UP Film Institute this July

UP Film Institute this July

The UP Film Institute issues its full slate of screenings for July 2007. Highlights are led by the showcase of Raya Martin’s Maicling Pelicula nang Ysang Indio Nacional. Raya’s international award-winning film forms part of the UP Film Institute’s special in fitting commemoration of the Philippine Congress opening of regular session this year. Acclaimed contemporary films from Japan all for free topbill Eiga Sai. For yet another distinct selection, UP Film Institute revisits with a twist the groundbreaking subgenre of horror flicks that has spawned widespread cult following. Noted titles in continuing celebration of gay pride and gender sensitivity are gathered for Pink Saturdays. Completing the diverse films on show is the extension of the full run of Mes de Guzman’s Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong for all the Fridays of the month.



A roundup of UP Film Institute’s screenings this July is as follows:

July 2 Monday
Eiga Sai: Shangri-la 2 p.m.; Out of this World 5 p.m.; Blue Spring 7 p.m.

July 3 Tuesday
Eiga Sai: Blue 2 p.m.; Inochi 5 p.m.; Kamikaze Girls 7 p.m.

July 4 Wednesday
Eiga Sai: Hotel Hibiscus 7 p.m.

July 5 Thursday
Eiga Sai: Harmful Insect 2 p.m.; No One’s Ark 5 p.m.; The Stars Converge 7 p.m.

July 6 Friday
Extended @ the Videotheque: Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 5/7 p.m.

July 7 Saturday
Pink Saturdays: My Wife’s Lover 5/7 p.m.
@ the Videotheque: Boys Don’t Cry 5 p.m.

July 9 Monday
Dead People (The Locals) 5 p.m.
Dead People 2 (Reeker) 7 p.m.

July 10 Tuesday
Dead People (The Locals) 5 p.m.
Dead People 2 (Reeker) 7 p.m.

July 11 Wednesday
Dead People (The Locals) 5 p.m.
Dead People 2 (Reeker) 7 p.m.

July 12 Thursday
300 5 p.m.
Dead People 2 (Reeker) 7 p.m.

July 13 Friday
Extended @ the Videotheque: Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 5/7 p.m.

July 14 Saturday
Pink Saturdays: My Wife’s Lover 5/7 p.m.
@ the Videotheque: When Night Is Falling 5 p.m.

July 16 Monday
Indio Nacional 5/7 p.m.
@ the Videotheque: At All Costs 7 p.m.

July 17 Tuesday
Rekados 5/7 p.m.

July 18 Wednesday
Special Screening presented by Contend-UP 5/7 p.m.

July 19 Thursday
@ the Videotheque: At All Costs 5/7 p.m.

July 20 Friday
Zombies (Wicked Little Things) 5/7 p.m.
Extended @ the Videotheque: Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 5/7 p.m.

July 21 Saturday
Pink Saturdays: My Wife’s Lover 5 p.m./The Pillow Book 7 p.m.
@ the Videotheque: In and Out 5 p.m.

July 23 Monday
Indio Nacional 5/7 p.m.
@ the Videotheque: At All Costs 7 p.m.

July 24 Tuesday 5 p.m.
Shrek the Third 5 p.m.
Zombies (Wicked Little Things) 7 p.m.

July 25 Wednesday
The Big White 5/7 p.m.

July 26 Thursday
The Big White 5 p.m.
Premiere: Casa 7 p.m.

July 27 Friday
Extended @ the Videotheque: Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong 5/7 p.m.

July 28 Saturday
@ the Videotheque: Jupit 5/7 p.m.

July 30 Mon
Indio Nacional 5/7 p.m.

July 31 Tuesday-August 4 Saturday 5/7 p.m.

Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2007

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Eiga Sai 2007 Schedule

Eiga Sai 2007
Screening Schedule

Shangri-la Plaza
June 20 (Wed) 7:00 PM Kamikaze Girls

June 21 (Thu) 2:00 PM Shangri-la (Togenkyo No Hitobito)
5:00 PM Blue Spring
8:00 PM Out of this World

June 22 (Fri) 2:00 PM Hotel Hibiscus
5:00 PM Inochi
8:00 PM No One’s Ark

June 23 (Sat) 2:00 PM Blue
5:00 PM Kamikaze Girls
8:00 PM The Stars Converge

June 24 (Sun) 2:00 PM Kamikaze Girls
5:00 PM Hotel Hibiscus
8:00 PM Blue Spring

June 25 (Mon) 2:00 PM Blue
5:00 PM Inochi
8:00 PM Out of this World

June 26 (Tue) 2:00 PM Shangri-la
5:00 PM The Stars Converge
8:00 PM Harmful Insect

Eiga Sai 2007
Screening Schedule

UP Film Institute
July 2 (Mon) 2:00 PM Shangri-la
5:00 PM Out of this World
7:00 PM Blue Spring

July 3 (Tue) 2:00 PM Blue
5:00 PM Inochi
7:00 PM Kamikaze Girls

July 4 (Wed) 7:00 PM Hotel Hibiscus

July 5 (Thu) 2:00 PM Harmful Insect
5:00 PM No One’s Ark
7:00 PM The Stars Converge

Cultural Center of the Philippines
July 4 (Wed) 4:00 PM Out of this World
7:00 PM Blue Spring

July 5 (Thu) 4:00 PM Blue
7:00 PM Shangri-la

July 6 (Fri) 4:00 PM Inochi
7:00 PM Kamikaze Girls

July 7 (Sat) 4:00 PM Harmful Insect
7:00 PM The Stars Converge

July 8 (Sun) 4:00 PM No One’s Ark
7:00 PM Hotel Hibiscus

Eiga Sai 2007
Screening Schedule

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Eiga Sai 2007

CONTEMPORARY FILMS
THE JAPAN FOUNDATION, MANILA’S
MONTH-LONG EIGA SAI

Eiga Sai 2007
(SCREENING SCHEDULE)

The Japan Foundation, Manila, in cooperation with the Shangri-La Plaza Mall, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and the UP Film Institute, proudly presents slices of Japanese life as seen through the eyes of contemporary Japanese directors of “Eiga Sai 2007”: a showcase of modern film genre at the Shang Cineplex, UP Film Institute and CCP Dream Theater.

Among the films to be featured in Eiga Sai 2007 are Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari, 2004, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima), Harmful Insect (Gaichu, 2002, directed by Akihiko Shiota), Hotel Hibiscus (Hotel Hibiscus, 2002, directed by Yuji Nakae), No One’s Ark (Baka no Hakobune, 2002, directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita), Inochi (Inochi, 2002, directed by Tetsuo Shinohara), Out of this World (Kono Yo no Sotoe-Club Shinchu Gun, 2003, directed by Junji Sakamoto), The Stars Converge (Chirusoku no Natsu, 2003, directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe), Blue (Blue, 2001, directed by Hiroshi Ando), Blue Spring (Aoi Haru, 2001, directed by Toshiaki Toyoda) and Shangri-la (Togenkyo No Hitobito, 2002, directed by Takashi Miike).

The Eiga Sai (literally, ‘film festival’ in Japanese) opens at the Shangri-la Plaza Mall on June 20 with light comedy, “Kamikaze Girls” (2004, 103 minutes, Color), written by Novala Takemoto and directed by Nakashima Tetsuya. It tells the story of two very different teenagers who become best friends, even though neither will admit it. J-Pop star Kyoko Fukada stars as Momoko, a 17-year-old girl so obsessed with everything rococo that she wears old-fashioned frilly white clothing and carries a parasol. After Momoko’s mother leaves her small time crook husband, her young daughter grows up on the farm, 60 miles from Tokyo, with her ex Yakuza father who sells fake Versace merchandize and grandmother, a woman with an extraordinary ability to catch flies in mid air. Desperate for money, Momoko starts selling the remainder of her father's counterfeit clothing, but her only customer is a tough-talking young biker chick, Ichigo (Anna Tsuchiya), who belongs to an all-girl gang. Their lives exemplify some of the fascinating intricacies of Japanese youth culture in a feel good film with art direction creatively designed to blow your socks off. The movie garnered critical acclaim and won numerous awards in Japan and abroad.

All films in Eiga Sai 2007 will be shown with English subtitles. Screening venues of Eiga Sai 2007 are at the Cinema 3, Shangri-La Plaza Mall (June 20-26), UP Film Institute (July 2-5), and CCP Dream Theater (July 4-8). Admission is free.

For detailed screening schedules and inquiries on Eiga Sai 2007, please check the Japan Foundation, Manila website: www.jfmo.org.ph or call the JFM telephone numbers 811-6155 to 58.

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