First Films @ Cinekatipunan Mag:net Cafe

"What I like best is going to see someone’s first
film.
I try to divine the future pitfalls and the present
splendours.
All the future ouevre is there."
– Alain Cavalier, PROJECTIONS 4 ½

You are invited to the FIRST FILMS program of
Cinekatipunan on Saturday, January 13, 5:30-7:00 PM.
Featuring the Production Theses of recent Film and
Audio Visual Communication graduates of the University
of the Philippines Film Institute.

Tey Clamor: SAKDAL LAYA
Mark dela Cruz: MISTERYO NG HAPiS
Sol Garcia: TAGAPAGLIGTAS
Tanya Grace Jamon: KALARO
Dohna Sarmiento and Glenn Ituriaga: ONE MAN SHOW

(Curated by Mark dela Cruz. Everyone is also invited
to attend the visual arts exhibit opening of Maria
Taniguchi at the gallery downstairs. Free Admission.)

Synopses of the Films

Tey Clamor: SAKDAL LAYA (Experimental
Narrative/2006/ 14 min 46 sec/with E.S.)
A dream like film that revolves around the mystery
behind a painting, which leads to a brutal rape, and
an end that will question what freedom is. Three women
of different generations travel through time and
space, and experience life’s tragedy

Mark dela Cruz: MISTERYO NG HAPIS (Narrative/2006/ 15
min/Kapampangan with E.S.)
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.

Sol Garcia: TAGAPAGLIGTAS (Narrative/2006/ 14 min 50
sec/with E.S.) 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.

Dohna Sarmiento and Glenn Ituriaga: ONE MAN SHOW
(Narrative/2006/ 14 min)
One-Man Show explores the realizations of a man as he
delivers the performance of his life: from the
bright lights of his peak as a star until his eventual
descent into obscurity. When all the lights of
prestige
go down, will he cease to believe in himself as well.

Tanya Grace Jamon: KALARO (Narrative/2005/ 19
min/without E.S.) 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?

Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café Katipunan,
Cinekatipunan screenings start at 5:30 PM. The film
screenings are free but viewers are encouraged to make
voluntary contributions for the honoraria of the
filmmakers. Any amount will be highly appreciated.
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.