UP Film Institute’s Sembreak 2006

A panorama of the cinema of three Chinas topbills UP Film Institute’s Sembreak 2006 special with The King of Masks (Oct 16 Mon 5 p.m.) from the People’s Republic, Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love (Oct 16 Mon 2 & 7 p.m.) from Hong Kong and the respective starrers of three of Taiwan’s heartthrobs forming the sensational teen pop idol group F4, namely, Star Runner with Vanness Wu (Oct 17 Tue 2 p.m.), Sky of Love with Ken Zhu (Oct 17 Tue 5 p.m.) and Magic Kitchen with Jerry Yan (Oct 17 Tue 7 p.m.).

This year’s UP Film Institute semester break offerings seek to provide a survey of the best of world cinema from various countries in keeping with the United Nations Day celebration that falls in October.

More highlights include the Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film from Germany, Nowhere in Africa (Oct 18 Wed 2 & 7 p.m.; Oct 19 Thu 5 & 7 p.m.), Pedro Almodovar’s Hable con ella (Oct 18 Wed 5 p.m. and Oct 20 Fri 7 p.m.), Im Sang-soo’s A Good Lawyer’s Wife (Oct 19 Thu 7:30 p.m.; Oct 20 Fri 2 p.m.), Gianni Amelio’s Le chiavi di casa (Oct 20 Fri 5 p.m.), Ong-Art Singlumpong’s The Sin (Oct 21 Sat 2 p.m.) and Nonzee Nimibutr’s Jan Dara (Oct 28 Sat 2 p.m.)

Completing the slate is the rare expanded run for what could be the year’s best Filipino film, Kubrador (Oct 23 Mon-Oct 27 Fri 2, 5 & 7 p.m.), directed by Jeffrey Jeturian, produced by MLR Films and starring Gina Pareño.

Here is a rundown of UP Film Institute’s concerned screenings beginning October 16 onwards:

Oct 16 Mon 2 p.m.
In the Mood for Love

Oct 16 Mon 5 p.m.
The King of Masks

Oct 16 Mon 7 p.m.
In the Mood for Love

Oct 17 Tue 2 p.m.
Star Runner

Oct 17 Tue 5 p.m.
Sky of Love

Oct 17 Tue 7 p.m.
Magic Kitchen

Oct 18 Wed 2 p.m.
Nowhere in Africa

Oct 18 Wed 5 p.m.
Hable con ella

Oct 18 Wed 7 p.m.
Nowhere in Africa

Oct 19 Thu 2 p.m.
Nowhere in Africa

Oct 19 Thu 5 p.m.
Nowhere in Africa

Oct 19 Thu 7:30 p.m.
A Good Lawyer’s Wife

Oct 20 Fri 2 p.m.
A Good Lawyer’s Wife

Oct 20 Fri 5 p.m.
The Keys to the House

Oct 20 Fri 7 p.m.
Hable con ella

Oct 21 Sat 2 p.m.
The Sin

Oct 21 Sat 5 p.m.
Tamara

Oct 23 Mon-Oct 27 Fri 2, 5 & 7 p.m.
Kubrador

Oct 28 Sat 2 p.m.
Jan Dara

Oct 28 Sat 5 p.m.
Red Shoe Diaries

Next attractions pertain to UP Film Institute’s opening salvo for the second semester of the current school year in November.

To get the schedule ahead, email filminstitute@up.edu.ph.

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Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)
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