THE ROMEO CANDIDO MIX TAPE @ Mag:net Cafe's Cinekatipunan

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.

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
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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
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