U.P. Film Institute Summer Workshops 2015

MARCH 2015
BASIC SCRIPTWRITING

Facilitator: Prof. Mark McKeown
Schedule : March 14, 21, 28 April 18, 2015 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 5pm (20 hours)
Course Fee : P 5,500.00

FILM APPRECIATION & CRITICISM
Facilitator: Prof. Patrick Campos
Schedule : March 28, 2015
Time : 10am to 4pm (including lunch and snacks)
Course Fee : P 1,800.00

APRIL 2015
DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION
Facilitator: Mr. Milo Paz
Schedule : April 6 to 10, 2015 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)
Course Fee : P 8,000.00

NON-LINEAR EDITING – FINAL CUT PRO
Facilitator: Ms. Apol Dating
Schedule : April 11, 18, 25 and May 2, 2015 (4 days)
Time : 1pm to 5pm (16 hours)
Course Fee : P 6,500.00
(12 slots only)

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Facilitator: TBA
Schedule : April 11, 18, 25 and May 2, 2015 (4 days)
Time : 1pm to 5pm (20 hours)
Course Fee : P 5,500.00

Requirement : Digital Camera preferably D-SLR

BASIC SCRIPTWRITING
Facilitator: Mr. Raz dela Torre
Schedule : April 13 to 17, 2015 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)*
Course Fee : P 6,000.00

INTERMEDIATE SCRIPTWRITING – Found Stories
Facilitator: Mr. Armando “Bing” Lao
Schedule : April 27 to May 1, 2015 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)
Course Fee : P 6,500.00
(10 slots only)

MAY 2015
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY in Boracay
Facilitator: Prof. Roehl Jamon
Schedule : May 8 to 10, 2015 (3 days)
Time : 9am to 12nn (9 hours)
Course Fee : P 6,000.00
Requirement : Digital Camera preferably D-SLR
(fare and accommodation not included)

BASIC SCRIPTWRITING in Boracay
Facilitator: Prof. Ed Lejano
Schedule : May 8 to 10, 2015 (3 days)
Time : 1pm to 5pm (12 hours)
Course Fee : P 5,000.00
(fare and accommodation not included)

INTERMEDIATE SCRIPTWRITING in Baguio
Facilitator: TBA
Schedule : May 15 to 18, 2015 (4 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (20 hours)
Course Fee : P 6,000.00
(fare and accommodation not included)

DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY - HDSLR
Facilitator: Mr. Nap Jamir
Schedule : May 23, 24, 30, 31 (4 days)
Time : 10am to 5pm (24 hours)
Course Fee : P 8,500.00
Venue: CMC Media Center

DIRECTING
Facilitator: Ms. Barbara Politsch
Schedule : May 25 to 29, 2015 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)
Course Fee : P 7,000.00

*ON-GOING REGISTRATION*

DISCOUNTS:
-10% off on your 2nd workshop.
-Register in groups of 3 to get 5% off each.

LAST DAY OF REGISTRATION :
5 days before the first day of the workshop.

WORKSHOPS ARE OPEN TO PUBLIC. LIMITED SLOTS.

An initial fee of P500 is required to reserve a slot.

(this fee is non-refundable and will be deducted from the total course fee thereafter)

To REGISTER:
1. Drop by our office.
(Address: UPFI Film Center, 2/F Cine Adarna bldg. Magsaysay and Osmena Ave.,UP Diliman QC)
2. Fill up a Registration Form.
3. Pay P500 or in full. (An initial fee of P500 is required to reserve a slot.)

or

1. Visit http://filminstitute.upd.edu.ph/?page_id=45
2. Download and fill up a Registration Form. Email or Fax it to us.
3. Deposit P500 or in full. (An initial fee of P500 is required to reserve a slot.)

*For BANK DEPOSITS
Name: UP CMC Foundation, Inc.
Account No. 39 – 325 – 130001 - 01
PNB, UP Campus Branch
(kindly fax us (9262722) or email us a copy of the deposit slip/receipt of your down payment together with your completed registration form)

For Inquiries:
0932 – 4852110 (Karen)
upfi_workshops@yahoo.com.ph
http://upfilminstitute.upd.edu.ph

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Call for Applications for UPFI Full-time Faculty

The UPFI is looking for applicants to fill the roster of full time faculty starting next school year AY 2014-2015.

As member of the full-time faculty, candidate will (among others):

1. Handle 12 units of courses per semester,
2. Be available for consultation for at least 10 hours per week,
3. Prepare and submit course syllabi for courses assigned,
4. Attend, participate, and cooperate in Institute and College committees, activities, meetings, and other fora,
5. Participate in college and institute research; extension work,
6. Do research and participate in research dissemination through local and international conferences,
7. Publish research and/or creative work in a refereed journal or publication,
8. Design, write, and teach new courses for the film program.

Candidate must:
1. Have MA degree (or higher) in Film and/or related disciplines;
2. Have 3-5 years experience in film/ media related work;
3. Have at least 3 years teaching experience;
4. Show evidence of teaching competency.

Preference will be given to candidates who have any or all of the following:
1. Published in a refereed academic journal;
2. Research paper presented in a local or international conference;
3. Creative Portfolio (works must be juried by a duly recognized body of peers)

Interested applicants must submit:
1. Letter of intent
2. Curriculum vitae (with picture)
3. Teaching portfolio (containing the following):

a. Statement of teaching philosophy and practice of teaching,
b. Teaching quality
c. Innovativeness,
d. Range of Teaching,
e. Continual self-improvement, and
f. Contributions to the cause of education.

4. Schedule of availability for demo teaching

Submit applications to the College of Mass Communications Admin office at Plaridel Hall, Ylanan St., UP Campus, Diliman, QC on or before February 14, 2011.

For inquiries: upfi.academics@gmail.com.

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Film Talk With Vincent Moon

The UP Film Institute is hosting a film talk with visiting French filmmaker Vincent Moon this Monday, 12 March 2012, at 2 p.m. at the Videotheque of the UPFI Film Center in UP Diliman.

An independent filmmaker from Paris, Vincent Moon has done experimental films and documentaries and is most renowned for his field work music videos of indie-rock musicians and a slew of notable mainstream artists. “La Faute des Fleurs,” his 2009 film about Japanese singer Kazuki Tomokawa, won for him the Sound and Vision Award at the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival. For years now, he has been on the road experimenting on nomadic cinema, traveling to film rare musicians around the world and trying to redefine the limits of cinema in the 21st century.

Admission to the film talk is free.

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Nick Deocampo Docus on Show

UP Film Institute is proud to present a twin-bill of Nick Deocampo’s films for its Spotlight on Docus event this December. On view at the Videotheque of UPFI Film Center in UP Diliman is the back-to-back showcase of Private Wars and The Sex Warriors and the Samurai on Dec 13 Tue and Dec 14 Wed at 2:30/4:30/6:30 p.m.

Winner of the Audience Prize at the 1997 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Private Wars is a personal chronicle of Deocampo’s search for his missing father. Produced by Formation Films for Channel 4 London in 1995 and winner of a string of awards from Film Academy of the Philippines, Tokyo’s Image Forum Festival and the Video Mondial - Brussels, The Sex Warriors and the Samurai tells a candid story of a Filipino transvestite in Japan’s entertainment center.

University of the Philippines Film Institute
UP Diliman, Quezon City
filminstitute.upd.edu.ph

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Eiga Sai 2011 @ UPFI Film Center

EIGA SAI 2011

the Japanese Film Festival

Aug 17-20, 2011 Cine Adarna @ UPFI Film Center

FREE ADMISSION

AUG 17 Wed
Summer Days with Coo (138 mins) 12:30 PM
One Million Yen Girl (121 mins) 3:00 PM
Yunagi City, Sakura Country (118 mins) 5:30 PM
Villon’s Wife (114 mins) 7:30 PM

AUG 18 Thu
Your Friend (125 mins) 12:30 PM
Yunagi City, Sakura Country (118 mins) 3:00 PM
Feel the Wind (133 mins) 5:15 PM
Climber’s High (145 mins) 7:30 PM

AUG 19 Fri
Climber’s High (145 mins) 12:30 PM
The Chef of South Polar (125 mins) 3:00 PM
Villon’s Wife (114 mins) 5:30 PM
The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones (139 mins) 7:30 PM

AUG 20 Sat
Summer Days with Coo (138 mins) 12:30 PM
Feel the Wind (133 mins) 3:00 PM
The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones (139 mins) 5:10 PM
The Chef of South Polar (125 mins) 7:30 PM




Summer Days with Coo
Aug 17, 12:30 p.m.; Aug 20, 12:30 p.m.

Coo is a kappa, a tiny amphibious creature with a dish-shaped skull. He lives in a swamp near Edo, the former name of Tokyo. There are rumors that the humans plan to drain the swamp for their own purposes, and Coo's father confronts a human samurai on the road one night to beg him to reconsider the plan. He brings the samurai a fish as a present, but the samurai is afraid of him and cuts him to pieces. Coo runs away, but just then an earthquake strikes and Coo falls into a crevice, where he is buried alive.


One Million Yen Girl
Aug 17, 3 p.m.

The film focuses on 21-year-old Suzuko who gets into trouble with her co-workers from her part-time job and ends up in jail. Coming out of the jail, living with her parents seems no longer an option. She takes on a various jobs: cleaning offices, delivering newspapers, and saves up a million yen to embark on a journey. She finds herself in a seaside resort and starts working as a part-time staff at a guest house. A local boy falls for her, but she has promised herself to leave for another town once she saves up a million yen.


Yunagi City, Sakura Country
Aug 17, 5:30 p.m.; Aug 18, 3 p.m.

The film is based on a manga comic by Fumiyo Kono, portraying the tragedy that the atomic bomb carries beyond generations and depicting the viewpoint of two women in two-frame stories, one from the past and the other from the present day.


Villon's Wife
Aug 17, 7:30p.m.; Aug 19, 5:30 p.m.

While raising a young son, Sachi (Matsu Takako), the wife of the popular writer Otani (Asano Tadanobu), struggles to contain the damage wrought by her profligate husband. To pay off his debts, she starts working at a pub where she wins the favor of Okada (Tsumabuki Satoshi), a young fan of Otani's, and her former crush lawyer Tsuji (Tsutsumi Shinichi). But Otani surges with jealousy at the sight of the newly confident and popular Sachi. Struggling with his writing as well, he attempts a love-suicide with his lover Akiko (Hirosue Ryoko).


Your Friend
Aug 18, 12:30p.m.

Writer Nakahara visits a school in a small city for his research on children with problems like school refusal. At the school, he meets Emi, a volunteering college student who has lame leg. Emi is called “Ms. Puffy” by the children because she always takes pictures of clouds. Interested in this girl, Nakahara asks her to be interviewed, but Emi refuses. Emi eventually changes her mind and shares her childhood stories with Nakahara.


Feel the Wind
Aug 18, 5:15p.m.; Aug 20, 3 p.m.

Kakeru (Hayashi Kento), a super talented runner in high school who quit the sports world to attend the up-and-coming Kansei University, finds himself being manipulated by the school's running captain, fourth year student Haiji (Koide Keisuke), to move into the dormitory for the members of the running team. He would have to deal with other tenants manga freak Prince (Nakamura Yuichi), Musa (Dante Carver) who is an African exchange student with no experience in track and field, and chain-smoker Nico-chan (Kawamura Yosuke) who failed a year of school.


Climber's High
Aug 18, 7:30 p.m.; Aug 19, 12:30 p.m.

The film is based on the Japanese bestselling novel by Hideo Yokoyama, which is inspired by actual events. The novel took 17 years to complete. It tells the story of a press reporter who finds the meaning of life through his experiences of news reporting and mountain climbing.


The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones
Aug 19, 7:30 p.m.; Aug 20, 5:10 p.m.

In 1907, a band of men challenged Japan's last unconquered mountain in order to complete a map of their nation. Mt. Tsurugidake, located in Tateyama mountain range in the Northern Alps in Toyama Prefecture, stands 2,999m above sea level, and is known to be difficult climb. It has been designated as the “God” for those engaged in mountain Asceticism-Shamanism and sometimes referred to as the “Needle Mountain” or the “Mountain of Death” for its inaccessibility.


The Chef of South Polar
Aug 19, 3 p.m.; Aug 20, 730 p.m.

Mr. Nishimura, a South Pole research team's chef, badly misses his family in Japan. With that, he always tries to make delicious meals. But, without being able to procure fresh supplies, maintaining variety in the daily menu is a Herculean task. The team is comprised of a Captain who is addicted much to ramen, the Doctor, Moto-san who he himself tries to train to participate in a triathlon event when he returns back to Japan, and the other young support members wherein Nishimura had to push himself to a great length to keep the table filled with delectable meals. Several unique characters have to live together for one-and-a-half years.

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UPFI Film Center this June 2011

School is back and the UP Film Institute is all set for an entire academic year of UPFI Film Center screenings beginning with a distinct selection of films for June 2011.

Reminisce the golden age of Philippine movies in the 1970s as Ishmael Bernal's Lagi Na Lamang Ba Akong Babae (1978) is screened on June 15, Wednesday, at 5 pm.

Commemorate Jose Rizal's 150th birth anniversary with a pair of titles based on the immortal character created by the national hero as Gerardo de Leon's Sisa (1951) is presented back-to-back with Mario O'Hara's Sisa (1999) from June 16, Thursday to June 18, Saturday.

Savor the best of French cinema as this year's French Film Festival courtesy of the Embassy of France in the Philippines holds a special engagement for the premiere state university from June 29, Wednesday to July 2, Saturday.

Currently on view at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery are photo and video works from the recent graduates of the UPFI Summer Workshops under the helm of Kiri Dalena, Frankie Callaghan, Gari Buenavista, Daemon Becker, Milo Paz and Estan Cabigas.

LGBT artists and supporters gather together on June 24, Friday for The Pink Manifesto, which aims to foster a sense of community and pride while also valuing individuality through art, music and ideas.

Outdoor photo installation features young conceptual artist Catalina Africa's Broken Pleases. Her work contemplates the origin of perceived tragedies, how moments so small and secret can deceive us with an almost elementary mockery.

CINE ADARNA:

French Film Festival 2011
June 29 - July 2

VIDEOTHEQUE:

*Back to Classics:

Ishmael Bernal’s Lagi Na Lamang Ba Akong Babae
June 15 Wed / 5pm

*Rizal's 150th Birth Anniversary

June 16 Thu & 17 Fri
5pm - Gerardo de Leon's Sisa (1951)
7pm - Mario O'Hara's Sisa (1999)

June 18 Sat
230pm - Mario O'Hara's Sisa (1999)
5pm - Gerardo de Leon's Sisa (1951)
*Admission Fee : P 35

ISHMAEL BERNAL GALLERY:

*UPFI Workshops Exhibition
runs until June 17

*The Pink Manifesto
A Celebration of Life, Music and Diversity
June 24 Fri / 6pm

*Outdoor Installation:
Broken Pleases by Catalina Africa
June 23 - July 23

*ADMISSION IS FREE TO ALL SCREENINGS AND EVENTS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED*

FORTHCOMING THIS JULY:

*Kano
July 5 Tue / 5 & 7pm

*Taiwan Film Festival
July 20-22

*Cinemalaya 7
July 26 - 29
Aug 2 - 5

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Kurosawa at UPFI Film Center This Week!

Kurosawa at UPFI Film Center this week!

A grand total of 21 titles will each have a screening for the UP Film Institute engagement of the Japan Foundation's Kurosawa Film Festival beginning this Wednesday 22 September 2010 until the end of the month. Admission is free. Venue is the 800-seat Cine Adarna of the UPFI Film Center along Magsaysay Avenue in UP Diliman.

Featured films are all shown in original 35mm print. The festival marks the birth centenary of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.

The UP Film Institute takes the occasion to acknowledge the generosity of the Government of Japan for the Cultural Grant Aid the country's premier state university received in the form of audio visual equipment for the benefit of UP Film Institute's screenings, classes, workshops and other cultural events. The grant has been facilitated through the assistance of Japan Information and Culture Center of the Embassy of Japan.

Forthcoming UPFI workshops coincide with the semestral break. Offered courses include Basic Video Production on October 9, 16, 23, 30 (four consecutive Saturdays) under Joni Gutierrez and Basic Scriptwriting also on October 9, 16 23, 30 (four consecutive Saturdays) under Cenon Palomares.


*KUROSAWA FILM FESTIVAL
Sep 22 - 30
(FREE ADMISSION)

SEP 22 / Wed
1pm - Judo Saga ( Sugata Sanshiro)
4:30pm - To Live (Ikiru)
7:00pm - The Bad Sleep Well

SEP 23 / Thu
1:00pm - High and Low
4:30pm - The Hidden Fortress
7:00pm - No Regrets for Our Youth

SEP 24 / Fri
1:00pm - Yojimbo (aka The Bodyguard)
4:30pm - Red Beard

SEP 25 / Sat
1:00pm - Seven Samurai
4:30pm - In the Woods ( Rashomon)
7:00pm - One Wonderful Sunday

SEP 27 / Mon
1:00pm - The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
4:30pm - The Lower Depths
7:00pm - Sanjuro

SEP 28 / Tue
4:30pm - Judo Saga Part 2 ( Zoku Sugata SAnshiro)
7:00pm - Stray Dog

SEP 29 / Wed
1:00pm - Dodes'kaden
4:30pm - The Most Beautiful
7:00pm - Drunken Angel

SEP 30 / Thu
4:30pm - Throne of Blood
7:00pm - I Live in Fear

For complete listing and synopses:
http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_institute/university_of_the_philippines_kurosawa_films.html

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September at the UPFI Film Center

The UP Film Institute announces screening and event highlights for September 2010 at the UPFI Film Center.

The showcase for Cinemalaya Netpac films with respective titles taking turns for their premieres at the country's premier state university goes on with TJ Trinidad's MKAK on September 2, Thursday; Mes de Guzman's Ang Mundo sa Panahon ng Yelo on September 8, Wednesday; Khavn de la Cruz's The Trial of Mister Serapio on September 16, Thursday and Arnel Mardoquio's Sheika on September 21, Tuesday. All screenings will be held at the Main Cinema (Cine Adarna) at 7pm.

Three more screen gems are lined up for the Brazilian Film Festival with Caramuru on September 3, Friday at 5 and 7 pm; O Invasor on September 10, Friday at 5 and 7 pm; and A Partilha on September 17, Friday at 5 and 7 pm. Venue is Videotheque. Admission is free.

In commemoration of the 1st death anniversary of young film critic Alexis Tioseco, a special installation of films and video love letters to honor his memory is slated on September 15, Wednesday from 12 noon to 12 midnight at the Videotheque.

As the year marks the birth centenary of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, Japan Foundation mounts an entire festival consisting of a bulk of the icon's accomplished films that have been the toast of the world in a career spanning six decades. Daily screenings are set from September 22, Wednesday to September 25, Saturday and from September 27, Monday to September 30, Thursday.

Over at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery, two new exhibitions will run from September 10 – October 1: UGATLahi Artist Collective’s Nasaan and U.P. CINEASTES’ Revolutionize. Cinematize.


1) CINE ADARNA / MAIN CINEMA :

*CINEMALAYA NETPAC FILMS:

MKAK by Tj Trinidad
Sept 2 (Thu) / 7 pm

ANG MUNDO SA PANAHON NG YELO by Mes De Guzman
Sept 8 (Wed) / 7 pm

THE TRIAL OF MISTER SERAPIO by Khavn Dela Cruz
Sept 16 (Thu) / 7 pm

SHEIKA by Arnel Mardoquio
Sept 21 (Tue) / 7 pm


*KUROSAWA FILM FESTIVAL
Sep 22 - 30
(FREE ADMISSION)

SEP 22 / Wed
1pm - Judo Saga ( Sugata Sanshiro)
4:30pm - To Live (Ikiru)
7:00pm - The Bad Sleep Well

SEP 23 / Thu
1:00pm - High and Low
4:30pm - The Hidden Fortress
7:00pm - No Regrets for Our Youth

SEP 24 / Fri
1:00pm - Yojimbo (aka The Bodyguard)
4:30pm - Red Beard

SEP 25 / Sat
1:00pm - Seven Samurai
4:30pm - In the Woods ( Rashomon)
7:00pm - One Wonderful Sunday

SEP 27 / Mon
1:00pm - The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
4:30pm - The Lower Depths
7:00pm - Sanjuro

SEP 28 / Tue
4:30pm - Judo Saga Part 2 ( Zoku Sugata SAnshiro)
7:00pm - Stray Dog

SEP 29 / Wed
1:00pm - Dodes'kaden
4:30pm - The Most Beautiful
7:00pm - Drunken Angel

SEP 30 / Thu
4:30pm - Throne of Blood
7:00pm - I Live in Fear


2) VIDEOTHEQUE :

*BRAZILIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2010
Sep3 - 17
(FREE ADMISSION)

CARAMURU
Sep3 / Fri / 5pm & 7pm

O INVASOR
Sep10 / Fri / 5pm & 7pm

A PARTILHA
Sep17/ Fri / 5pm & 7pm


*THE LETTER I WOULD LOVE TO READ TO YOU IN PERSON
In memory of ALEXIS TIOSECO (1981- 2009)
Sep 15 (Wed) / 12noon - 12 midnight


3.) ISHMAEL BERNAL GALLERY :

*NASAAN?
Isang Eksibit Tungkol sa Karapatang Pantao
UGATLahi Artist Collective
September 10 – 17

*REVOLUTIONIZE. CINEMATIZE.
UP CINEASTES’ STUDIO
September 14 – October 1

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This August at the UPFI Film Center

The UP Film Institute has a full line-up of events at the UPFI Film Center this August 2010.

Ushering in the month is a five-day cinematography workshop with Jean-Paul Jarry - visiting professor from the International Institute de l’Image et Son (3IS) of Trappes, France. The workshop - a tie-up with the French Embassy for the French-Philippine Cultural Exchange Project and the Kodak Worldwide Student Program - kicks off on Aug 2 Monday and culminates on Aug 6 Friday.

Now on its second year, Tudla Productions’ Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival highlights brand-new works on the human rights issues of today plus the commemorative screening for the 25th anniversary of “Kapit sa Patalim” – one of the most acclaimed films by Brocka who years after his death was proclaimed National Artist. The festival holds a marathon of screenings that also includes talks, teach-ins and exhibits from August 11 Wednesday to August 12 Thursday.

With the success once more of this year’s Cinemalaya’s moveover to the premier state university, the initial leg of a showcase for Cinemalaya Netpac films is set with Joven Tan’s “Magdamag” on August 13 Friday, "MKAK" by TJ Trinidad on August 17 Tuesday and John Torres’ “Ang Ninanais” on August 25 Wednesday. Netpac stands for Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema.

Japan Foundation’s Eiga Sai runs from August 18 Wednesday to August 21 Saturday with three to four shows daily featuring a range of popular and acclaimed titles including shorts and animation in addition to the usual full-length releases that are all award-winning and guaranteed box-office sensations.

This year’s Brazilian Film Festival courtesy of the Embassy of Brazil comes early on August 27 and will continue to three more Fridays in September. Opening film is Andre Klotzel’s “Posthumous Memoires” from the classic novel by Machado de Assis.

Over at Ishmael Bernal Gallery are 3 contemporary art shows: Paper Cut featuring works by UPFI students and graduates; Ringo Bunoan's outdoor installation Twin Towers; and Wrath of My Nuts, new photo based-works from Jed Escueta, Sam Kiyoumarsi and Kaloy Olavides.

THIS AUGUST AT THE UPFI FILM CENTER

CINE ADARNA / MAIN CINEMA:

*CINEMATOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
with Prof. Jean-Paul Jarry
of the International Institute de l’Image et du son (3IS) Trappes, France
in cooperation with The Embassy of France and Kodak Philippines
2 - 6 August 2010

*2ND PANDAYANG LINO BROCKA POLITICAL FILM &
NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL
in cooperation with Tudla Productions
(FREE ADMISSION)

August 11 / Wednesday
August 12 / Thursday

Selected films:

Ang Sandaling Sadya Nina Lire at Isa, Francis Losaria
Wag Kang Titingin, Pam Miras
Handum, Manie Magbanua
Bingit, Michael Christian Cardoz
Hamon ng Panahon, Kodao Productions
Ing Magdarame, University of Assumption Pampanga
Babae ako, Jeyow Evangelista
Dissatisfied, Jet Leyco
Tagulaylay sa Hacienda Yulo, Rom Factolerin
Mga Liham mula sa Alaska, Roberto Reyes Ang
Kinulayang Kiti, Richard Legaspi
Kibo, Rosswil Hilario
Lawa ng Bae, Donnie Sacueza
Hulagway, Jerry Jumawan
Kakasa ka ba?, Mayday Productions
Kababayang Kalakal, Ilang Ilang Quijano and King Catoy
Badjao, La Consolacion College Manila
Dumagat, Boy Villasanta

*CINEMALAYA NETPAC Film Series

MAGDAMAG by Joven Tan
August 13 / Friday / 7pm

MKAK by TJ Trinidad
August 17 / Tuesday / 7pm

ANG NINANAIS by John Torres
August 25 / Wednesday / 7pm

*EIGA SAI Japan Film Festival
in cooperation with Japan Foundation
(FREE ADMISSION)

Aug 18 / Wednesday
2pm – The Battery in Our Hands
4.30pm – TOKYO TOWER Mom & Me, and Sometimes Dad
7pm – I Just Didn’t Do It

Aug 19 / Thursday
1pm – Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor
2pm – Glasses
4.30pm – I Just Didn’t Do It
7pm - TOKYO TOWER Mom & Me, and Sometimes Dad

Aug 20 / Friday
12nn – Miyori in the SacredForest
2pm – Fourteen
4.30pm – The Bandage Club
7pm – Always Sunset on the Third Street 2

Aug 21 /Saturday
1pm - Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor
2pm - Miyori in the SacredForest
4.30pm - Always Sunset on the Third Street 2
7pm – How to Become Myself

*BRAZIL FILM FESTIVAL Opening
Presented by the Embassy of Brazil
(FREE ADMISSION)

MEMORIAS POSTUMAS
Aug 27 / Friday / 7pm


ISHMAEL BERNAL GALLERY:
Gallery hours : Mon – Fri, 2pm to 7pm
(FREE ADMISSION)

*PAPER CUT
JULY 23 – AUG 20
Works by UPFI students and graduates
Lara Acuin / AD Alarilla / Whammy Alcarazen / Joy Aquino / Malaya Camporedondo / Karl Castro / Benjo Ferrer / Bebe Go / Aissa Peñafiel / Jan Pineda

*TWIN TOWERS
JULY 27 – AUG 27
An outdoor installation by Ringo Bunoan

*WRATH OF MY NUTS
AUGUST 6 - SEPTEMBER 3
Kaloy Olavides/ Jed Escueta/ Sam Kiyoumarsi

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19th International Women's Film Festival

You are all cordially invited to the 19th International Women's Film Festival from March 9 to 11 2010 (Tuesday to Thursday)at the Cine Adarna of the U.P Film Institute. We have 4 main activities where all of you are invited:

1. March 9 to 11 9:00am to 2:30pm WOMEN'S FILM CONGRESS
- We have invited speakers from academe and industry to talk about
how women claim space for their voices in the various mass media
forms.
March 9 10am-11:30am Dr. Guy Claudio Women in Discourse
1:00pm-2:30pm Dr. Odine De Guzman Women Films

March 10 10am-11:30am Dr. Judy Taguiwalo
1:00pm-2:30pm Prof. Roselle Rivera

March 11 10am-11:30am Atty Joji Alonso Women Producing Films
Ms. Bridget Pickering Producing films in
South Africa
1:00pm-2:30pm Prof. Brian Bantugan Diaspora of Women
Caregivers in Films

2. March 9 2:30pm BROWN BAG SESSION/FORUM WITH SOUTH AFRICAN
FILM PRODUCER MS. BRIDGET PICKERING

-This will take place at the Videotheque
- Ms. Pickering is the producer of COURTING JUSTICE and the
Executive producer of HOTEL RWANDA
- This is an informal conversation/ roundtable discussion with
Ms. Pickering

3. March 9 at 7:00pm at the Cine Adarna

WATCH THE PHILIPPINE PREMIERE OF THE FILM COURTING JUSTICE a film from South Africa.

Also, be a witness to film history as we award two high calibre women who have made great strides in filmmaking as women and who have propelled women's issues and concerns in film. This is the DIWATA AWARDS.

4. Free Film Screenings!

March 10 2:30pm NEW WOMEN STUDENT'S WORKS
5:00pm SERBIS (Brillante Mendoza Film)
7:00pm IN MY LIFE (olive Lamasan Film)

March 11 2:30pm KUBRADOR (Jeffrey Jeturian Film)
5:00pm COURTING JUSTICE (Jane Thandi Lipman Film)
7:00pm SANA MAULIT MULI (Olive Lamasan Film)

For details about the Festival get in touch with Mr. Nonoy Lauzon at 63-2-926-3640.

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UP Film Institute this February 2010

The arts and culture month in UP Diliman assumes a festive mood with UP Film Institute’s screenings this February.

As a way of paying homage to the golden era of the country’s counter-stream cinema, a significant number of breakthrough short films regarded now as classics from some of the most celebrated names of the indie movement will be shown. Featured are films by Raymond Red, Joey Agbayani, Juan and Miguel Alcazaren, Patrick Purugganan, Noel Lim, Nonoy Dadivas, Louie Quirino, Larry Manda, Regiben Romana, Jon Red, Yam Laranas among others.

Lending indie spirit to this year’s run-up to Valentine’s Day are the US release, “(500) Days of Summer” (subject to confirmation) and two Philippine titles: Milo Sogueco’s “Sanglaan”—Double Prize Winner in Lyon, France and Ellen Ramos and Paolo Villauna’s “Walang Hanggang Paalam”—Official Selection at SoHo International Film Festival NYC 2010.

FemLink—a worldwide collective of women video artists—presents some of the group’s linked collages. FemLink coordinator Veronique Sapin is joined by Pinay video artist Vivian Limpin in a talk to follow the screening.

Completing UP Film Institute’s line-up of screenings for February 2010 is an extensive series of films billed as “The Lives of Artists” featuring selected biopics of the greatest creative heroes the world has come to know.

Free admission to screenings of breakthrough shorts and “The Lives of Artists” series is in store for all UP students enrolled in film courses under the UP College of Mass Communication upon presentation of their respective Form 5 and valid ID.

CINE ADARNA / MAIN CINEMA:

BREAKTHROUGH SHORTS:
In cooperation with Mowelfund Film Institute

JANUARY 25 – 5 & 7PM

Raymond Red

SININGANG (1983, 3min.)

ANG MAGPAKAILAMAN (1983, 25min.)

KABAKA (1983, 20min.)

A STUDY FOR “THE SKIES” (1988, 12min.)


JANUARY 27 and FEBRUARY 25 – 5 & 7PM

Patrick Purungganan’s GENERATION LOSS (1987, 12min.)

Joey Agbayani’s THE EYE IN THE SKY (1984, 8min.)

Joey Agbayani’s KIDLAT (1989, 10min.)

Alcazaren bros. JUAN DE LA CRUZ (1984, 2min.)

Juan Alcazaren’s HARI (1982, 6min.)

Miguel Alcazaren’s XXX (1986, 5min.)

Noel Lim’s MAGKAKAHOY (1989, 12min.)

Nonoy Dadivas’ ANAK MAYNILA (1993, 6min.)


FEBRUARY 2 – 5PM

Louie Quirino’s BOY GOTO (1987, 6min.)

Larry Manda’s SALAMISIM (1986, 8.30min.)

Regiben Romana’s PILIPINAS: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PHILIPPINES, MR.
JANETZKO? (1989, 5min.)

Jon Red’s TIEMPO (1992, 20min.)

Yam Laranas’ AND RAIN FELL IN JULY ( 1991, 4.54min.)


NEW YEAR OF AUTEURS:

John Torres’ TAON NOONG AKO’Y ANAK SA LABAS & TODO TODO TEROS
Jan 28 / thu / 5pm & 7pm


Sherad Sanchez’s HULING BALYAN NG BUHI
Feb 1 / mon / 5pm & 7pm


Sherad Sanchez’s IMBURNAL
Feb 3 / wed / 5pm


LOVE LIVES:

500 DAYS OF SUMMER (2009)
Feb 8 – 12


VIDEOTHEQUE:

Jerrold Tarog’s MANGATYANAN
Feb 1 / mon / 4:30pm & 6:30pm
Feb 2 / tue / 4:30pm & 6:30pm
Feb 3 / wed / 4:30pm & 6:30pm
Feb 4 / thu / 4:30pm & 6:30pm
Feb 5 / fri / 2:30pm, 4:30pm & 6:30pm
Feb 6 / sat / 2:30pm, 4:30pm & 6:30pm

Femlink Videos + Conversation with the Artists Veronique Sapin & Vivian Limpin
Feb 9 / tue / 4:30pm & 6:30pm

LOVELIVES:
Milo Sogueco’s SANGALAAN
Feb 10 / wed
Feb 11 / thu
Feb 12 / fri
Feb 13 / sat
Feb 15 / mon
Feb 16 / tue

WALANG HANGGANG PAALAM
Directed by Ellen Ramos and Paolo Villaluna

Feb 11 / thu
Feb 12 / fri
Feb 13 / sat
Feb 15 / mon
Feb 16 / tue
Feb 17 / wed – at Cine Adarna

LIVES OF ARTISTS:

FEBRUARY 17 / wed
Featured artists: Gustave KLIMT & Andy WARHOL


FEBRUARY 20 / sat
Featured artists: JANG Seung Up, Jean-Michel BASQUIAT & Diane ARBUS


FEBRUARY 23 / tue
UOD AT ROSAS


FEBRUARY 24 / wed
Featured artists: Pablo PICASSO & Jackson POLLOCK


FEBRUARY 25 / thu
Featured artists: Caravaggio & Gustave KLIMT


FEBRUARY 26 / fri
Featured artists: Andy WARHOL & Francis BACON


Repeat: BREAKTHROUGH SHORTS
Feb 18 / thu
Feb 19 / fri
Feb 27 / sat

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UP Film Institute Screenings This December

The UP Film Institute once more affirms its advocacy for human rights with this year’s edition of Cine Veritas – the annual festival with focus on socially relevant films that uphold the plight of the underprivileged and marginalized sectors of society. Main features include titles that are the current pride of Philippine cinema: Pepe Diokno’s “Engkwentro” (Best Picture of the Orrizonti Section and Best Debut Film at Venice); Ralston Jover’s “Bakal Boys” (Dragons and Tigers Special Mention at Vancouver, Golden Alexander Special Mention at Thessaloniki, Labor Film Prize at Torino) and Ferdie Balanag’s “Walking the Waking Journey,” the acclaimed documentary that made waves at this year’s Cinemalaya with its account of a Himalayan monk’s epic voyage.

A gesture of solidarity for the human rights cause is extended by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands with the free presentation of “Women in Shroud” – an exposé of the arbitrary legal system in Iran endured by women accused of adultery and sentenced to the death penalty. Dedicated women’s rights’ activists one of whom is Shadi Sadr, the recipient of this year’s Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award in the Netherlands , are portrayed in their collective effort to help victims appeal and overturn their death sentences.

Completing the Cine Veritas screening line-up is another Philippine production, “Marlon,” Best Documenary Winner at the 2008 Cinemanila International Film Festival.

Apart from screenings, the Cine Veritas festival hallmarks as well exhibits, fora, performances in cultural nights at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery mounted by various artists groups led by Concerned Artists of the Philippines , Southern Tagalog Exposure, Ugnayan ng Nagkakaisang Artista, SILIP, Tudla and Ugat-Lahi Collective.

The UP Film Institute wraps up its December screenings with a distinguished selection of Italian contemporary cinema courtesy of the Embassy of Italy. Six films are featured, namely, Luciano Melchionna’s "Gas"; Angelo Longoni’s "Caravaggio" ; Francesco Amato’s "Ma Che Faccio Qui" (What I’m Doing Here); Giacomo Campiotti’s "Mai Piu Come Prima" (Never Again as Before); Massimo Andrei’s "Mater Natura"; and Roberto Faenza’s "I Vicere"

(The Viceroys).

Here is the concerned rundown of films for UP Film Institute screenings with listed playdates accordingly:

CINE ADARNA/ MAIN THEATER:

Women in Shroud
Dec 10 Thu 5 p.m.

Engkwentro
Dec 10 Thu 7 p.m.

VIDEOTHEQUE:

Walking the Waking Journey
Dec 5 Sat 6:30 p.m.
Dec 10 Thu 6:30 p.m

Bakal Boys
Dec 7 Mon/Dec 8 Tue 4:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.
Dec 9 Wed/Dec 10 Thu 4:30 p.m.
Dec 11 Fri/Dec 12 Sat 4:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m..
Dec 14 Mon 6:30 p.m.

Marlon
Dec 9 Wed 6:30 p.m.
Dec 12 Sat 2:30 p.m.
Dec 14 Mon 4:30 p.m.

Gas
Dec 15 Tue 5 p.m.

Caravaggio
Dec 15 Tue 7 p.m.

Ma Che Faccio Qui (What I’m Doing Here)
Dec 16 Wed 5 p.m.

Mai Piu Come Prima (Never Again as Before)
Dec 16 Wed 7 p.m.

Mater Natura
Dec 17 Thu 5 p.m.

I Vicere (The Viceroys)
Dec 17 Thu 7 p.m.

ISHMAEL BERNAL GALLERY:

Artists' Night on Human Rights - December 6, 7 and 8

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UPFI Cine Adarna this November

The UP Film Institute announces its screenings for November 2009. Fitting opener for the second semester of the current school year is the full run for Manila – the celebrated Piolo Pascual double starrer from internationally acclaimed and prize-winning directors Adolfo Alix Jr. and Raya Martin. The distinct engagement for Manila segues to another Raya Martin film Now Showing, which had its world premiere at the 40th Director's Forthnight of the Cannes International Film Festival. We also honor the work and vision of young film critic Alexis Tioseco whose tragic death has left a community in mourning. In his memory, we programmed 2 films he's championed, namely Bontoc Eulogy by Marlon Fuentes and Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind by John Gianvito. We are also particularly honored to screen Gianvito's homage to Alexis and Nika Bohinc via A Candle.

Courtesy of the Embassy of Brazil is an exciting cinema package of titles for four Fridays at the Videotheque - Bossa Nova, O Outro Lado Da Rua, A Dona Da Historia and Abril Despecado.

Completing the lineup is a trio of surprise classics for a Philippine gothic showcase.

We have prepared a very exciting programme this month so hope to see you! Please forward to family, friends and colleagues, and invite them to visit and support the U.P.. Film Institute. Thank you very much.

Full schedule : http://upfilminstitute.multiply.com/photos/album/49#

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UP Film Institute Workshop Series - Sembreak 2009

UP FILM INSTITUTE WORKSHOP SERIES - SEMBREAK 2009

BASIC SCRIPTWRITING WORKSHOP
By Nick Olanka

Is writing a screenplay really that easy? Amidst the gazillions of new stories coming out every day, how can we find the right story? How can we box it to become the right cinematic experience? The blank page is set to be filled by the participants using the fundamental parameters of scriptwriting such as characterization, plotting and appropriate sequencing of ideas. Gear up by knowing your first line of defense: proper mental flow, basic structuring and placing the right images where and when you need it in your screenplay.

The basic concepts in screenplay will be facilitated by Nick Olanka. A director and scriptwriter, Olanka is a graduate of UP Film and Audio-Visual Communication. His independent works have been in competition in several local and international Film Festivals. An active film practitioner currently working for a major film studio, his broad theatre experience contributes to his pursuing passion for the visual art.

Schedule: October 16, 17, 18, 23 , 24, 25 ( 1-4pm )
Course fee: P6,000.00

BASIC DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
by At Maculangan

With newer and newer technology coming into the scene, digital photography in the last decade has been becoming more and more available to students, hobbyists and professionals. This workshop is about the fundamentals of digital photography, from conceptualization to actual taking of photos to post-production. To maximize and experiment with the properties of the digital camera is to maximize and experiment with one’s own creativity. Depth of field, shutter speed, sensitivity and exposure will be some of the words going to be used in this workshop, as well as megapixels, CMOS and memory card capacity – several concepts that are unlikely to be discussed in photography using film (celluloid).

At Maculangan is well known in the Philippine art scene as a photographer and a visual artist. He is a regular contributor of Manila ’s top magazines. His background in visual arts and film gained him an edge as an art and culture photographer of choice particularly for documentation of contemporary art, artists and exhibitions.

Schedule: October 16, 17, 18, 23 ,24, 25 ( 10am - 4pm )
Requirement: D-SLR camera
Fee: P 6,000.00


Workshops are open to the public.

To register*, please drop by our office at:
UP Film Institute, 2/f cine adarna bldg. Magsaysay and Osmena Ave , UP campus, Diliman, QC.(across Bahay ng Alumni) Monday-Friday, 9-6pm

*please bring php500 downpayment to ensure your slot.

Last day of Registration: OCT 13, Tues

For inquiries:
925 02 86 (look for Mich )
upfi_workshops@yahoo.com.ph
http://www.upfilminstitute.net

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UPFI Calendar Sept 2009: Focus on Filipino Filmmakers

UPFI Calendar SEPT 2009 : Focus on Filipino Filmmakers

University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/Internationa l Association of Film and Television Schools)

For workshop inquiries:
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
E-mail: upfi_workshops@ yahoo.com. ph>
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9263640/9262722 (Telefax)
Website: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~film_ institute/workshop. htm

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UP Film Institute Holds Exclusive Invitational Premiere for Kinatay

The UP Film Institute formally announces the holding of the much awaited Philippine premiere for Brillante Mendoza’s Cannes-winning film, Kinatay, this Thursday, 30 July 2009, at 7:30 p.m.

The 35mm print with English subtitles of the film that won for Brillante Mendoza the Best Director prize in the world’s most prestigious film festival screens in an exclusive invitational affair at UP Film Institute’s Cine Adarna in UP Diliman, Quezon City .

An open forum immediately follows the screening with film director Mendoza.

Invited guests have until July 29 Wednesday to confirm their attendance. Please call 9263640 and 9262722 (UP Film Institute); 7476742 and 5319831 (CenterStage Productions).

University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/Internationa l Association of Film and Television Schools )
Academic Programs and Research
Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road , UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)
Extension and Theater Services
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax); 9263640 (Cinema Hotline); 9250286

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Cinemalaya Goes UP: "Mangatyanan" Tickets For Sale

UP Cinema invites you to watch the Cinemalaya Cinco entry "Mangatyanan". Screening is on July 31,2009 (Friday), 7pm at UP Cineadarna (Film Institute)

Tickets sold at 80 pesos only. Just text Chad - 09164168768 for reservations.

For the trailer:
see http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=rZX6oAugj2M

Cinemalaya presents
in association with Bigtop Media, Casa San Miguel and Metric Films
a John Silva/Franco Alido production
a film by Jerrold Tarog
second film of the CAMERA Trilogy
MANGATYANAN

Synopsis:

HIMALAYA “Laya” MARQUEZ has never had a complete dream since she was 12. Something always wakes her up at night. That something used to be her father, the famous photographer DANILO MARQUEZ, whose constant sexual abuse of Laya tore her family apart.

Now, at 27, Laya possesses a cold exterior that hides torrents of pain. Working as a travel photographer, Laya is sent to Isabela to capture a rare harvest ritual called Mangatyanan by the Labwanan tribe. What Laya finds there, however, is a severely dwindled group held together by their desperate leader MANG RENATO. As Laya feels a connection between the tribe’s predicament and her own troubled life, a series of events soon brings her hidden emotions to the surface.

Will she finally face her demons or will she keep running?

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French Film Festival 2009 @ UP Diliman

UP Film Institute screens selected titles from the 14th French Film Festival presented by the Embassy of France in the Philippines .

FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2009
PRESENTED BY EMBASSY OF FRANCE – FREE ADMISSION
UP FILM INSTITUTE, UP DILIMAN

July 1 Wednesday

2:30 p.m.
La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher)
Directed by Michael Haneke
Winner of Grand Prize of the Jury, Best Actor for Benoit Magimel, Best Actress for Isabelle Huppert—2001 Festival de Cannes
For mature viewing
* Preceded by talk (Overview of the National Cinema of France) with UP Film Institute Faculty Member Patrick Campos

5 p.m.
Les Quatre Cents Coups
(In French without English subtitles especially for French majors and language students)
Directed by Francois Truffaut
Winner of Best Director—1959 Festival de Cannes

7:30 p.m.
Ca Brule
Directed by Claire Simon
Official Selection for Quinzaine de Realisateurs—2006 Festival de Cannes

July 2 Thursday

2:30 p.m.
Marie-Jo et Ses Deux Amours (Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers)
Directed by Robert Guediguian
Official Selection for Palme d’Or—2002 Festival de Cannes
For mature viewing

5 p.m.
Home
Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

7:30 p.m.
La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher)
*Repeat Showing

@ THE VIDEOTHEQUE/ ISHMAEL BERNAL GALLERY – Parallel Screenings

July 2 Thursday
5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
A Tout de Suite (Right Now)
Directed by Benoit Jacquot
Official Selection for Un Certain Regard—2004 Festival de Cannes
For mature viewing
*@ the Videotheque (Limited Seats) to be followed by an open forum and a repeat showing at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery

WEEKEND ENGAGEMENT - Main Cinema Screenings

July 4 Saturday

2:30 p.m.
Home
*Repeat Showing

5 p.m.
Van Gogh
Directed by Maurice Pialat
Official Selection for Palme d’Or—1991 Festival de Cannes

7:30 p.m.
Marie-Jo et Ses Deux Amours (Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers)
*Repeat Showing

Admission is FREE. Screenings at Cine Adarna—UP Film Institute’s cinema building along Magsaysay Avenue in UP Diliman next to the Carillon Tower and the UP Theater across Bahay ng Alumni. Call cinema hotline for further details: 9263640.

FILMS IN EXHIBITION:

ÇA BRULE
Director: Claire Simon
Cast: Camille Varenne, Gilbert Melki, Olivia Willaumez, Kader Mohamed, Marion Maintenay, Morgane Moré, Jean-Quentin Châtelain, Nabil Radi, Mathieu Bagnis
Running time: 1h 51mn

She lives in the Var, she has a horse, and she’s angry.
The exalted love story of an adolescent 15-year-old, with a local man: Jean, 37 years old, teacher, voluntary fireman, married and father of two. It’s the beginning of vacation and the eternity of summer.

LA PIANISTE

Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Magimel, Annie Girardot, Anna Sigalevitch, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel
Running Time: 2h 10mn

Erika Kohut, 40 years old, is a respectable piano teacher at the Conservatory of Vienna. Living a single life, hardened by a possessive mother, she is a musician who leads a frustrated sex life. Frequenting peep shows and watching porno films, Erika dives into a morbid voyeurism and practices masochism. Until one day, when Walter, a 20-something student falls in love with her. From this affection is born a troubled relationship, emotional and perverted, between master and disciple.

MARIE JO ET SES DEUX AMOURS

Director: Robert Guédiguian
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Jacques Boudet, Yann Trégouët, Frédérique Bonnal, Souhade Temimi, Maïa Sevleyan, Frédéric Garbe, Danielle Stefan, Jacques Germain, Axel Koehler

Running Time: 2h 5mn
Marie-Jo loves her husband Daniel dearly, but is also passionately in love with her lover Marco. She is torn between the two, with tragic consequences.

HOME

Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Running time: 2h

In 200, 000 years, humans have disrupted the fragile balance on which Earth was living for 4 billion years. Global warming, shortage of resources, endangered species: humans are jeopardizing their own living conditions. By the end of the century, the relentless consumption will have exhausted almost all of our planet’s natural resources. But it is too late to be pessimistic: we have barely 10 years left to reverse the trend. We need to become aware of our abusive exploitation of Earth’s gifts and change our way of life.

Home is a travel notebook, showing landscapes captured from a bird’s eye view above. This film calls for a new awareness, inviting the viewer to stop for a moment in order to look at our planet and realize how we treat her treasures and her beauty.

VAN GOGH

Director: Maurice Pialat
Cast: Jacques Dutronc, Gérard Séty, Bernard Le Coq, Alexandra London, Elsa Zylberstein, Corinne Bourdon, Lise Lamétrie
Running time: 2h 35min

Under the care of Doctor Gachet, Vincent Van Gogh arrives in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890. This is the most productive period of his life, as he finishes hundreds of paintings and drawings in a span of weeks. And yet it is also his most torturous, as he lives out his last days torn between love and despair.

400 COUPS

This film is part of the Antoine Doinel Saga
Director: François Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy
Running Time: 1h 33min.

This largely autobiographical film by François Truffaut tells the story of the young Antoine, an adolescent with a reputation for being a troublemaker. But is he really a troublemaker, or just a victim of harsh, uncaring adults?

A TOUT DE SUITE (RIGHT NOW)

Director: Benoît Jacquot
Cast: Isild Le Besco, Ouassini Embarek, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Laurence Cordier, Fotini Kodoukaki, Catherine Davenier, Nicolas Pignon, David Ayala, Odile Vuillemin, Léonor Graser, Emmanuelle Bercot, Olivier Augrond, Sabri Lahmer, Fatiha Chériguene
Running time : 1h 35mn

Set in the 1970s, A Tout de Suite is the story of a 19-year-old girl who discovers that her lover, seemingly a Prince Charming, is actually a thief who has just committed murder. “Tout de suite,” instantly, her safe and comfortable world is turned upside down and she is swept into an adventure that takes her from Spain to Morocco and Greece.

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Japanese Film Festival Eiga Sai 2009

Japanese Film Festival “Eiga Sai ‘09” opens on July 2

In celebration of Philippines- Japan Friendship Month, the Japan Foundation, Manila, in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan, the Shangri-La Plaza Mall, and the UP Film Institute proudly presents a Japanese Contemporary Film Festival, titled “Eigasai ‘09” (literally means ‘film festival’ in Japanese) that will serve as its kick-off activity on July 2, 2009 at Shang Cineplex Cinema 3 for the month-long celebration.

“Eigasai ‘09” aims to bolster further the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Japan by continuously providing an opportunity for Filipinos to enhance the understanding and appreciation of Japanese arts and culture explored in this medium. This year’s offering brings together 7 contemporary films and 1 anime film in 35mm format. An invitational screening of Always – Sunset on Third Street (Always San-chome no yuhi, 2005) by director Yamazaki Takashi will be held on July 2, 2009 (Thursday) at 7:00 p.m. at the Shangri-La Plaza Cinema 3, Edsa, Mandaluyong City.

Other films to be featured are Memories of Matsuko (Kiraware Matsuko no issho, 2006) directed by Nakashima Tetsuya, Kamome Diner (Kamome shokudo, 2006) directed by Ogigami Naoko, Memories of Tomorrow (Ashita no kioku, 2006) directed by Tsutsumi Yukihiko, The Milkwoman (Itsuka dokusho suru hi, 2005) directed by Ogata Akira, Turn Over - An Angel Is Coming on a Bicycle (Futari biyori, 2004) directed by Nomura Keiichi, Tony Takitani (Toni Takitani, 2004) directed by Ichikawa Jun, and the sole anime film Mind Game (Mind Game, 2004) directed by Masaaki Yuasa.

All films will be shown with English subtitles. Admission is free. Screening venues are at the Shangri-La Plaza Cinema 3 (July 2 to 12) and UP Film Institute (August 14 to 20). “Eigasai ‘09” will also have provincial screenings that will commence in Gaisano South City Mall, Davao (July 18 and 19); Ayala Center, Cebu (July 28 to Aug 2) and Baguio Center Mall, Baguio (August 7 to 11). For detailed screening schedules and inquiries, please access the Japan Foundation, Manila website: www.jfmo.org. ph or call the JFM telephone numbers (+632) 811-6155 to 58.

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UPFI Additional Workshops for May 2009

UPFI Multimedia Workshops 2009

Another Wave of Workshops this MAY 2009:

EXPERIMENTAL FILM PRODUCTION -Sari Dalena
May 19 - 23, 1pm to 6pm

BASIC DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - Sandra Ladignon - Pilobello
May 23, 24, 30 , 31 9am to 5pm

ADVANCED DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - Gary Buenavista
May 25 - 29 , 9am to 5pm

NON-LINEAR EDITING - Ramon Bautista
May 25, 26, 27 , 10am to 6pm

BASIC DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY - Melissa Dela Merced
May 26 - 30 , 9am to 5pm

INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED SCRIPTWRITING
- Cenon Palomares / Olivia Cantor
JUNE 2009, 5 days, 1- 6pm, tentative schedule

FOR REGISTRATION, visit our office at UP Film Institute, 2nd floor Cine Adarna building.
Please bring 500 as reservation and down payment.

5% discount:
-if you enroll as a group of 3, one time
-on your next workshops, same batch

FOR INQUIRIES, CONTACT:
925-0286 926-2722
Email : upfi_workshops@yahoo.com.

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