Friday, July 25, 2008

Agimat Project Launch @ Access Point Bar

Organized by Dakila, JCI QC Capitol, and Anino Design , Agimat Project ushers a new phase in the development of Filipino art and culture. The Agimat Project dubbed as Agimat: Sining at Kulturang Pinoy Website will be launched on July 31, 2008, Thursday at the Access Point Bar, Scout Borromeo, Quezon City. The website has been active for 3 years already, supporting independent artists.

The Launch will kick off with a press conference of Agimat, its partner organizations for the project and artists supporting the initiative. The Launch will also feature various artistic performances. The launch will also serve as a fund raising campaign for the medical needs of talented musician and well-loved colleague, Susan Fernandez, who is battling cancer. Another highlight of the launch will be the showing of the 46-artist collaborative anthem ‘Kaya Mong Maging DAKILA’ music video.

The project bears a significant aspect of our society – that of reaching out to our artist brothers and sisters in a gesture of genuine brotherhood and camaraderie, two traits that we are sure your company stands for in the Philippine Community.

Pagbabakas Photo Exhibit @ UPFI's Ishmael Bernal Gallery

PAGBABAKAS
A Sunday Love Affair (SLA) Photo Exhibit

Despite their dire circumstances, seeing the people of Tondo live in the community they’re in and work in an environment that is less than desirable, is something short of amazing. Their struggle to make ends meet and live with what they can find in their surroundings is astonishing.

What is even more surprising is that even in the midst of the chaos that surrounds them; they have still found a haven of sorts for their families. What can be observed is that usually, you see groups of people working, playing, eating and yes, even having fun together. It made us realize that no matter how difficult their situation is, as long as they are not alone, they can live through it, survive it.

Pagbabakas in Filipino means partnership. Commonly a term used in business and in gambling… yes gambling. This term connotes being with someone in an endeavor or activity. For this exhibit however, our focus will be to show how the people of Tondo have bonded together, gambling their lives everyday to survive. We want to show how working together can be a positive element even in an environment that is surrounded by hopelessness and negativity.

In other adaptations, “pagbabakas” can be considered as seeing their everyday life, the way they live and their way of survival. Our photographs will be the medium in which our audience will understand the situation in their community not as merely being
unfortunate but simply showing them that you can still appreciate life even if the situation is unkind.

This photo exhibit is a partnership between Sunday Love Affair, UP Film Institute (UPFI) and TUDLA Production.

It will open on July 18 and will run until August 11, 2008 at the UP Film Institute's Ishmael Bernal Gallery.

8th Ateneo National Writer's Workshop

The Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP) is accepting applications for the 8th Ateneo National Writers Workshop (ANWW) to be held on 20-25 Oct. 2008.

Each applicant should submit a portfolio in triplicate of any of the following works: five poems, three short stories, written in Filipino or English, with a title page bearing the author's pseudonym and a table of contents. The 8th 8th Ateneo National Writer's Workshop will not be accepting portfolios for one-act plays as a separate workshop will be conducted for this. Details will be announced later this year.

The portfolio must also be accompanied by a diskette containing a file of the documents saved in Rich Text Format.

All submissions to the 8th Ateneo National Writer's Workshop must include a sealed envelope containing the author's name, address, contact numbers, e-mail address, and a one-page resume including a literary curriculum vitae with a 1x1 ID picture.

Twelve fellows will be chosen from all over the country. Food and accommodations will be provided.

Please address entries to: Alvin B. Yapan, acting director, AILAP c/o Department of Filipino, 3F Horacio de la Costa Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Deadline of submissions to the 8th Ateneo National Writer's Workshop is on 8 September 2008. For inquiries, please call 426-6001local 5320-21 or e-mail ayapan@ateneo. edu.

8th Ateneo National Writer's Workshop

PLASTECHNOLOGY [ex]perimentation [i]n [s]ound art [t]radition

A new media art show / exhibit / talk
at the University of De La Salle, in Dasmariñas Cavite
(by the Cavite-based circuit bender collective, E.X.I.S.T.)

Featuring guest artists in alphabetical order:
Eric Calilan
Jeck Cogama
Ethniktronika
Lirio Salvador
& Mannet Villariba

When: July 21 to Aug 23.
Where: CEAT Bldg. Exhibit Hall, De La Salle University - Dasmariñas Cavite.
Opening: on July 21, 2008 10am
Artist's Talk & Performances: July 23, 2008 12 noon - 2:30pm

Wawi Navarroza named ACC-SLF Fellow for 2008

Asian Cultural Council-Silverlens Foundation Fellowship Grant 2008
Wawi Navarroza

Silverlens Foundation is pleased to present their first grantee for the Asian Cultural Council-Silverlens Foundation Fellowship Grant. Wawi Navarroza is a visual artist working with photography. She has had two award-winning solo exhibitions: Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama (2005) and Saturnine: A Collection of Portraits, Creatures, Glass and Shadow (2007), which won last year's Ateneo Art Awards. Outside the Philippines, Navarroza has exhibited in Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Australia, Russia and The Netherlands.

The ACC-SLF Grant will allow Navarroza to take the General Studies Program in Photography in the International Center for Photography in New York in 2009.

Since 2006, SLF has been accepting applications from photographers and artists working with photography for acquisition, completion, curatorial and fellowship grants. Complete grants can be viewed at www.silverlensphoto .com. The call for entries for the SLF Grant Program 2009 will be announced in October 2008.

Visit Silverlens Foundation 2/F YMC Building 2, 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati. Hours are from 10am to 7pm Mondays to Fridays and 1pm to 6pm on Saturdays. For more information, call 8160044, email manage@silverlensph oto.com or go to www.silverlensphoto .com.

Canon Flora & Fauna 2008 Photo Contest

Canon Flora & Fauna 2008 Photo Contest
brought to you by: Canon Mktg. (Phils.), Inc.

Description:
A photo contest with a central encompassing theme of nature or “flora and fauna”.

· Entries may be submitted during the event period in the Phil. Int’l Flora & Fauna Garden Expo 2008 (PIFGEX 2008) or mailed to Canon Mktg. (Phils.), Inc. head office at Marvin Plaza Bldg. 2153 Don Chino Roces Ave, Makati City.
· Entries to be judging by Canon Mktg. (Phils.), Inc. top management and chosen (winning) entries (top 3 photo choices) will be forwarded to the event organizers and official exhibitor for publicity purposes.

Duration: July 18- 20, 2008

Deadline for submission of entries for each month: 20th July, 5 o’ clock in the afternoon
Announcement of Winners: 2nd week of August

Canon Flora & Fauna 2008 Photo Contest
Theme: Bringing Back Nature (in-line with PIFGEX 2008 theme)

Canon Flora & Fauna 2008 Photo Contest
Prizes:

Prizes for theme

First Prize
Canon Powershot A580 (Digital Camera) and inclusion in Canon event exhibits

Second Prize
Canon PIXMA iP3300 (Desktop Printer) and inclusion in Canon event exhibits

Third Prize
Inclusion in Canon event exhibits

Canon Flora & Fauna 2008 Photo Contest
Contest Mechanics:
1) All entries must be taken by a Canon digital SLR or digital camera.
2) Eligibility: The competition is open to amateur or professional photographers. The photo contest will run from July 18 to 20, wherein the deadline for entries is July 20 at 5:00 P.M. Announcements of winners will be during the 2nd week of August.
3) Entries must be submitted in 4R size. Entries may be in color or black and white, size.
4) Entrants must be the sole author and owner of all photos entered. Images must not have been digitally altered in any way.
5) A maximum of 1 photo may be entered per contestant.
6) All winning photos become the property of Canon Marketing Phils Inc., and as such may not be published elsewhere (including but not limited to other internet web sites and print publications) without the expressed written consent of Canon Marketing Phils, Inc. Use of winning photos without expressed written consent will result in immediate forfeiture of prizes and disqualification.
7) Please include the following details with your submission:
- Name, address, contact numbers (landline and mobile number)
- a title for the photo
- a brief statement about your thoughts about the photo
- where and when the photo was taken and the equipment used to take it.
*Please note Canon does not allow names, logos or writing on photo entries.
8) Individuals belonging to the management team of Canon Marketing Phils, Inc. will choose the winners. The judges' decision on all matters relating to the competition is final.
9) Winners will be notified via e-mail and telephone as soon as judging is completed. Soft-copies of winning photo negatives will need to be presented in order to claim prizes. Winning and honorable mention photos will be published in the Philippine Star.
10) Employees of Canon Marketing Phils, Inc., RPN Philippine Flora and Fauna, and I.C.E. Incorporated and their immediate relatives are disqualified from joining the contest.
11) Canon Mktg. (Phils.), Inc. reserves the right to change the contest rules without prior notification.

Contest Criteria:
Relevance to theme 40%
Creativity 20%
Composition 30%
Overall impact 10%

Judges:
Several impartial members of Canon Mktg. (Phils.), Inc.’s top management will serve as the judges of the photo contest. Judges will base their decisions the above-established criteria.

Soaplands by Christina Dy @ CCP

Soaplands
Christina Dy

Opening reception on July 25, Friday, 6pm

Pasilyo Vicente Manansala (2/F hallway)
Cultural Center of the Philippines
CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City

At 6pm on July 25, Friday, Christina Dy will be opening her solo show Soaplands at the 2/F Hallway (Pasilyo Vicente Manansala) of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The show will run from July 25-August 30, 2008. Gallery hours are 10am-6pm daily except Mondays and holidays. Admission is free.

For more information on works by Christina Dy, contact Silverlens Gallery at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City. 816-0044, 0905-265-0873, manage@silverlensph oto.com. www.silverlensphoto.com

Counter-Photography and Swarm in the Aperture

Counter-Photography and Swarm in the Aperture
Guided Tour by Silverlens Director Isa Lorenzo

New schedule:
2pm, July 20, Sunday

Meet at the 4/F elevator lobby, 1:45pm
North Wing, Museum of the Filipino People
Rizal Park, Ermita, Manila

Limited slots available. RSVP 8160044

Join Isa Lorenzo as she gives a guided tour of two current shows at the National Museum -- Counter-Photography presented by the Japan Foundation and the Japanese Embassy, and Swarm in the Aperture curated by National Museum Curator Patrick Flores.

In it, Lorenzo will discuss the history of contemporary Japanese photography, of which the Japanese show is packed with fine examples, both in content and quality. She will also be giving a brief introduction on the infancy of photography in the Philippines.

For more information, contact Silverlens Gallery at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati City, 816-0044, 0905-265-0873, manage@silverlensph oto.com. www.silverlensphoto .com.

400 BLOWS : Theme Deconstruction

400 BLOWS : Theme Deconstruction

Technological innovations, a new approach to the economics of film
production and a new sense of political and social value of film
inspired New French Filmmakers or any new group of filmmakers in the
1960s to collectively create its own voice in World Cinema. Thus,
the New Wave was born.

The 400 Blows is one of the best-remembered materials that introduced
the New Wave to the world. The movement uses an approach sometimes
called dialectical film that involved reconceiving the entertaining
consumer commodity as an intellectual tool, a forum for discussion
and examination. Often, materials written for this movement were
personal essays that tackles political and social values that sought
to communicate a message by engaging the audience in an intellectual
discussion using the material as the arena for the forum.

Theme deconstruction is a useful tool in identifying the message that
is encapsulated in the material. By doing this exercise, one is able
to understand the evolution of a material in terms of the type of
statement it tries to communicate to its audience.

The 400 Blows, in terms of theme, explores the basic human struggle
between belonging and freedom. The four principal characters in the
material, torn between two irreconcilable needs, complicates their
lives as each one struggles to satisfy the need to belong somewhere
with someone and the need to be free. In the end, one of the
characters, through force of circumstance, opt for freedom at the
complete sacrifice of the need to belong. Thus, it is difficult to
be free and to belong to somewhere with someone at the same time.

This desire to enjoy both freedom and belonging is the very thing
that complicates the lives of the principal characters. The more
that they insist in pursuing both needs, the more it becomes evident
that sooner or later each one will be force to choose between the
said needs.

Marriage, Family and Community are arenas that satisfy the need to
belong to somewhere with someone. But these arenas restrict our
individual freedom to do whatever we want. Being part of a marriage,
family and community requires commitment and consensus. The
individual disappears and the collective emerges. Freedom, on the
other hand, is the absence of commitment and consensus. It does not
submit to any social contract and operates on individual sense of
independence. But freedom alienates a person from the collective and
veers away from arenas that limits it.

Thus, the material is a socio-political value that engages the
audience in a discussion about freedom and belonging. It asks the
question; Are you willing to sacrifice the need to belong somewhere
with someone for the sake of freedom? Or are you willing to sacrifice
freedom for the sake of the need to belong somewhere with someone?

Theme deconstruction enriches our knowledge in terms of understanding
how a material was constructed. We begin to appreciate the skills of
highly creative writers in coming up with materials that engages the
audience in terms of presenting a statement of fact, argument,
persuasion or propaganda.

The 400 Blows is definitely a statement of argument that challenges
us to re-examine our individual definitions of freedom and belonging
as well as the inherent conflict of the said needs. In the process,
as we struggle to enjoy both needs, it only delays the unavoidable.
Sooner or later, we need to make a choice.

9th SiNELAB WORKSHOP SERIES
(3rd Edition - 08)
STARTS AUGUST 2008
@ Quezon City
Workshop Outline : 8 Sessions

SINELAB WORKSHOP
Write. Produce. Direct.

We'll teach you the basics of Filmmaking the Indie way.

9th SINELAB WORKSHOP Series starts AUGUST!

Start: August '08 2:00p
Location: Quezon City

The SiNELAB Workshop Series is an on-going, out of school, alternative
mode of educating the Filipino that he is a great storyteller in the
moving-image media of motion pictures.

Coverage of the Workshop:

"BASIC SCREENWRITING & ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION"

4 sessions :
Material & Script development & management
additional subjects :
( Conflict Dynamics Study )
(Milieu Development and Management)
By MELCHOR df ESCARCHA

4 sessions : alternative production
By MIKE DAGÑALAN

Venue:
Quezon City

Schedule:
Saturdays, 2pm-5pm

Fee :
8,000 pesos / 3 stages-installment scheme

8 Sessions/ covers both the material and script development and
management & alternative production.

----SEND your one to two pages essay why you are joining the workshop ----
----SEND your resume ----

E-mail Address For Registration/ Inquiries:
(sinelab_workshop@yahoo.com)
mobile phone :09215081060

* workshop fee for lectures only.
* students are required to finish their short films before graduation.
* Limited slots available.
* Only committed students will be accepted.

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www.yahoogroups.com/group/ sinelab_workshop
www.sinelab.blogspot.com
http://sinelab.multiply.com

IPAG 31st Theatre Season & Tours

31st Theatre Season and tours

For Regional Theatre watchers and those who wish to savor good theatre outside Manila :

Landmark musical Ranaw: Isang Alamat will be remounted at the MSU-IIT Mini-Theatre in Iligan City starting in Sept. 12 and the next 2 weeks after.

A 1986 CCP Playwriting Winner (originally the Gantimpala), the dance-musical toured extensively in the mid- and late-80’s receiving much critical acclaim. This production will adapt “New Theatre” techniques updating from its original staging. Its production celebrates the Ruby (40 years) anniversaries of both the MSU-IIT and the Cultural Center of the Philippines which will also remount the play in February 2009.

The play presents our pre-colonial tribes in turmoil of conditions that prophesy our fragmented state today. Dug from the research of the late Dionisio Orellana, Ranaw narrates of the journey of Maguindanaon- Maranao-Higaunun -Iliganun epic hero Bato Lakungan.

Elsewhere, our Tales From Mindanao dance-theatre saga continues its national tours on these times and places this August: 9, Crossroads, Q.C. (in front of St. Mary’s College); 12-13, Miriam College, Q.C.; 16, selected public schools, Manila; 17, Xavier School, Mandaluyong; 26, La Salle Zobel, Ayala Alabang. More dates will be later announced.

The same Tales performs in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam on October 2 before the company flies to the U.S. for several shows in October and November. (Specific dates will be later announced.)

(The post modern epiKlogo, a distillation of 3 Mindanao epic heroes, originally scheduled also in September, has been moved to a later date after the confusions and uncertainties of the Mindulani-initiated Mindanao theatre festival shall have been resolved.)

Ranaw is supported by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the MSU-IIT.

May we see you in one of these shows?

Check: IPAG website.

Cinemalaya 2008 Schedule

Cinemalaya 2008 Schedule
Philippine Independent Cinema Festival
11 to 20 July 2008
Cultural Center of the Philippines

CINEMALAYA 2008 COMPLETE SCHEDULE

The Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival is the country's largest
gathering of independent cinema. This year's fest is the biggest so
far, with some two hundred films both in and out of competition. It
runs from July 11 to 20, 2008, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Cinemalaya 2008 Schedule
Philippine Independent Cinema Festival
11 to 20 July 2008
Cultural Center of the Philippines

OPENING NIGHT
11 July/Fri at 6:00PM at the CCP Main Theatre
with the World Premiere Screening of ADELA by Adolf Alix Jr.

AWARDS NIGHT
20 July/Sun at 7:00PM at the CCP Main Theatre

(both Opening Night and Awards Night are open to the public)

FILM CONGRESS
Theme - "Spreading the News: Promoting, Distributing, and Exhibiting Indie Films"
15 & 16 July/Tue & Wed, from 8AM onwards at the CCP Little Theatre

JUAN TAMAD GOES INDIE
Tribute to Manuel Conde

16 July/Wed Events:
· 3:30 to 4:30 PM: Book Launching of “The Cinema of Manuel Conde” by Nicanor G. Tiongson, CCP Little Theatre
· 4:30 to 6:00 PM: Opening of Exhibit and Naming of Theatre by the Manuel Conde Family & Book-Signing and Reception, CCP Little Theatre Lobby
· 6:15 PM: Screening of GENGHIS KHAN (1952), CCP Little Theatre

Screenings of Classic Conde Works
CCP Tanghalang Manuel Conde (Dream Theatre):
· IBONG ADARNA (1941) on 17 July/Thu, 12:45PM
· SEŇORITO (1953) on 17 July/Thu, 3:30PM
· KRUS NA KAWAYAN (1956) on 18 July/Fri, 12:45PM
· EL ROBO (1957) on 18 July/Fri, 3:30PM
· VENGANZA (1958) on 19 July/Sat, 12:45PM
· PILIPINO KOSTUM NO TOUCH (1955) on19 July/

All Manuel Conde Tribute events are free to Cinemalaya 2008 ticket holders. First come, first serve!

THE CINEMALAYA KIDS' TREAT
A marathon of indie flicks on/for/about children and young teens!
In cooperation with the National Council for Children’s Television
12 & 13 July/Sat & Sun

CCP MKP Hall (4th Floor, CCP Main Building):

PEPOT ARTISTA by Clodualdo del Mundo Jr. (Cinemalaya 2005)
12 July 2008/Sat at 10:00 AM

SAAN NAGTATAGO SI HAPPINES? by Real Florido & Florido Bautista (Cinemalaya 2006)
12:45 AM

The Cinemalaya – Ncct Children’s Specials 2008, Program A
featuring SI PEPE AT ANG BULAKLAK by Milo Tolentino; ANG HULING POSPORO SA KAHON by Hubert Tibi; HUBERT by Noriel Jarito; A SKIP FOR MY DREAMS by Monalyn Labado; ANG BAKASYON NI CON-ON by Jerome Zamora
12 July 2008/Sat at 03:30 PM

GULONG by Jeanne Lim & Socorro Fernandez (Cinemalaya 2007)
13 July 2008/Sun at 10:00 AM

KADIN by Adolfo B. Alix Jr. (Cinemalaya 2007)
13 July 2008/Sun at 12:45 PM

The Cinemalaya – Ncct Children’s Specials 2008, Program B
featuring THE DYING PLANET by Katrina Therese F. Olon, ADAM’S FAMILY by Donnie T. Sacueza, NAKNANG OFW by Noriel M. Jarito; LAKAD NI SAMMY by Joel Ruiz
13 July 2008/Sun at 03:30 PM
CCP Silangan Hall (4th Floor, CCP Main Building):

A Program Of Cinemalaya Children’s Shorts A
featuring PUTOT by Jeck Cogama (2006), ROLYO by Alvin Yapan (2007); TO NI by Vic Acedillo (2007)
12 July 2008/Sat at 10:00 AM
13 July 2008/Sun at 12:45 AM

A Program Of Cinemalaya Children’s Shorts B
featuring GABON by Emmanuel De La Cruz (2007), MAIKLING KWENTO by Hubert Tibi (2006); PARANG PELIKULA by Hibert Tibi (2006)
12 July 2008/Sat at 12:45 AM
13 July 2008/Sun at 10:00 AM

The Cinemalaya SINE TAKTAKANS
Meet the Cinemalaya 2008 Filmmakers!

17 & 18 July/Thu & Fri
from 2:00PM to 5:00PM at the CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute

Getting up close and personal with the makers of....

17 July/Thu - BABY ANGELO, BOSES, HULING PASADA, MY FAKE AMERICAN ACCENT, NAMETS
plus the shorts HULING BIKTIMA (THE LAST VICTIM), MY PET, PANGGARIS, TRAILS OF WATER and TUTOS

18 July/Fri - 100, BRUTUS, CONCERTO, MY FAKE AMERICAN ACCENT, RANCHERO
plus the shorts ANDONG, ANG IBANG MGA PAMILYA), ANGAN-ANGAN (DREAMS), DIAMANTE SA LANGIT and GOD ONLY KNOWS

Admission is free!

The Cinemalaya 2008 Competition Films
FULL-LENGTH

100 by Chris Martinez is about a stern, uptight and exacting woman with a terminal illness who tries to accomplish a list of 100 things to do before she dies. Her tasks vary from the simple to the complicated, from the practical to the mundane, from the ordinary to the extraordinary. In the process, she accepts the truth that even if death is something personal, dying never is.
12 July/Sat, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)
15 July/Tue, 6:15PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
17 July/Thu, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
17 July/Thu, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute
19 July/Sat, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
19 July/Sat, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

BABY ANGELO by Joel Ruiz and Abi Aquino centers on an investigation that ensues when an aborted fetus is found in the dumpster of a run-down apartment complex. The lives of the tenants—a reclusive old man with curious ramblings, a landlord with overzealous thirst for justice and a young couple whose past threatens to unravel their marriage—are suddenly exposed in the hunt for the perpetrator of the baby's death.
12 July/Sat, 6:15PM,Tanghalang Huseng Batute
13 July/Sun, 3:30PM,Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
15 July/Tue, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
17 July/Thu, 9:00PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
18 July/Fri, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)
18 July/Fri, 6:15PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

BOSES (VOICES) by Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil is the story of a musician, who regains back his humanity by giving violin lessons to a child of the slums. In turn, the child, through the instrument, is able to get back his voice from a muted, abused and desensitized existence. This is a story of a friendship founded on the sublime beauty of music.
13 July/Sun, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)
13 July/Sun, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
16 July/Wed, 6:15PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
18 July/Fri, 12:45PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
18 July/Fri, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute
19 July/Sat, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

BRUTUS by Tara Illenberger tells the tale of two Mangyan children, hired by illegal loggers to smuggle wood from the mountains of Mindoro, as they embark on a dangerous journey to deliver the goods to the lowlands. In the process, they discover a world run by the greed of men, a world governed by ideologies that bring about the armed conflict that plague the Mindoro highlands, the home of their own people.
13 July/Sun, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
15 July/Tue, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute
16 July/Wed, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
18 July/Fri, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
19 July/Sat, 6:15PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
20 July/Sun, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

CONCERTO by Paul Alexander Morales is about how, in the last part of World War II, a special piano concert is held in the forests of Davao. In these boondocks, a displaced Filipino family becomes acquainted with a group of Japanese officers, similarly camped nearby. Based on true stories from the director's family, Concerto celebrates a family whose reverence for life, expressed through their love of music and friendship, can survive even war, and shows how beauty and compassion can grow in even the harshest of situations.
12 July/Sat, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
15 July/Tue, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
16 July/Wed, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute
17 July/Thu, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
18 July/Fri, 9:00PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
19 July/Sat, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

HULINGPASADA (FINAL STOP) by Paul Sta. Ana follows the creative process of Ruby, a prolific writer, abandoned wife and protective mother. She writes about Mario, a taxi driver and father figure to a street child. As she tries to resolve Mario's story, she seeks refuge in her own creative output and the line between reality and fiction is blurred. Mario's past becomes entangled with her own inevitable future.
12 July/Sat, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute
13 July/Sun, 6:15PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
15 July/Tue, 6:15PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
18 July/Fri, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
18 July/Fri, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)
19 July/Sat, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

JAY by Francis Xavier E. Pasion is the name of the two protagonists in the film, one is living, the other dead. The living Jay is producing a documentary of the dead Jay, a gay teacher who was brutally killed. As Jay recreates and examines the life of his subject, his own life is affected when he unravels his subject's hidden life and secret love.
12 July/Sat, 6:15PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
13 July/Sun, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute
16 July/Wed, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
17 July/Thu, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
17 July/Thu, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)
19 July/Sat, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

MY FAKE AMERICAN ACCENT by Onnah Valera and Ned Trespeces is a slice-of-life workplace comedy following the lives of technical support call center agents in the span of six months. Speaking with a fake American accent is a prerequisite for the job. This ensemble comedy is an inside look into the maddening, sleep-deprived, caffeine-fuelled lives of those who ply their trade in the call center industry.
13 July/Sun, 9:00PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
13 July/Sun, 6:15PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
15 July/Tue, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
18 July/Fri, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
18 July/Fri, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute
20 July/Sun, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

NAMETS by Emilio “Jay” Abello is a colorful celebration of food as well as love, and the love of food above all, which is central to being Negrosanon and being Filipino. It follows the flirtation between Jacko and Cassie, two Negrenses who grew up in Bacolod, and whose lives revolve around food. The film will be shot on location in Negros Occidental and will be primarily in Hiligaynon, the language spoken in that region.
13 July/Sun, 3:30PM (GALA), Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)
15 July/Tue, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute
16 July/Wed, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
18 July/Fri, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
18 July/Fri, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
19 July/Sat, 12:45PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

RANCHERO by Michael Christian Cardoz is the story of convicts who serve a special role inside the jail - they prepare the meals everyday. But in a jail where some inmates see no reason to continue living, what is the role of food? Is the food's role to extend life or to prolong the pain of those who don't want to live?
12 July/Sat, 6:15PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
12 July/Sat, 9:00PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
16 July/Wed, 6:15PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
17 July/Thu, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
17 July/Thu, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute
19 July/Sat, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

SHORTS

Cinemalaya 2008 Shorts Programme A:
ANDONG by Rommel "Milo" Tolentino is a story about a six-year old boy's obsession, family dynamics, and the real value of a hard-fought twenty pesos.
ANG IBANG MGA PAMILYA (THE OTHER FAMILY) by Joel P. Ruiz is about a woman who overcomes the grief of losing her adopted son.
ANGAN-ANGAN (DREAMS) by Sheron R. Dayoc centers on a mute nine-year-old girl named Satra, whose determination to secure a good education reverberates clearly amid the strictness of her Yakan culture. The Yakan are one of the 13 Moro groups in the Philippines. They mainly reside in Basilan, Mindanao.
DIAMANTE SA LANGIT (DIAMOND IN THE SKY) by Vic Acedillo, Jr is about two brothers' journey to compete in a kite flying contest. But getting there takes some time. In the end, they face something unexpected and discover something more precious than winning.
GOD ONLY KNOWS by Mark V. Reyes focuses on the disturbing and gut wrenching tale about the realities of life in the sprawling metropolis of Manila.
12 July/Sat, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
13 July/Sun, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute
16 July/Wed, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
17 July/Thu, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
17 July/Thu12:45PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)
20 July/Sun, 12:45PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

Cinemalaya 2008 Shorts Programme B:
HULING BIKTIMA (THE LAST VICTIM) by Vitaliano A. Rave is a film noir style about a detective's last minutes.
MY PET by Anna G. Bigornia is a 7-minute animation about an 8-year-old girl and her relationship with her first pet, a chick, the subject of a class experiment.
PANGGARIS by Dexter B. Cayanes is about a prostitute whose life changed when her mute sibling learned to talk, uttering only the word "panggaris."
TRAILS OF WATER by Sheron R. Dayoc is an experimental film about a young boy's emotion as seen through his make-believe story.
TUTOS (COST) by L.A. Yamsuan tells about the dynamics and complexities of a single father-daughter relationship in a postmodern patriarchal Filipino society.
12 July/Sat, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)
15 July/Tue, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
16 July/Wed, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute
17 July/Thu, 6:15PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
19 July/Sat, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)
20 July/Sun, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

Tickets at P100 each, with 50% discount for students.

The Cinemalaya 2008 Exhibitions
featuring the finest Pinoy indie full-lengths and shorts
all under one roof!

CINEMALAYA 2008 SPECIALS
(World Premieres, Director's Cuts & Special Screenings)

HUBAD by Denisa Reyes (World Premiere)
13 July/Sun, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

IMORAL by Adolfo B. Alix Jr. (World Premiere)
19 July/Sat, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

LUKARET by Felino Tanada (World Premiere)
18 July/Fri, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

S.E.B.: CYBER GAME OF LOVE by Cris Pablo (World Premiere)
17 July/Thu, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

TEACH ME TO LOVE by National Artist for Cinema Eddie Romero (World Premiere)
18 July/Fri, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

SA PAGDAPO NG MARIPOSA by Will Fredo (Director’s Cut)
15 July/Tue, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

BALIKBAYAN BOX by Mes Guzman (Special Screening)
13 July/Sun, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

HUNGHONG SA YUTA by Arnel Mardoquio (Special Screening)
16 July/Wed, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

TIRADOR by Brillanter Mendoza (Special Screening)
12 July/Sat, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

KATORSE: Best of IndieSine Shorts '08 (Special Screening)
featuring AMBULANCIA by Richard Legaspi; ANG KAPALARAN NI VIRGIN MARIO by Ogi Sugatan; DEAD LETTER by Grace Orbon; IKASIYAM NA PALAPAG by Anna Isabelle Matutina; LABABO by Seymour Barros Sanchez; MANYIKA by John Wong; PAGBUGTAW by Seymour Barros Sanchez; WALONG LINGGO by Anna Isabelle Matutina
17 July/Thu, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

PROJECTIONS: Green-Powered Shorts
featuring DOK by Ramon del Prado; BUHAY MANDARAGAT by Jason Lopez, Celize Innocencio, Aiza de Leon; ALTERED STATES by Marichris Quimson, Andrea Tonda, and Gian Cruz; DE MANO by Mike Viñas, Heather Europa and Borgy Torre; BE MY BABY by Naomi Quimpo, Sara Ramos and Ru Angeli Cruz; LAPIDA by EJ Angeles, Cathleen Cotioco and Jed Bautista; BALIK TANAW by Jason Moll; Dollhouse by Naomi Quimpo and Patrixia Deseo; GUSTO KITA TOO by Rica Arevalo; 143: LOVERS DISCOURSE by Vicente Garcia Groyon; MUNI-MUNI by Doy del Mundo
12 July/Sat, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

REHAS: Shorts on the Pinoy Prison System by Pepe Diokno, Lourd De Veyra, Tado & Roberto Cadiz
19 July/Sat, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

U.P. 100: Best of U.P. Shorts 2008 (Special Screening)
featuring ANG PASKO NI INTOY by Charina Escala & Emerald Hidalgo; BULONG by Joaquin Valdez; LUNAS by Peter Edward Dizon; ANOMIE; METRONOME; SINGKONG BUTAS; PUTING ILAW
15 July/Tue, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

A SELECTION OF PAST CINEMALAYA TREATS

Cinemalaya 2005 Shorts
featuring ALIMUOM by Rommel Tolentino, BABAE by Sigrid Bernardo, BLOODBANK by Pam Miras, KULTADO by Lawrence Fajardo, MANSYON by Joel Ruiz, PANGINIPAN by Anna Isabelle Matutina
16 July/Wed, 12:45PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS by Auraeus Solito & Michiko Yamamoto (Cinemalaya 2005)
12 July/Sat, 6:15PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

BIG TIME by Mario Cornejo & Coreen Jimenez (Cinemalaya 2005)
12 July/Sat, 9:00PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

Cinemalaya 2006 Shorts A
featuring 10:25 NG GABI by Reggie Gulle, GEE-GEE AT WATERINA by Dennis Teodosio & Mariami Tanangco, KWARTO by Noel Taylo, LABADA by Raz Dela Torre, NO PASSPORT NEEDED by Jeanne Lim & Pepe Diokno
17 July/Thu, 12:45PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

Cinemalaya 2006 Shorts B
featuring ORASYON by Rommel Tolentino, PARANG PELIKULA by Hubert Tibi, PUTOT by Jeck Cogama, PUWANG by Anna Isabelle Matutina, SA SILAW by Rienzi Balaw
18 July/Fri, 12:45PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

BATAD: SA PAANG PALAY by Benji Garcia (Cinemalaya 2006)
13 July/Sun, 6:15PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

DONSOL by Adolfo B. Alix Jr. (Cinemalaya 2006)
13 July/Sun, 9:00PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

IN DA RED KORNER (Final Cut) by Dado Lumibao (Cinemalaya 2006)
15 July/Tue, 9:00PM (CCP MKP Hall)

TULAD NG DATI by Michael Sandejas (Cinemalaya 2006)
15 July/Tue, 6:15PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

Cinemalaya 2007 Shorts A
featuring DOBLE VISTA by Nix Laňas, Nisha Alicer & Caren Crisologo, DUROG by Tara Illenberger, GABON by Emmanuel Dela Cruz. LIWANAG SA DILIM by Lawrence Fajardo, MAIKLING KWENTO by Hubert Tibi
19 July/Sat, 12:45PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

Cinemalaya 2007 Shorts B
featuring MISTERYO NG HAPIS by Mark Dela Cruz, NINEBALL by Enrico Aguilar, ROLYO by Alvin Yapan, TAGAPAGLIGTAS by Ma. Solita Garcia; TO NI by Vic Acedillo Jr.
20 July/Sun, 12:45PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

ENDO by Jade Castro (Cinemalaya 2007)
17 July/Thu, 6:15PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

LIGAW LIHAM by Emilio "Jay" Abello V (Cinemalaya 2007)
17 July/Thu, 9:00PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

PISAY by Auraeus Solito (Cinemalaya 2007)
18 July/Fri, 6:15PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

SINUNGALING NA BUWAN by Ed Lejano (Cinemalaya 2007)
16 July/Wed, 9:00PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

STILL LIFE by Katrina Flores (Cinemalaya 2007)
16 July/Wed, 6:15PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

TRIBU by Jim Libiran (Cinemalaya 2007)
18 July/Fri, 9:00PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

TUKSO by Dennis Marasigan (Cinemalaya 2007)
15 July/Tue, 9:00PM (CCP Silangan Hall)

PLUS some of the MOST exciting Pinoy indies
this side of the planet!

ALTAR by Rico Maria Ilarde (Cinema One)
16 July/Wed , 3:30PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

ANG DAAN PATUNGONG KALIMUGTONG by Mes Guzman
16 July/Wed , 12:45PM at Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

ANG HULING BALYAN NG BUHI by Sherad Anthony Sanchez (Cinema One)
16 July/Wed , 3:30PM at CCP Silangan Hall

ANG LALAKE SA PAROLA (Director’s Cut) by Joselito Alterejos
13 July/Sun , 3:30PM at Tanghalang Huseng Batute

ANG LIHIM NI ANTONIO (Director’s Cut) by John Alterejos
16 July/Wed , 12:45PM at Tanghalang Huseng Batute

ATAUL FOR RENT by Neal “Bubuy" Tan
13 July/Sun , 12:45PM at Tanghalang Huseng Batute

AY AYENG by Obette Serrano
12 July/Sat , 12:45PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

BATANES by Adolfo B. Alix Jr.
12 July/Sat , 6:15PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

COMPOUND (Director’s Cut) by Will Fredo
19 July/Sat , 9:00PM at CCP Silangan Hall

CONDO by Martin Cabrera
20 July/Sun , 3:30PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

CONFESSIONAL by Jerrold Tarog & Ruel Dahis Antipuesto (Cinema One)
19 July/Sat , 6:15PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

DAYBREAK (Final Cut) by Adolfo B. Alix Jr.
18 July/Fri , 9:00PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

DEATH IN THE LAND OF ENCANTOS by Lav Diaz (Super Roadshow - 10AM to 7:30PM)
19 July/Sat , 10:00AM at Tanghalang Huseng Batute

FOSTER CHILD by Brillante Mendoza 15 July/Tue ,
12:45PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

HANGGANG DITO NA LAMANG AT MARAMING SALAMAT by Felino Tanada
18 July/Fri , 3:30PM at CCP Silangan Hall

HAW-ANG by Bong Ramos 12 July/Sat ,
12:45PM at Tanghalang Huseng Batute

IMAHE NASYON (various)
20 July/Sun , 3:30PM at CCP Silangan Hall

KALELDO by Brillante Mendoza
13 July/Sun , 12:45PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

KUBRADOR by Jeffrey Jeturian
12 July/Sat , 3:30PM at Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

LAMBANOG (Final Cut) by Paolo Herras
17 July/Thu , 9:00PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

MALING AKALA by Pablo Biglang-Awa (Cinema One)
15 July/Tue , 3:30PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

MASAHISTA by Brillante Mendoza
12 July/Sat , 3:30PM at Tanghalang Huseng Batute

MORE U.P. BEST SHORTS 2008
19 July/Sat , 3:30PM at CCP Silangan Hall

NARS by Adolfo B. Alix Jr.
16 July/Wed , 3:30PM at Tanghalang Huseng Batute

OVERDOSED NIGHTMARE by Khavn Dela Cruz
15 July/Tue , 9:00PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

PANTASYA by Brillante Mendoza
16 July/Wed , 12:45PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

PAUPAHAN by Dennis Evangelista
12 July/Sat , 3:30PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

PITONG TAGPO by Rahyan Carlos
13 July/Sun , 3:30PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

PLONING by Ron Garcia
13 July/Sun , 6:15PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

PRINCESA by Lawrence Fajardo (Cinema One)
12 July/Sat , 9:00PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

RAKET NI NANAY by Lawrence Fajardo (Cinema One)
17 July/Thu , 3:30PM at CCP Silangan Hall

ROME & JULIET by Connie S.A. Macatuno
20 July/Sun , 12:45PM at Tanghalang Huseng Batute

SELDA by Paolo Villaluna & Ellen Ramos
16 July/Wed , 9:00PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

SIGNOS by Aloysius Adlawan
15 July/Tue , 12:45PM at Tanghalang Huseng Batute

SIKIL by Ronaldo Bertubin
16 July/Wed , 6:15PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

STANDING UP by Waise Azimi (Documentary)
13 July/Sun , 9:00PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

TAMBOLISTA by Adolfo B. Alix Jr. (Cinema One)
17 July/Thu , 6:15PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

TELEBISYON by Donnie Sacueza
15 July/Tue , 3:30PM at Tanghalang Huseng Batute

TODO TODO TEROS by John Torres
15 July/Tue , 12:45PM at Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

ULTIMO by Khavn Dela Cruz (w/live music accompaniment)
19 July/Sat , 9:00PM at Tanghalang Huseng Batute

WEN TIMAWA MEETS DELGADO (Final Cut) by Rey Gibraltar
20 July/Sun , 12:45PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

YEARS WHEN I WAS A CHILD OUTSIDE by John Torres
18 July/Fri , 6:15PM at Tanghalang Manuel Conde (CCP Dream Theatre)

and that ain’t all... Live Indie Bands Nightly (well almost hehe...)

KUWENTO MO, KANTA NATIN!
The Cinemalaya 2008 Brave New Movement Nights

July 11/Fri, 12/Sat, 15/Tue, 18/Fri, 19/Sat & 20/Sun
CCP Main Theatre Facade

Two bands nightly PLUS a WHOPPING Six Bands after the Awards Night/Closing Ceremonies on 20 July/Sun

FEATURING College Coed, Liquid Jane, RedLead 65, Sunflower Day Camp, The Rinka Collective, VerseS AND more suprise stars!

ADMISSION IS FREE!

This July on Kaida Gallery

Don't Count the Chicks Until They Hatch

Xeres Tanya Villanueva | Manolo Sicat | Angelo Tabije | Andoi Solon
13 – 30 July 2008

KAIDA GALLERY
KAMUNING | (632) 414.4777

Don't Count the Chicks Until They Hatch, a group exhibition of recent works by young visual artists Xeres Tanya Villanueva, Manolo Sicat, Angelo Tabije, and Andoi Solon opens on July 13 (Sunday) at Kaida Gallery in Quezon City. The show runs until the end of the month.

The exhibition features four young and rising visual artists from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts (UP CFA) in Diliman Quezon City.

Manolo Sicat holds two Fine Arts degrees from the UP CFA: one in Visual Communications (2003) and another in Sculpture (2008). His undergraduate thesis, Concrete Evidences, was distinguished as one of the UP CFA's Outstanding Thesis this year.

Andoi Solon earned his degree in Painting from UP CFA this year. He is the Grand Prize Winner for the PLDT/DPC competition in 2006 and a 2008 Centennial Thesis Grantee by the UP CFA.

Xeres Tanya Villanueva also graduated with a degree in Painting this year. She has consistently gained recognition from the time she entered UP CFA to the time she graduated, holding the distinction of Outstanding Freshman Portfolio and a Best Thesis award.

Angelo Tajibe earned his degree in Painting from UP CFA in 2007. During his undergraduate years, he has bagged awards from art competitions, as the Grand Prize winner (oil/acrylic category) at the 6th Art Petron National Student Art Competition.

Don't Count the Chicks Until They Hatch runs from 13 – 30 July 2008, at Kaida Gallery, located at the 2nd Floor, GFO Building, 122 Kamuning Road, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 1102. For inquiries, please call (632) 4144777 or write info@kaidagallery.com or visit the gallery website at www.kaidagallery.com.

Faber-Castell Sining Award 2008

Faber-Castell Sining Award 2008

CONTEST GUIDELINES:

1. The Faber-Castell Sining Award painting competition is open to all interested Filipino artists of all ages who have not held any solo exhibit.

2. The competition will start on June 15, 2008. The submission of entries will be on September 25 and 26, 2008 at:
UNIGIFTS - Roces Centre, Unit 3, 127 Don A. Roces Ave., Quezon City

3. The Official Entry Forms are available at the following venues:

• National Bookstore branches
(Quezon Avenue, Glorietta, SM North Edsa, SM Megamall)
• The entry forms may also be reproduced.
• Or may be downloaded from www.crownsupplymanila.com

4. The Ocial Entry Forms should be lled up completely and legibly. This should be submitted together with the artist’s 2”x2” ID picture.

5. The competition is open to all themes/subject matter. It may be figurative/representational or abstract/nonrepresentational.

6. All entries must measure 2’ x 3’. Orientation may be horizontal or vertical. Framing is optional. Painting material may be canvass, plywood or paper. All entries should bear provisions for hanging.

7. The medium to be used may be of the following: oil, acrylic and watercolour. It is not required to use Faber-Castell products.

8. Only works dated 2008 are accepted. All entries must be original and have not been exhibited or awarded by any award giving bodies.

9. The entries should be unsigned. Attach the name label at the back of the entry specifying the name of the artist, medium used, size and title of the painting.

10. Entries with incomplete requirements will not be accepted.

11. Winners of Faber-Castell Sining Award 2008 will be awarded with the following:

Oil Category:
• First Prize P 50,000 cash prize and plaque
• Second Prize P 30,000 cash prize and plaque
• Third Prize P 20,000 cash prize and plaque
• 5 Honorable Mention Awardees P 5,000 cash prize and plaque each awardee

Water-based Category:
• First Prize P 30,000 cash prize and plaque
• 4 Honorable Mention Awardees P 4,000 cash prize and plaque each awardee

Aside from the cash prize, all winners will receive Faber-Castell products.

12. All entries will pass through a screening to be made by a panel of judges. All decisions of the judges SHALL BE FINAL and INCONTESTABLE.

13. The judging will be on October 1, 2008 and the Awarding Ceremony will be on October 15, 2008. The ocial venue will be announced later. Retrieval of artworks will also be announced at a later date.

14. All the winning entries will remain to be the property of the winners.

15. Crown Supply Corporation has the right to use the winning entries in any of Faber-Castell’s advertising and promotional programs.

16. For more inquiries on Faber-Castell Sining Award 2008, please call our Marketing Department at 361-7391 or 92, loc. 113 to 115 or email to jebarle@mozcom.com.

Cavite Heritage Tour by Museum Foundation of the Philippines

Everyone is invited to join our Cultural Study Tour of the historical town of Cavite, a living museum of Philippine revolutionary history. Many of its landmarks are also a testament of the elegant tastes and lifestyles of illustrados who led the revolution of 1898. Our guest lecturer is Ms. Tina Decal.

Cavite Heritage Tour
July 19, 2008, Saturday
06:30 am Santuario De San Antonio Church, Forbes Park, Makati City (parking area) We encourage everyone to buy breakfast for the trip although light pastries and water will be served on-board).
8:00 - 9:00 am Arrive Kawit, Cavite
Tour to Aguinaldo Shrine - the mansion of the First Philippine President was the site of the proclamation of Independence in June 12, 1898.
9:30 - 10:30 am Arrive General Trias, Cavite
Visit at GBR Museum (Geronimo Berenguer delos Reyes)
11:00 - 11:45 am Arrive Amadeo, Cavite
Shopping at Café Amadeo
12:15 - 2:00 pm Arrive at Indang, Cavite
Lunch at Balai Indang (savor & enjoy a good lunch of : salad, pasta, chicken, seafood, embotido, veggie, flavored rice, bottomless dalandan juice and dessert).
2:00 - 2:30 pm Sidetrip to Indang Church (rare tromp l'oeil in shades of old rose and grey enliven this church. A rare oil painting of the seven archangels is revered in the right altar). And sidetrip to Bonifacio Monument/marker.
3:00 - 4:00 pm Arrive Dasmariñas, Cavite.
Tour at De La Salle Museum (Bahay Na Bato Museum). The alumni of La Salle erected a museum in the manner of Philippine Colonial houses in its vast campus in Dasmariñas. The Bahay-na-Bato or stone mansion features the best of ornamentation found in affluent houses during the 19th century.
4:14 - 5:00 pm Arrive Silang, Cavite
Visit Silang Church. Three beautiful baroque reredos adorn the church. The main reredo features events leading to the birth of the Savior. The central niche is occupied by the statue of the N. S. de Candelaria. The two side reredos feature Jesuit saints since Cavite was under the spiritual care of the Jesuits prior to their expulsion.
05:00 pm Departure for Manila.
07:00 pm ETA Makati, Santuario de San Antonio Church
(ETA, depends on the traffic).

You can download the reservation form in pdf or zipped pdf format.

Museum Foundation reserves the right to change the itinerary. In case of bad weather, the tour may be cancelled. For more information or reservations, please call the Museum Foundation office at 404-2685/0928- 503-9392, and look for Elvie or Menchie; at 722-9073 and look for Flor.

Don't Count the Chicks Until They Hatch @ Kaida Gallery

Don't Count the Chicks Until They Hatch
Xeres Tanya Villanueva, Manolo Sicat, Angelo Tabije, Andoi Solon
Kaida Gallery
13 – 30 July 2008

Don't Count the Chicks Until They Hatch at Kaida Gallery

Don't Count the Chicks Until They Hatch, a group exhibition of recent works by young visual artists Xeres Tanya Villanueva, Manolo Sicat, Angelo Tabije, and Andoi Solon opens on July 13 (Sunday) at Kaida Gallery in Quezon City. The show runs until the end of the month.

The exhibition features four young and rising visual artists from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts (UP CFA) in Diliman Quezon City.

Manolo Sicat holds two Fine Arts degrees from the UP CFA: one in Visual Communications (2003) and another in Sculpture (2008). His undergraduate thesis, Concrete Evidences, was distinguished as one of the UP CFA's Outstanding Thesis this year.

Andoi Solon earned his degree in Painting from UP CFA this year. He is the Grand Prize Winner for the PLDT/DPC competition in 2006 and a 2008 Centennial Thesis Grantee by the UP CFA.

Xeres Tanya Villanueva also graduated with a degree in Painting this year. She has consistently gained recognition from the time she entered UP CFA to the time she graduated, holding the distinction of Outstanding Freshman Portfolio and a Best Thesis award.

Angelo Tajibe earned his degree in Painting from UP CFA in 2007. During his undergraduate years, he has bagged awards from art competitions, as the Grand Prize winner (oil/acrylic category) at the 6th Art Petron National Student Art Competition.

Don't Count the Chicks Until They Hatch runs from 13 – 30 July 2008, at Kaida Gallery, located at the 2nd Floor, GFO Building, 122 Kamuning Road, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 1102. For inquiries, please call (632) 4144777 or write info@kaidagallery.com or visit the gallery website at www.kaidagallery.com.

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