
Friday, 12 January
Camilla Griggers and Sari Ll. Dalena: MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR
(USA,Philippines/Documentary/Digital/2001/60 minutes)
In the decade following the Spanish-American War, more Filipinos were killed by US troops than by the Spanish during the 300 years of colonial rule. More than 1 million Filipinos died between 1899 and 1913. Yet few remember any details of the war or why it was fought, though the war's history holds the key to twentieth century US foreign policy in Southeast Asia. This experimental documentary about the
Philippine-American war of 1899 combines archival photographs and turn-of-the-century film, digital video and 16mm film footage to create memories of a forgotten history. A contemporary Filipina-American narrator weaves this complex history through historiography, experimental documentary and intercultural cinema. Shot on location in the Philippines and edited in the US, MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR was produced by an international team of Filipino and American film and media artists.
Saturday, 13 January
FIRST FILMS: University of the Philippines, Diliman, Film Production Theses
MISTERYO NG HAPIS; SAKDAL LAYA; ONE MAN SHOW; TAGAPAGLIGTAS; KALARO(Curated by Mark dela Cruz)
TAGAPAGLIGTAS (Savior) is film is about the lives of small-time abortion service providers. Lupe is an overprotective mother who aborts babies to support her daughter Cristina. Anghel, on the other hand, is Lupe's agent who looks for potential customers and accompanies them to her house. A sudden turn of events happens when Cristina gets pregnant and tries to abort her baby herself.
KALARO. Nightmares are something that seems so harmless. It is as if
everybody gets nightmares once in a while. But for Helen, an early 30's woman, her nightmares have been part of her reality. Even as she wants to face her present positively, her nightmare keeps on haunting her and keeps weighing her down. These recurring nightmares have been memories of her past that she thought she had buried already. But it keeps on living inside her. How could she finally leave behind this
haunting past?
MISTERYO NG HAPIS (Sorrowful Mystery)
A father waiting for forgiveness…
A son asking for acceptance…
… And a past that binds them two.
Filming your own life is a very hard thing to do. It takes a lot of courage and determination in doing such a film. For me, I see it as reel versus real: inside the reel is the reality of life. And I am very much afraid on the question of how will I be able to convince my audience that what is inside the reel is actually real. Sometimes there could be painful past that can never be easily forgotten due to the big scar it had left. And only time knows when it would totally heal. Packed with much courage and determination, here it is… an emotional story about a person going on a dilemma in trying to heal his never forgotten past. Forgiveness and Acceptance. Matriarchy and Patriarchy. Sorrows and Joys.
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 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 email magnetcafekatips@ yahoo.com.ph or visit www.magnet.com.ph.
Cinekatipunan to Feature Films That Affirm Filipino Dignity and Tackle the Complex Relationship Between the Philippines and the United States
Monday, 8 January
FOREIGN FILM/FILMMAKER In FOCUS
Surprise Program TBA
Tuesday, 9 January
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.
Wednesday, 10 January
FILMS BY VISUAL ARTISTS curated by Poklong Anading
Thursday, 11 January
5:30 - 8:00 PM
Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez: ANAK NI BROCKA
(Philippines/Narrative/2005/150 mins/Filipino with E.S.)
Seymour Barros-Sanchez: LABABO
(Philippines/Narrative/2006/17
mins/Filipino and English with E.S)
LABABO (Kitchen Sink) covers significant dates concerning the Philippines' relationship with the United States. Parallel to these historical events is the story of Kuala (a crazy woman based on the female character in Lino Brocka's "Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang") and a young woman named Juana who both fell for the same American soldier, Joe. "Lababo" is a look into the complex relationship between the Philippines and the United States. This relationship is mirrored in the lives of the film's protagonists, two Filipinas who fall in love with an American soldier. The short film comes at the most opportune time, when the Philippines is taking a closer look at the Visiting Forces Agreement in the wake of the alleged rape of a Filipina by American soldiers in Subic.
ANAK NI BROCKA (The Son of Lino Brocka). A motley group of television journalists stumbles upon a possible scoop: that the Philippines' national cinema hero, Lino Brocka, actually sired a son. Video cameras in hand, they set off in search for clues by asking people if they might have come across a young man named "Onil" who claims he is the son of Brocka. They delve into the life of the National Artist, even going so far as to interview director Brocka's family members,
friends, associates, and many of the actors and actresses he groomed. In the end, the journalists discover a lot of things about the late filmmaker-much more than they expected. This eye-opening digital feature includes interviews with many of the late directors 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.
Friday, 12 January
Camilla Griggers and Sari Ll. Dalena: MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR
(USA,Philippines/Documentary/Digital/2001/60 minutes)
In the decade following the Spanish-American War, more Filipinos were killed by US troops than by the Spanish during the 300 years of colonial rule. More than 1 million Filipinos died between 1899 and 1913. Yet few remember any details of the war or why it was fought, though the war's history holds the key to twentieth century US foreign policy in Southeast Asia. This experimental documentary about the
Philippine-American war of 1899 combines archival photographs and turn-of-the-century film, digital video and 16mm film footage to create memories of a forgotten history. A contemporary Filipina-American narrator weaves this complex history through historiography, experimental documentary and intercultural cinema. Shot on location in the Philippines and edited in the US, MEMORIES OF A FORGOTTEN WAR was produced by an international team of Filipino and American film and media artists.
Saturday, 13 January
FIRST FILMS: University of the Philippines, Diliman, Film Production Theses
MISTERYO NG HAPIS; SAKDAL LAYA; ONE MAN SHOW; TAGAPAGLIGTAS; KALARO(Curated by Mark dela Cruz)
TAGAPAGLIGTAS (Savior) is film is about the lives of small-time abortion service providers. Lupe is an overprotective mother who aborts babies to support her daughter Cristina. Anghel, on the other hand, is Lupe's agent who looks for potential customers and accompanies them to her house. A sudden turn of events happens when Cristina gets pregnant and tries to abort her baby herself.
KALARO. Nightmares are something that seems so harmless. It is as if
everybody gets nightmares once in a while. But for Helen, an early 30's woman, her nightmares have been part of her reality. Even as she wants to face her present positively, her nightmare keeps on haunting her and keeps weighing her down. These recurring nightmares have been memories of her past that she thought she had buried already. But it keeps on living inside her. How could she finally leave behind this
haunting past?
MISTERYO NG HAPIS (Sorrowful Mystery)
A father waiting for forgiveness…
A son asking for acceptance…
… And a past that binds them two.
Filming your own life is a very hard thing to do. It takes a lot of courage and determination in doing such a film. For me, I see it as reel versus real: inside the reel is the reality of life. And I am very much afraid on the question of how will I be able to convince my audience that what is inside the reel is actually real. Sometimes there could be painful past that can never be easily forgotten due to the big scar it had left. And only time knows when it would totally heal. Packed with much courage and determination, here it is… an emotional story about a person going on a dilemma in trying to heal his never forgotten past. Forgiveness and Acceptance. Matriarchy and Patriarchy. Sorrows and Joys.
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 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 email magnetcafekatips@ yahoo.com.ph
Thursday, January 4, 2007
UP Film Institute ushers in NEW YEAR 2007
The UP Film Institute welcomes New Year 2007
with an array of big-screen offerings.
The varied lineup is kicked off by the special full run for the international version of Kaleldo-Brillante Mendoza's family drama hailed as one of the best Filipino films of the year.
On a visit to the Philippines, student filmmaker Lars Mryvang-a Filipino Norwegian born in Rome and attending school in Australia (Bond University,Gold Coast)-screens his short film, Old Boys with New Tricks. Interested audiences are invited to an informal interaction with the director right after the screening on Jan 5 Fri.
A medley of interesting titles from Thailand, India, China, Hong Kong and the Philippines-that cut across a noteworthy variety of thematics and genres-constitutes a virtual homage to Asia that has now become UP Film Institute's annual tradition.
A highlight for the month is a retrospective of screen classics written by the late Amado Lacuesta Jr.
Spotlight is directed at the emergent filmmaking in the country with eKsperim[E]nto moving force Elvert de la Cruz Bañares' showcase of his own works.
For a taste of first-rate world cinema, savor a twinbill by master director John Duigan plus some surprise treats for Cinema Australia courtesy of the Australian Embassy.
A rundown of screenings is as follows:
New Year 2007
Jan 4 Thu- 6 Sat/Jan 8 Mon-10 Wed
2/5/7 p.m. Kaleldo
Jan 5 Fri 7 p.m. (@ the Videotheque)
Lars Myrvang's Old Boys with New Tricks
(Short Film to be followed by Interaction with the Director in Attendance)
Jan 11 Thu
5 p.m. Gorgeous (High Risk)
7 p.m. Twin Dragons
Jan 12 Fri
5 p.m. The Films by Elvert de la Cruz Bañares (@ the Videotheque)
Jan 13 Sat
2 p.m. Wide Sargasso Sea
5 p.m. Head in the Clouds
Jan 15 Mon
5 p.m. The Tiger Blade
7 p.m. Mon-rak Transistor
Jan 16 Tue
2 p.m. Head in the Clouds
5 p.m. Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros
7 p.m. SPL-Kill the Bent Wolf
Jan 17 Wed
2 p.m. Monsoon Wedding
5 p.m. House of Fury
7 p.m. The Tiger Blade
Jan 18 Thu
2 p.m. Head in the Clouds
5 p.m. A Chinese Tall Story
7 p.m. Monsoon Wedding
Jan 19 Fri
5 p.m. The Films by Elvert de la Cruz Bañares (@ the Videotheque)
Jan 20 Sat
10 a.m. {Proof}
2 p.m. A Better Tomorrow (Hard Bullet)
5 p.m. Head in the Clouds
Jan 22 Mon
5 p.m. Murder
7 p.m. Kamasutra 3
Jan 23 Tue (Amado Lacuesta Retrospective)
5 p.m. Segurista
7 p.m. Working Girls
Jan 24 Wed (Amado Lacuesta Retrospective)
2 p.m. Mumbaki
4 p.m. Pridyider
5 p.m. Balweg: The Rebel Priest
7 p.m. Hinugot sa Langit
Jan 25 Thu
5 p.m. Cinema Australia (@ the Videotheque)
7 p.m. Cinema Australia (@ the Videotheque)
Jan 26 Fri
5 p.m. Cinema Australia (@ the Videotheque)
7 p.m. Cinema Australia (@ the Videotheque)
Jan 27 Sat
2/5/7 p.m. Reserved for Special Screening
Jan 29 Mon
5 p.m. Sukob
7 p.m. Reserved for Special Screening
Jan 30 Tue
5/7:30 p.m. Seroks
Jan 31 Wed
2 p.m. CONTEND-UP Screening
5:30 p.m. Reserved for Special Screening
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)
with an array of big-screen offerings.
The varied lineup is kicked off by the special full run for the international version of Kaleldo-Brillante Mendoza's family drama hailed as one of the best Filipino films of the year.
On a visit to the Philippines, student filmmaker Lars Mryvang-a Filipino Norwegian born in Rome and attending school in Australia (Bond University,Gold Coast)-screens his short film, Old Boys with New Tricks. Interested audiences are invited to an informal interaction with the director right after the screening on Jan 5 Fri.
A medley of interesting titles from Thailand, India, China, Hong Kong and the Philippines-that cut across a noteworthy variety of thematics and genres-constitutes a virtual homage to Asia that has now become UP Film Institute's annual tradition.
A highlight for the month is a retrospective of screen classics written by the late Amado Lacuesta Jr.
Spotlight is directed at the emergent filmmaking in the country with eKsperim[E]nto moving force Elvert de la Cruz Bañares' showcase of his own works.
For a taste of first-rate world cinema, savor a twinbill by master director John Duigan plus some surprise treats for Cinema Australia courtesy of the Australian Embassy.
A rundown of screenings is as follows:
New Year 2007
Jan 4 Thu- 6 Sat/Jan 8 Mon-10 Wed
2/5/7 p.m. Kaleldo
Jan 5 Fri 7 p.m. (@ the Videotheque)
Lars Myrvang's Old Boys with New Tricks
(Short Film to be followed by Interaction with the Director in Attendance)
Jan 11 Thu
5 p.m. Gorgeous (High Risk)
7 p.m. Twin Dragons
Jan 12 Fri
5 p.m. The Films by Elvert de la Cruz Bañares (@ the Videotheque)
Jan 13 Sat
2 p.m. Wide Sargasso Sea
5 p.m. Head in the Clouds
Jan 15 Mon
5 p.m. The Tiger Blade
7 p.m. Mon-rak Transistor
Jan 16 Tue
2 p.m. Head in the Clouds
5 p.m. Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros
7 p.m. SPL-Kill the Bent Wolf
Jan 17 Wed
2 p.m. Monsoon Wedding
5 p.m. House of Fury
7 p.m. The Tiger Blade
Jan 18 Thu
2 p.m. Head in the Clouds
5 p.m. A Chinese Tall Story
7 p.m. Monsoon Wedding
Jan 19 Fri
5 p.m. The Films by Elvert de la Cruz Bañares (@ the Videotheque)
Jan 20 Sat
10 a.m. {Proof}
2 p.m. A Better Tomorrow (Hard Bullet)
5 p.m. Head in the Clouds
Jan 22 Mon
5 p.m. Murder
7 p.m. Kamasutra 3
Jan 23 Tue (Amado Lacuesta Retrospective)
5 p.m. Segurista
7 p.m. Working Girls
Jan 24 Wed (Amado Lacuesta Retrospective)
2 p.m. Mumbaki
4 p.m. Pridyider
5 p.m. Balweg: The Rebel Priest
7 p.m. Hinugot sa Langit
Jan 25 Thu
5 p.m. Cinema Australia (@ the Videotheque)
7 p.m. Cinema Australia (@ the Videotheque)
Jan 26 Fri
5 p.m. Cinema Australia (@ the Videotheque)
7 p.m. Cinema Australia (@ the Videotheque)
Jan 27 Sat
2/5/7 p.m. Reserved for Special Screening
Jan 29 Mon
5 p.m. Sukob
7 p.m. Reserved for Special Screening
Jan 30 Tue
5/7:30 p.m. Seroks
Jan 31 Wed
2 p.m. CONTEND-UP Screening
5:30 p.m. Reserved for Special Screening
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)
OLD BOYS WITH NEW TRICKS screening
OLD BOYS WITH NEW TRICKS
at UP FILM CENTER ON JAN. 5
Roger, Stanley, Larry and Joe are four vivacious old men trying to
escape from the evil regime of the caretakers employed at the Dream
Sanctuary Retirement Home.
"Old Boys With New Tricks" (11 min.) is an energetic escape comedy
inspired by films such as The Great Escape, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest, and Cocoon.
Director: LARS MYRVANG
Producers: Tom Erik Rossavik & Mark Daley
Writer: Tom Erik Rossavik
Director of Photography: Ching Wen Chan
Production Design: Tahlia Lollback
Editor & Soundscape: Damien Chiapara
About the Director
LARS MYRVANG is a Filipino/Norwegian born in Rome, Italy 18th
December 1985. He studied in Brittania International School of Rome
and then went to England studying at St. Edward's in Oxford.
He is full of ideas ranging from comedy to surreal drama. A relatively
new filmmaker he has worked hard on many short film projects in many
different roles from actor to visual effects, assistant director to
runner; he knows a film shoot inside out.
He is currently finishing a Bachelor in Multimedia Specialised in Film
Production at Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia.
He is in Manila for a visit and would like to share his short film to
young film students and enthusiasts.
OLD BOYS WITH NEW TRICKS
January 5, 2007
UP Film Institute Videotheque
Free admission
Cocktails - 6 pm
Screening - 7 pm
an informal interaction with the director follows after the screening
at UP FILM CENTER ON JAN. 5
Roger, Stanley, Larry and Joe are four vivacious old men trying to
escape from the evil regime of the caretakers employed at the Dream
Sanctuary Retirement Home.
"Old Boys With New Tricks" (11 min.) is an energetic escape comedy
inspired by films such as The Great Escape, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest, and Cocoon.
Director: LARS MYRVANG
Producers: Tom Erik Rossavik & Mark Daley
Writer: Tom Erik Rossavik
Director of Photography: Ching Wen Chan
Production Design: Tahlia Lollback
Editor & Soundscape: Damien Chiapara
About the Director
LARS MYRVANG is a Filipino/Norwegian born in Rome, Italy 18th
December 1985. He studied in Brittania International School of Rome
and then went to England studying at St. Edward's in Oxford.
He is full of ideas ranging from comedy to surreal drama. A relatively
new filmmaker he has worked hard on many short film projects in many
different roles from actor to visual effects, assistant director to
runner; he knows a film shoot inside out.
He is currently finishing a Bachelor in Multimedia Specialised in Film
Production at Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia.
He is in Manila for a visit and would like to share his short film to
young film students and enthusiasts.
OLD BOYS WITH NEW TRICKS
January 5, 2007
UP Film Institute Videotheque
Free admission
Cocktails - 6 pm
Screening - 7 pm
an informal interaction with the director follows after the screening
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN (3-6 January 2007)
Mag:net Café fronting Miriam and Ateneo
Monday-Saturday, 5:30-7:00 PM
Free Admission
Cinekatipunan Jump-starts the New Year with ASWANG NG QUEZON CITY, MAXIMO OLIVEROS, THE SUNFLOWER and MEAN WELL
Wednesday, 3 January
FULL MOON SCREENING
Khavn dela Cruz: ASWANG NG Q.C. (Horror/Digital/2006/Philippines)
Synopsis
Gruesome and grisly murders are our entry point into the psyche of the Aswang of Quezon City. More a meditation on the workings of a disturbed mind than a detective thriller, it nonetheless shows us a cat and mouse mind game. We watch and squirm in terror as the Pinoy vampire strikes again and again.
Production Crew
Leading Cast: CISHWA
Supporting Cast: AVI SIWA, LUANNE DY, MARIE MEYSSAN, ANNA BERNALDO, & SIGFREID SANCHEZ
Directed, Written, Composed, & Produced by KHAVN
Cinematography: ALBERT BANZON
Editing & Sound Design: GENESIS DE LEON
Production Design: CHITS JIMENEZ
Theme song: EASY FAGELA & LOS CHUPACABRAZ
English Translation: MERV ESPINA, KHAVN, & GENESIS DE LEON
Director’s Profile
Tagged by international film fest directors with the labels “enfant terrible of Philippine Cinema” and “Che Guevarra of the Digital Revolution”, Khavn dela Cruz is certainly one of the most revolutionary talents working in Philippine cinema today. His films have been exhibited and won awards in prestigious film festivals in the country and abroad. He is the festival director of the .MOV International Digital Film Festival.
Thursday, 4 January
JB Corrioso: MEAN WELL (Comedy/80 minutes/2006/Philippines)
Bor Ocampo: THE SUNFLOWER (Digital/5 minutes/2006/Philippines)
Synopsis of MEAN WELL
Two devils, Elvie and Godo, go through an apartment building complex in search of an angel-went-down-to-earth-to-live-a-week-of-normal-human-life to tempt and gain points so as to win the annual contest for devils, the winner of which gets one wish granted. Elvie, the more senior of the two, wants to level-up and get her own demon minions; while Godo, a relatively-recent "fallen", would wish to be able to get back in heaven. Unbeknownst to Godo, his low level doesn't qualify him for the contest and Elvie is just using him to get more points. As they search for the angel-sent-down-to-earth-to-live-a-week-of-normal-human-life, they try to tempt the tenants of the building with mixed results.
Who among the building tenants is the angel-sent-down-to-earth-to-live-a-week-of-normal-human-life? Which devil will get a wish granted? Will everyone go to hell?
Production Crew
Leading Cast: GAY BALIGNASAY, BOR OCAMPO
Supporting Cast: CEREB GREGORIO, PJ LANOT, ROENCE SANTOS, JOHAN EKEDUM, RASTY MANANGKAYA, ARVIN TRINIDAD, MIKE DE JESUS, AINA EMRALINO, ERMIN CONCEPCION, ARMIN AGUILAR, MONIX DEONA, VIC TIRO, LARA TARRANCO, MARU DAMASCO
Executive Producer, Original Story, Screenplay : INDIEGIFILM CO. LTD
Director of Videography: RAIN SAMSON
Production Support: KAYE ETONG, JP YAMSUAN, TARA PEREZ, KAT PABLO, VJ SACDALAN
Stunts Lead: VIC TIRO
Music: KEVIN MACLEOD
Sound Engineering Consultant: WARREN SANTIAGO
Editor: TOFFER LORENZANA
Synopsis of THE SUNFLOWER
The Sunflower is about a guy who has an eternal yearning to grow old with the woman of his dream or that manna from heaven to whom he will unleash his reservoir of affection. What he does to have this dream realized, he picks flowers and offers them to one of the saints at the chapel. Flower-picking is prohibited at the park but still, he consistently does this routine. Simultaneously, there’s this woman who gets each flower almost everyday (flowers the guy had offered) for some reason that has something to do with her past or merely out of deviancy. Until one day, while he is intensely praying, the woman suddenly arrives to do also her routine, but can’t nonchalantly do this, because the guy is still there praying...
Leading Cast: JULIA CLARETE
Writer and Director: BOR G. OCAMPO
Bor Ocampo studied Philosophy and Theater Arts at the University of the Philippines. He took film subjects at UP Film Institute and attended digital filmmaking classes at the Cultural Center of the Philippine's freefest 7. A seasoned theater actor, Bor has appeared in numerous independent and student films. He has also acted in mainstream film and television productions. In 2006, he started directing short films and in July produced his first short film, "Ms. X", a film adaptation of Jessica Zafra's story Portents. He is currently working on his next short film. He is also a member of Anino Shadowplay Collective, Inc and Arti Santa Rita.
5 January, Friday
Auraeus Solito & Michiko Yamamoto: ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS (Narrative/2005)
Winning a good number awards from film festivals in the country and abroad, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros was selected as the official entry of the Philippines to the Academy Awards in March 2007. The film tells the story of a 12-year-old effeminate gay boy who lives in the slums with his family who is engaged in petty crimes. Maxi, as he is fondly called in the neighborhood, is openly gay but is doted by his father and two brothers. Assuming most of the chores in the house since the death of his mother, Maxi’s world practically revolves around his family until he befriends Victor, a handsome policeman. Maxi eventually falls for Victor. Maxi is then torn between his affection for Victor and the family he so-loved. Neorealist in orientation, the film is a tale of lost innocence and redemption amidst the crushing poverty of Manila's slums.
Maximo is penned by award-winning writer Michiko Yamamoto who is also behind the critically-acclaimed film Magnifico. Yamamoto traced her screenwriting training to the scriptwriting workshop of the Film Development Foundation of the Philippines in 1999. Yamamoto has since then worked with major production studios and TV networks as a creative staff and writer.
Born in Manila in 1969, Auraeus Solito studied drama at the University of the Philippines and cinema at the Mowelfund Film Institute. He has made several music videos and experimental shorts including The Brief Lifespan of Fire, Act 2, Scene 2: Suring and the Kuk-ok, which was shown at several international festivals. His feature documentary, Basal Banar (Sacred Ritual of Truth) was shown at the Montreal First People’s Festival. The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros is his first fiction feature.
(Profile of Auraeus Solito reprinted from Cinemanila 2005 Catalogue)
6 January, Saturday
Campus-based Filmmakers
University of the Philippines Cinema As Art Movement (UP CAM) and University of Makati Film Society. Presented through the support of Cesar Hernando and Seymour Barros Sanchez.
Mag:net Café encourages the audience to give voluntary contributions for the honoraria of the featured filmmakers. Any donated amount will be highly appreciated. For a complete schedule of the January 2007 Cinekatipunan screenings, visit www.magnet.com.ph.
Mag:net Café fronting Miriam and Ateneo
Monday-Saturday, 5:30-7:00 PM
Free Admission
Cinekatipunan Jump-starts the New Year with ASWANG NG QUEZON CITY, MAXIMO OLIVEROS, THE SUNFLOWER and MEAN WELL
Wednesday, 3 January
FULL MOON SCREENING
Khavn dela Cruz: ASWANG NG Q.C. (Horror/Digital/2006/Philippines)
Synopsis
Gruesome and grisly murders are our entry point into the psyche of the Aswang of Quezon City. More a meditation on the workings of a disturbed mind than a detective thriller, it nonetheless shows us a cat and mouse mind game. We watch and squirm in terror as the Pinoy vampire strikes again and again.
Production Crew
Leading Cast: CISHWA
Supporting Cast: AVI SIWA, LUANNE DY, MARIE MEYSSAN, ANNA BERNALDO, & SIGFREID SANCHEZ
Directed, Written, Composed, & Produced by KHAVN
Cinematography: ALBERT BANZON
Editing & Sound Design: GENESIS DE LEON
Production Design: CHITS JIMENEZ
Theme song: EASY FAGELA & LOS CHUPACABRAZ
English Translation: MERV ESPINA, KHAVN, & GENESIS DE LEON
Director’s Profile
Tagged by international film fest directors with the labels “enfant terrible of Philippine Cinema” and “Che Guevarra of the Digital Revolution”, Khavn dela Cruz is certainly one of the most revolutionary talents working in Philippine cinema today. His films have been exhibited and won awards in prestigious film festivals in the country and abroad. He is the festival director of the .MOV International Digital Film Festival.
Thursday, 4 January
JB Corrioso: MEAN WELL (Comedy/80 minutes/2006/Philippines)
Bor Ocampo: THE SUNFLOWER (Digital/5 minutes/2006/Philippines)
Synopsis of MEAN WELL
Two devils, Elvie and Godo, go through an apartment building complex in search of an angel-went-down-to-earth-to-live-a-week-of-normal-human-life to tempt and gain points so as to win the annual contest for devils, the winner of which gets one wish granted. Elvie, the more senior of the two, wants to level-up and get her own demon minions; while Godo, a relatively-recent "fallen", would wish to be able to get back in heaven. Unbeknownst to Godo, his low level doesn't qualify him for the contest and Elvie is just using him to get more points. As they search for the angel-sent-down-to-earth-to-live-a-week-of-normal-human-life, they try to tempt the tenants of the building with mixed results.
Who among the building tenants is the angel-sent-down-to-earth-to-live-a-week-of-normal-human-life? Which devil will get a wish granted? Will everyone go to hell?
Production Crew
Leading Cast: GAY BALIGNASAY, BOR OCAMPO
Supporting Cast: CEREB GREGORIO, PJ LANOT, ROENCE SANTOS, JOHAN EKEDUM, RASTY MANANGKAYA, ARVIN TRINIDAD, MIKE DE JESUS, AINA EMRALINO, ERMIN CONCEPCION, ARMIN AGUILAR, MONIX DEONA, VIC TIRO, LARA TARRANCO, MARU DAMASCO
Executive Producer, Original Story, Screenplay : INDIEGIFILM CO. LTD
Director of Videography: RAIN SAMSON
Production Support: KAYE ETONG, JP YAMSUAN, TARA PEREZ, KAT PABLO, VJ SACDALAN
Stunts Lead: VIC TIRO
Music: KEVIN MACLEOD
Sound Engineering Consultant: WARREN SANTIAGO
Editor: TOFFER LORENZANA
Synopsis of THE SUNFLOWER
The Sunflower is about a guy who has an eternal yearning to grow old with the woman of his dream or that manna from heaven to whom he will unleash his reservoir of affection. What he does to have this dream realized, he picks flowers and offers them to one of the saints at the chapel. Flower-picking is prohibited at the park but still, he consistently does this routine. Simultaneously, there’s this woman who gets each flower almost everyday (flowers the guy had offered) for some reason that has something to do with her past or merely out of deviancy. Until one day, while he is intensely praying, the woman suddenly arrives to do also her routine, but can’t nonchalantly do this, because the guy is still there praying...
Leading Cast: JULIA CLARETE
Writer and Director: BOR G. OCAMPO
Bor Ocampo studied Philosophy and Theater Arts at the University of the Philippines. He took film subjects at UP Film Institute and attended digital filmmaking classes at the Cultural Center of the Philippine's freefest 7. A seasoned theater actor, Bor has appeared in numerous independent and student films. He has also acted in mainstream film and television productions. In 2006, he started directing short films and in July produced his first short film, "Ms. X", a film adaptation of Jessica Zafra's story Portents. He is currently working on his next short film. He is also a member of Anino Shadowplay Collective, Inc and Arti Santa Rita.
5 January, Friday
Auraeus Solito & Michiko Yamamoto: ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS (Narrative/2005)
Winning a good number awards from film festivals in the country and abroad, Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros was selected as the official entry of the Philippines to the Academy Awards in March 2007. The film tells the story of a 12-year-old effeminate gay boy who lives in the slums with his family who is engaged in petty crimes. Maxi, as he is fondly called in the neighborhood, is openly gay but is doted by his father and two brothers. Assuming most of the chores in the house since the death of his mother, Maxi’s world practically revolves around his family until he befriends Victor, a handsome policeman. Maxi eventually falls for Victor. Maxi is then torn between his affection for Victor and the family he so-loved. Neorealist in orientation, the film is a tale of lost innocence and redemption amidst the crushing poverty of Manila's slums.
Maximo is penned by award-winning writer Michiko Yamamoto who is also behind the critically-acclaimed film Magnifico. Yamamoto traced her screenwriting training to the scriptwriting workshop of the Film Development Foundation of the Philippines in 1999. Yamamoto has since then worked with major production studios and TV networks as a creative staff and writer.
Born in Manila in 1969, Auraeus Solito studied drama at the University of the Philippines and cinema at the Mowelfund Film Institute. He has made several music videos and experimental shorts including The Brief Lifespan of Fire, Act 2, Scene 2: Suring and the Kuk-ok, which was shown at several international festivals. His feature documentary, Basal Banar (Sacred Ritual of Truth) was shown at the Montreal First People’s Festival. The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros is his first fiction feature.
(Profile of Auraeus Solito reprinted from Cinemanila 2005 Catalogue)
6 January, Saturday
Campus-based Filmmakers
University of the Philippines Cinema As Art Movement (UP CAM) and University of Makati Film Society. Presented through the support of Cesar Hernando and Seymour Barros Sanchez.
Mag:net Café encourages the audience to give voluntary contributions for the honoraria of the featured filmmakers. Any donated amount will be highly appreciated. For a complete schedule of the January 2007 Cinekatipunan screenings, visit www.magnet.com.ph.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Mag:net Cinekatipunan December Screenings
Cinekatipunan December Schedule
1 (Fri)
5:30 PM-Roxlee: ROMEO MUST ROCK (2004/Digital/55 mins); Howie Severino: PEPE SMITH (2006/Digital/35 mins) to be followed by LIVE performances by Pepe Smith and Romeo Lee
2 (Sat)
5:30 PM-UP Sining at Lipunan (UP College of Mass Communication) and Moving Concepts
(UST College of Fine Arts and Design)
4 (Mon)
5:30 PM-Malaysian Shorts Program (91 mins) with Sharaad Kuttan
5 (Tue)
5:30 PM-Mark Gary and Denisa Reyes: SANDALANG BAHAY (2005/Digital/98 mins)
6 (Wed)
5:30 PM - Khavn: FPJ's ISLA PUTTING BATO (1977/35 mm) Quay Brothers
7:30 PM – KHAVN SHORTS,
8PM - SQUATTER PUNK (2006/Digital) with live music by The Brockas
7 (Thu)
5:30 PM-Raya Martin: ANG ISLA SA DULO NG MUNDO (2004/Digital/109 mins)
8 (Fri)
5:30 PM-Kidlat Tahimik: SINONG LUMIKHA NG YOYO? SINONG LUMIKHA NG MOON BUGGY? (1982/16 mm)
9 (Sat)
5:30 PM- Ditsi Carolino: RILES (2002/Digital/70 mins); Tudla: SA NGALAN NG TUBO (2005/Digital/38 mins)
11 (Mon)
5:30 PM-Tom Shu-Yu Lin: THE PAIN OF OTHERS (Taiwan/2005/35 mm/30 mins); Malaysian Independent Shorts Program (91 mins)
12 (Tue)
5:30 PM-Ellen Ramos and Paolo Villaluna: ILUSYON (2005/Digital/100 mins)
13 (Wed)
5:30 PM-Raymond Red SHORT FILMS
14 (Thu)
5:30 PM-LGBT Night (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender)- Mark
dela Cruz: MISTERYO NG HAPIS (2006/15 mins), Paolo Villaluna: PALUGID (2000/16mm/18 mins), Sigrid Andrea Bernardo: BABAE (2004/Digital/20 mins); Ms. You Porny: BEHIND THE APPEARANCE Cambodia/Digital/7 mins) to be followed by ANG LADLAD Program
15 (Fri)
5:30 PM-Tikoy Aguiluz: FR. BALWEG, REBEL PRIEST(1986/16 mm/50mins)
16 (Sat)
5:30 PM-Loyola Film Circle (Ateneo) and Moving Concepts (UST CFAD)
18 (Mon)
5:30 PM-Malaysian Shorts Program (91 mins) with Sharaad Kuttan
19 (Tue)
5:30 PM-Mark Gary and Denisa Reyes: SANDALANG BAHAY (2005/Digital/98 mins.)
20 (Wed)
5:30 PM-Khavn: Japanese Cyberpunk Films from Shinya Tsukamoto and Sogo Ishii
7:30 PM SQUATTER PUNK (2006/Digital) with live music by The Brockas
21 (Thu)
5:30 PM-(Chabet's Choice) PBS American Masters: Andy Warhol (240 mins)
22 (Fri)
5:30 PM-Nick Deocampo: PRIVATE WARS(1995/16 mm/70 mins); ISAAK (1994/35 mm/10 mins)
23 (Sat)
5:30 PM-Moving Concepts (UST College of Fine Arts and Design)
25 (Mon) (CLOSED)
26 (Tue)
5:30 PM-Ellen Ramos and Paolo Villaluna: ILUSYON(2005/Digital/100 mins)
27 (Wed)
5:30 PM-Lav Diaz: BATANG WEST SIDE (Philippines,USA/2002/315 mins)
28 (Thu)
5:30 PM-Raya Martin: MAICLING PELICULA NG YSANG INDIO NACIONAL (2006/35 mm/96 mins)
29 (Fri)
5:30 PM-Roxlee: ROMEO MUST ROCK (2004/Digital/55 mins); Howie Severino: PEPE SMITH (2006/Digital/35 mins)
30 (Sat)
5:30 PM-Ateneo Loyola Film Circle, UST Moving Concepts and UP SILIP
1 (Fri)
5:30 PM-Roxlee: ROMEO MUST ROCK (2004/Digital/55 mins); Howie Severino: PEPE SMITH (2006/Digital/35 mins) to be followed by LIVE performances by Pepe Smith and Romeo Lee
2 (Sat)
5:30 PM-UP Sining at Lipunan (UP College of Mass Communication) and Moving Concepts
(UST College of Fine Arts and Design)
4 (Mon)
5:30 PM-Malaysian Shorts Program (91 mins) with Sharaad Kuttan
5 (Tue)
5:30 PM-Mark Gary and Denisa Reyes: SANDALANG BAHAY (2005/Digital/98 mins)
6 (Wed)
5:30 PM - Khavn: FPJ's ISLA PUTTING BATO (1977/35 mm) Quay Brothers
7:30 PM – KHAVN SHORTS,
8PM - SQUATTER PUNK (2006/Digital) with live music by The Brockas
7 (Thu)
5:30 PM-Raya Martin: ANG ISLA SA DULO NG MUNDO (2004/Digital/109 mins)
8 (Fri)
5:30 PM-Kidlat Tahimik: SINONG LUMIKHA NG YOYO? SINONG LUMIKHA NG MOON BUGGY? (1982/16 mm)
9 (Sat)
5:30 PM- Ditsi Carolino: RILES (2002/Digital/70 mins); Tudla: SA NGALAN NG TUBO (2005/Digital/38 mins)
11 (Mon)
5:30 PM-Tom Shu-Yu Lin: THE PAIN OF OTHERS (Taiwan/2005/35 mm/30 mins); Malaysian Independent Shorts Program (91 mins)
12 (Tue)
5:30 PM-Ellen Ramos and Paolo Villaluna: ILUSYON (2005/Digital/100 mins)
13 (Wed)
5:30 PM-Raymond Red SHORT FILMS
14 (Thu)
5:30 PM-LGBT Night (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender)- Mark
dela Cruz: MISTERYO NG HAPIS (2006/15 mins), Paolo Villaluna: PALUGID (2000/16mm/18 mins), Sigrid Andrea Bernardo: BABAE (2004/Digital/20 mins); Ms. You Porny: BEHIND THE APPEARANCE Cambodia/Digital/7 mins) to be followed by ANG LADLAD Program
15 (Fri)
5:30 PM-Tikoy Aguiluz: FR. BALWEG, REBEL PRIEST(1986/16 mm/50mins)
16 (Sat)
5:30 PM-Loyola Film Circle (Ateneo) and Moving Concepts (UST CFAD)
18 (Mon)
5:30 PM-Malaysian Shorts Program (91 mins) with Sharaad Kuttan
19 (Tue)
5:30 PM-Mark Gary and Denisa Reyes: SANDALANG BAHAY (2005/Digital/98 mins.)
20 (Wed)
5:30 PM-Khavn: Japanese Cyberpunk Films from Shinya Tsukamoto and Sogo Ishii
7:30 PM SQUATTER PUNK (2006/Digital) with live music by The Brockas
21 (Thu)
5:30 PM-(Chabet's Choice) PBS American Masters: Andy Warhol (240 mins)
22 (Fri)
5:30 PM-Nick Deocampo: PRIVATE WARS(1995/16 mm/70 mins); ISAAK (1994/35 mm/10 mins)
23 (Sat)
5:30 PM-Moving Concepts (UST College of Fine Arts and Design)
25 (Mon) (CLOSED)
26 (Tue)
5:30 PM-Ellen Ramos and Paolo Villaluna: ILUSYON(2005/Digital/100 mins)
27 (Wed)
5:30 PM-Lav Diaz: BATANG WEST SIDE (Philippines,USA/2002/315 mins)
28 (Thu)
5:30 PM-Raya Martin: MAICLING PELICULA NG YSANG INDIO NACIONAL (2006/35 mm/96 mins)
29 (Fri)
5:30 PM-Roxlee: ROMEO MUST ROCK (2004/Digital/55 mins); Howie Severino: PEPE SMITH (2006/Digital/35 mins)
30 (Sat)
5:30 PM-Ateneo Loyola Film Circle, UST Moving Concepts and UP SILIP
Saturday, December 23, 2006
PARANG PELIKULA screening
PARANG PELIKULA
Director/Producer/Screenplay/Cinematographer: Hubert Tibi
2006. Digital, 20 mins 24 secs
DVD, Color w/English subtitles
Drama/Comedy
DECEMBER 23, 7pm
PARANG PELIKULA BAR
(130 Malakas St. brgy. Central Diliman, QC)
FREE SCREENING
Cast: Reinier Revilla, Joel Masagnay, Teddy Corpuz, Jourdan Sebastian, Elmo Redrico, Monica Alejo, Rosario Lopez
Parang Pelikula explores the lives of Pilo and Justin, who in childhood were best friends growing up in a middle class suburb in the early 90s. They go their separate ways when Pilo leaves the neighborhood. Fifteen years later, Pilo returns and attends the wake of his childhood playmate. In the wake, Pilo talks with Justin's mother who tells him about her son's life.
Best Screenplay Winner, Short Feature Category, Cinemalaya 2006
Official Selection, 29th LV Hawaii Int'l, Film Festival
Director/Producer/Screenplay/Cinematographer: Hubert Tibi
2006. Digital, 20 mins 24 secs
DVD, Color w/English subtitles
Drama/Comedy
DECEMBER 23, 7pm
PARANG PELIKULA BAR
(130 Malakas St. brgy. Central Diliman, QC)
FREE SCREENING
Cast: Reinier Revilla, Joel Masagnay, Teddy Corpuz, Jourdan Sebastian, Elmo Redrico, Monica Alejo, Rosario Lopez
Parang Pelikula explores the lives of Pilo and Justin, who in childhood were best friends growing up in a middle class suburb in the early 90s. They go their separate ways when Pilo leaves the neighborhood. Fifteen years later, Pilo returns and attends the wake of his childhood playmate. In the wake, Pilo talks with Justin's mother who tells him about her son's life.
Best Screenplay Winner, Short Feature Category, Cinemalaya 2006
Official Selection, 29th LV Hawaii Int'l, Film Festival
Friday, December 22, 2006
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE screening
Little Miss Sunshine
Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Now showing in these theaters:
Glorietta 4, Cinema 2, Makati City
12:05 PM 2:10PM 4:15PM 6:20PM 8:25PM 10:30 PM
Greenbelt 3, Cinema 2, Makati City
3:10PM 5:15PM 7:20PM 9:25PM 11:30 PM
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Abigail Breslin
Director: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Released by: 20th Century Fox
Running time: 1 hr 41 m
MTRCB rating: R-13
Synopsis: The Hoovers are a family on a mission: to go to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant all the way in California to bring their 7-year-old, Olive, closer to her dreams. On the way there, the family confronts shattered dreams and a VW bus that has broken down. Will the family ultimately learn from their bizarre journey?
Thursday, December 21, 2006
SA ILALIM NG COGON screening
SA ILALIM NG COGON
screening extended in
ROBINSONS GALLERIA
until DEC. 24, 2006
Directed by Rico Maria Ilarde
Cast: Yul Servo and Julia Clarete
Thursday, December 14, 2006
THE 3rd ART FILM FESTIVAL OF THE IFG
THE 3rd ART FILM FESTIVAL OF THE INDEPENDENT FILM GROUP
AT THE PHILIPPINE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY MANILA
DEC 14-15, 1pm
An inter-collegiate short film competition showcasing ten chosen
works of young student filmmakers.
ADAM'S FAMILY (AMA Computer College Cubao) 15min
Directed by: Donnie Sacueza
A semi-documentary satire on a young boy's search for the true
meaning of family.
BASO (UST) 19min
Directed by: Edwin Dalisay Jr.
Four different characters fighting for a small thing for bigger
reasons.
IDOL KO SI RENE (UST) 15min
Directed by: Francis Pacheco
A frustrated painter torn between a woman and his art.
LAHO (PWU) 20min - WINNER, BEST DIRECTOR
Andrei Venal and Glausius Pasatiempo
A story about survivors stranded on an island.
LANGIB (UST) 20min
Directed by: Tracy Santuyo
Wounded lives interwine 'til their bitter end.
LARAWAN (UST) 12min
Directed by: Michael Segura
A female reporter develops a schizophrenic behavior which puts her
job on the line.
REALIDAD (UST) 12:33min
Directed by: Sandra Santiago
A crime that shook a community unfolds the other life of a police
investigator.
SIKOLOHIKAL NA ARMAS NI JUAN DELA CRUZ (CSB) 18:26min -
WINNER, BEST SCREENPLAY/WINNER, IFG CHOICE AWARD
Directed by: Emerson Reyes
A jobless construction worker tries to raise his family in a poverty-
stricken environment.
YAPAK (UST) 30min
Directed by: Chris Ang
A story of deceit and obsession.
YAYAY (University of Makati) 15min - WINNER, BEST SHORT
Directed by: Jaypee Zuñiga
A modern day take on Sisa depicting an abused mother in ruins.
http://www.freewebs.com/pwuifg/
AT THE PHILIPPINE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY MANILA
DEC 14-15, 1pm
An inter-collegiate short film competition showcasing ten chosen
works of young student filmmakers.
ADAM'S FAMILY (AMA Computer College Cubao) 15min
Directed by: Donnie Sacueza
A semi-documentary satire on a young boy's search for the true
meaning of family.
BASO (UST) 19min
Directed by: Edwin Dalisay Jr.
Four different characters fighting for a small thing for bigger
reasons.
IDOL KO SI RENE (UST) 15min
Directed by: Francis Pacheco
A frustrated painter torn between a woman and his art.
LAHO (PWU) 20min - WINNER, BEST DIRECTOR
Andrei Venal and Glausius Pasatiempo
A story about survivors stranded on an island.
LANGIB (UST) 20min
Directed by: Tracy Santuyo
Wounded lives interwine 'til their bitter end.
LARAWAN (UST) 12min
Directed by: Michael Segura
A female reporter develops a schizophrenic behavior which puts her
job on the line.
REALIDAD (UST) 12:33min
Directed by: Sandra Santiago
A crime that shook a community unfolds the other life of a police
investigator.
SIKOLOHIKAL NA ARMAS NI JUAN DELA CRUZ (CSB) 18:26min -
WINNER, BEST SCREENPLAY/WINNER, IFG CHOICE AWARD
Directed by: Emerson Reyes
A jobless construction worker tries to raise his family in a poverty-
stricken environment.
YAPAK (UST) 30min
Directed by: Chris Ang
A story of deceit and obsession.
YAYAY (University of Makati) 15min - WINNER, BEST SHORT
Directed by: Jaypee Zuñiga
A modern day take on Sisa depicting an abused mother in ruins.
http://www.freewebs.com/pwuifg/
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