Call for Nominations: U.P. Gawad Plaridel 2016 (Category: Radio)

The U.P. College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) is now accepting nominations for the annual U.P. GAWAD PLARIDEL which recognizes Filipino media practitioners who have excelled in any of the media (print, radio, film, television, and new media) and have performed with the highest level of professional integrity in the interest of public service.

For 2016, the twelfth U.P. Gawad Plaridel will be given to an outstanding RADIO PRACTITIONER.
The award is named after Marcelo H. del Pilar (nom de plume, Plaridel), the selfless propagandist whose stewardship of the reformist newspaper La Solidaridad helped crystallize nationalist sentiments and ignite libertarian ideas in the 1890s. Like Plaridel, the recipient must believe in the vision of a Philippine society that is egalitarian, participative and progressive; and in media that are socially responsible, critical and vigilant, liberative and transformative, and free and independent.
Eligible for the awards are all living Filipino individuals who have excelled in the field of radio as producer, director, scriptwriter, announcer, voice actor, sound designer, sound technician, reporter, commentator, etc. Aside from their probity and integrity, these media practitioners must have produced a body of work that is marked by excellence and social relevance and must have achievements recognized nationally and/or internationally.

Individuals and institutions may nominate potential recipients. Institutions include media corporations, professional media associations, media advocacy groups, educational institutions, cultural foundations, and NGOs. Previous nominees may still be considered for this year’s award. All current full-time faculty and staff of the UP CMC are disqualified from the nomination.

The deadline for submission of nominations is on 01 March 2016, 5pm. The recipient of the U.P. Gawad Plaridel 2016 will be announced in April 2016.

The U.P. GAWAD PLARIDEL will be given in August in commemoration of del Pilar’s birth anniversary. The awardee will receive the U.P. Gawad Plaridel trophy (designed by National Artist Napoleon Abueva) and will deliver the Plaridel Lecture addressing issues relevant to the state and practice of Philippine media. The recipient will have a place of honor at all ceremonies and functions of the College. The recipient’s portrait will be hung at the U.P. Gawad Plaridel Gallery located at the College lobby (Plaridel Hall, U.P. Diliman).

Nomination forms and award guidelines are available at the UP CMC Website (http://masscomm.upd.edu.ph/upgawadplaridel2016) and at the UP CMC Office of Extension and External Relations (UP CMC-OEER). Interested parties may call (02) 981-8500 loc. 2668 for further inquiries.

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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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Dean Teodoro Publishes Vantage Point: The Sixth Estate and Other Discoveries

The UP College of Mass Communication is pleased to announce the publication of Dean Luis V. Teodoro's Vantage Point: The Sixth Estate and Other Discoveries.

Vantage point is a collection of Dean Teodoro's opinion pieces generated from more than a decade of writing for Manila newspapers such as Today, Business Mirror, and Business World. The articles are political commentaries on the use of power by those that wield them, be they individuals or institutions within and out of the government, or even by those beyond the country's shores, colonizers of the past and present.

The book is jointly published by CMC and the UP Press under the Media and Communication Series. The series publishes scholarly books on Philippine communication effects, processes, industries, and products, including works on critical analyses of media industries, journalism studies, new media and society, and cultural and politics in media texts.

Vantage Point is available at the UP Press. For more information, please call 9253243 and 9266642.

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Vargas Museum Acquires Sculptures by Gary-Ross Pastrana and Stanley Ruiz

The collaborative work of Silverlens Represented Artist Gary-Ross Pastrana and New York-based designer Stanley Ruiz has been acquired by the Vargas Museum with the support of Silverlens Galleries, Blanc Gallery, and the Japan Foundation.

With the support of the Japan Foundation, Blanc, and Silverlens Galleries, the U.P. Vargas Museum acquires sculptural pieces by 13 Artist grant recipient Gary-Ross Pastrana and New York-based Filipino Designer Stanley Ruiz. The sculptures will be formally presented on March 4, Tuesday, 4:00PM at the museum grounds and will coincide with the reception of the Curatorial Workshop organized by Vargas Museum and Japan Foundation.

Both artists are graduates of the University of the Philippines, College of Fine Arts and have exhibited locally and internationally in the field of design and contemporary art practice. Originally created as a collaborative installation for a design laboratory initiated by the Japan Foundation, the sculptures were created in response to the Berg Space at First United Building (formerly Perez-Samanillo Building), a building designed by Juan Luna’s son, Architect Andres Luna de San Pedro. Both artists were inspired by the art deco elements of the architecture and lines of the building, in addition to the historical elements of Escolta.

Gary-Ross Pastrana is an artist/curator who is known for his installations, while Stanley Ruiz is an industrial designer whose work encompasses design, function and artistic practice.

The sculptures created by Pastrana and Ruiz complement the modernist elements of the U.P Vargas Museum building as well as its growing outdoor sculpture collection alongside the works of Abdulmari Imao, Cian Dayrit, Florante Caedo and Duddley Diaz and in the wider context of the other sculptural pieces around U.P. Diliman campus by National Artists Guillermo Tolentino and Napoleon Abueva. Ildefenso Marcelo, and Renato Rocha.

U.P. Vargas Museum Roxas Avenue, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines Tel +63 928 1927; +63 981 8500 local 4021, 4022 or 4024. Hours: Tues – Sat 9:00 am to 5:00 pm email: vargasmuseum@gmail.com web: www.vargasmuseum.upd.edu.ph

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About the Artists

Gary-Ross PASTRANA (b. 1977) graduated with his BFA from University of the Philippines. Known for his sculptural installations, he was the Philippine representative to Busan Biennale in Korea (2008) and participated in Aichi Triennial (2010). He is a recipient of the Thirteen Artists Award by the Cultural Center of the Philippines(2006), and was also the co-founder/curator of Future Prospect, an alternative art space in Cubao, Philippines. Pastrana’s works are about things broken apart, and the sudden space between the separated parts. In Busan Biennale (2008), he showed Collapsible Stream, a boat airmailed from Japan to Korea in pieces, created during his artist residency in Kyoto. He has exhibited in cities such as Manila, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bangkok, and Hong Kong among others. He lives and works in Manila.

Stanley Ruiz (b. 1976, Quezon City) is an industrial designer and media artist whose works are primarily expressed through objects that lie within the domains of design, craft, sound performance, and media arts. His works explore the synthesis of the natural and the man-made, human and object interaction, hardware hacking and customization, with a deliberate bent towards craft as a method of production. He has exhibited extensively in the USA, Europe, and Asia. He was the Philippine delegate to the 4th Asia-Europe Artcamp in Helsinki, Finland, where he presented his work Sound Economy.Ph (1976-2006) - a project that used Philippine economic data as an algorithm in audio-visual composition. Born and raised in Quezon City, he published the independent punk ‘zine Voice Out! and played in several underground bands in Manila from the early to late-90’s. He moved to Brooklyn, New York in 2004 and the following year founded the folk-inspired experimental noise group Gunung Sari.

Source: http://goo.gl/gJ2O4G

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RTD on Poetics and Practice of Film Criticism in the Philippines

The Office of Research and Publication invites you to the Poetics and Practice of Film Criticism in the Philippines.

PARTICIPATING CRITICS:

Nick Deocampo
Patrick Flores
Eulalio Guieb III
Bienvenido Lumbera
Carlo Pangilinan
Nicanor Tiongson
Rolando Tolentino

CONVENOR and MODERATOR:

Patrick Campos

CMC Auditorium, UP College of Mass Communication
19 March 2014, 1:00 PM

Open to the public on a first come, first served basis. Limited seats only.

About the RTD
Cinema in the Philippines has, by now, had a long history, and recent changes in local cinema has also been remarkable. Certainly, film criticism in the Philippines is not static. It is continually developing, partly in response to the changes in cinema, but, beyond that and more importantly, as a discrete field. The RTD is an opportune venue to reflect on the poetics and practice of film criticism in the Philippines. In particular, following broad questions would hopefully be addressed:
What has been the history of film criticism in the Philippines?
In your view as a critic, where is it or should it be going?
What have been the principles and presuppositions of your own critical practice, through the years, that could shed light on the foregoing questions?

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Call for Nominations: 2014 UP Gawad Plaridel (Category: Transmedia)

The UP College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) is now accepting nominations for the tenth recipient of the U.P. Gawad Plaridel, the University of the Philippines’ highest award for an outstanding media practitioner.

The U.P. Gawad Plaridel bestows honor on Filipino media practitioners who have excelled in any of the media and have performed with the highest level of professional integrity in the interest of public service. The award is named after Marcelo H. del Pilar (nom de plume, Plaridel), the selfless propagandist whose stewardship of the reformist newspaper La Solidaridad helped crystallize nationalist sentiments and ignite libertarian ideas in the 1890s. Like Plaridel, the recipient of the award must believe in the vision of a Philippine society that is egalitarian, participative and progressive; and in media that are socially responsible, critical and vigilant, liberative and transformative, and free and independent.

For 2014, the U.P. Gawad Plaridel will be given to an outstanding TRANSMEDIA practitioner(one who excels in at least two media platforms). This year’s recipient will join the roster of awardees - Ms. Eugenia Duran-Apostol (2004, Print); Ms. Vilma Santos (2005, Film); Ms. Fidela “Tiya Dely” Magpayo (2006, Radio); Ms. Cecilia “Cheche” L. Lazaro (2007, Television); Mr. Pachico A. Seares (2008, Community Print Media); Mr. Kidlat Tahimik (2009, Independent Film); Ms. Eloisa “Lola Sela” Cruz-Canlas (2011, Radio); Ms. Florence “Rosa Rosal” Gayda (2012, Television); and Mr. Jose “Pete” Lacaba, Jr. (2013, Print).

Here are the award guidelines and nomination form. These documents may also be downloaded from the UP CMC website (http://masscomm.upd.edu.ph/call-nominations-2014-gawad-plaridel-transmedia). Deadline for submission of nominations is on 31 March 2014. 

 For questions/clarifications, please call the Office of Extension and External Relations at 981-8500 loc. 2668 or 920-6864 or email upgawadplaridel@gmail.com.

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Call for Papers to the 6th Asian Translation Traditions Conference

Asia has been the site of the migration of peoples, texts, and cultures since pre-modern times. These flows have came largely from the “mother” civilizations of the Arabic, Indian, and Chinese peoples and, in the modern and the transmaritime periods, from the West. Yet the movements have also come from “within.” Intra-regionally, people and texts have navigated on the borderless seascapes of Asia; and within borders, especially in Southeast Asia, center and periphery have been defined in terms of river and hill cultures. In recent times, flows have been transmedial. The paradox of Asia, as of other regions, is that it is both bordered and borderless. It is, but it is not still. It is a reality in translation.

Given this context, the conference focuses on the translation of texts (but also their mistranslations or untranslatability, Rafael 2013), the migrations and diffusions of texts, and the discourses on translation and translational exchange in Asia. It will include “real” translations between discrete cultures and different semiotic systems (as classified by Roman Jacobson in 1959), but its larger rubric is cultural translation, in the sense that Clifford (1986, 1988) used it, encompassing the development of multiple and multilayered identities in the crossing or transgressing of borders in both physical and conceptual spaces.

The rationale for the ATT series is to challenge the Eurocentric emphasis of Translation Studies, which is largely due to the “unavailability of reliable data and systematic analysis of translation activities in non-European cultures” (Hung and Wakabayashi 2005). The ATT series was initiated by Professor Eva Hung of Hong Kong in 2002. A small but successful workshop was held in London that same year, followed by well-attended international conferences in India, Turkey, Hong Kong, and the United Arab Emirates. It is hoped that ATT6 will lead to theorizing on translation and developing methodologies on translation arising from the specific historical and contemporary contexts of Asia.

Topics for Papers
These could include, but need not be limited, to the topics below:
Migration as translation; translation as migration
Texts and translations on or by Overseas Contract Workers
Representations/Translations of Asian cultures
Inter- and intra-regional (dis)connections within Asia
Religion and translation
East-West interactions
South Asian connections/diffusions
Southeast Asian connections/diffusions
East Asian connections/diffusions
West Asian connections/diffusions
Arabic connections/diffusions
Translating indigenous cultures
Oralities and translation
Translation and vernacular cultures
Transmodal crossings/transgressions
Translation and creative writing
Translation and performativity
Translation and ritual
Translation and publishing
Pedagogy and translation
Travel and translation
Translation/transglossia
Gender (in)translation
Translation and popular culture, e.g. telenovelas, pop music.

Length of Papers

20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion

Submission of Abstracts

Please e-mail abstracts in English of no more than 250 words to Aileen O. Salonga at asiantranslation6@up.edu.ph on or before April 30, 2014. Abstracts should be in Word format and should be sent as an attachment. The following information should be included in the body of your email:
author’s full name
author’s e-mail address and postal address
institutional affiliation and address
phone number (home); phone number (office)

Participants will have the option to submit a second version of their abstract in a language other than English. The presentation itself will be in English, but both versions of the abstract will appear in the collection of abstracts distributed to participants.

Abstracts will be reviewed jointly by the Organizing Committee at the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Steering Committee of the Asian Translation Traditions Conference Series.

Notification of Acceptance of Abstracts

Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their abstracts on or before May 31, 2014

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49th Anniversary Sale at UP Press

The University of the Philippines Press (UP Press) will be holding a month-long sale in celebration of its 49th founding anniversary. All UP Press titles, including bestsellers and new releases, will be sold at a 20 percent discount. Consigned titles from various university presses and publishers will also be sold at a 5 percent discount. The book sale will run from March 03 to 31, 2014.

The UP Press Bookstore is open to the public and has a main branch in UP Diliman. The main branch is open from Mondays to Fridays, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The other branches are in UP Cebu, UP Baguio, and UP Mindanao.

For inquiries, please call the UP Press Bookstore (UP Diliman) at +63 (2) 928 4391 local 112 or the UP Press Marketing office at +63 (2) 926 6642. You may also like “University of the Philippines Press” on Facebook for details.

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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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UP Vargas Museum & CANVAS Present A Fish Tale by Daniel dela Cruz

The UP Vargas Museum and CANVAS present A Fish Tale, sculptures by Daniel dela Cruz at the 3F galleries of the museum.



Each year, CANVAS holds the Romeo Forbes Children’s Story Writing Competition, a unique contest that uses art as inspiration for a children’s story. This competition challenges writers to weave a story based on an artwork that children (and adults, too) might enjoy. When the winning story is chosen by CANVAS and a panel of judges, it in turn inspires more art in a series of works by the same artist that, scene-by-scene, brings the story to life. The result is a truly special and collaborative children’s storybook.

Becky Bravo’s magical undersea world emerged as the winner for this year. Her story hit a chord. The story takes you back to that period of the awkwardness in childhood, the need to fit in, the desire to find friends, and the dread and loneliness of being different. These concerns, so real to children (and adults, too) were approached with honesty, simplicity, and playfulness.

For Daniel, the challenge was formidable as this is CANVAS’s first children’s book to be illustrated using sculptures. Would he be able to do justice to Becky’s story, using his signature metal sculptures as tools? Or would he be limited by the medium that seemed to us far less suited to storybooks than pen and ink, watercolor, or oil paint? But his graceful and whimsical figures fit Becky’s words like hand in glove, and give her characters personality, identity, and even movement.

Daniel dela Cruz graduated from the University of the Philippines in 1991. In 2007, he returned to sculpture and mounted his first solo exhibition, Kandungan. In 2008, he won the coveted gold medal for the “Festival of Nativities” in Rome, Italy.

A Fish Tale storybook and exhibition will be launched on February 13, 5pm at the Vargas Museum. Exhibition runs until February 25.

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UP Department of Art Studies Summer Writing Workshop

Responding to the need to address art in an informed and rigorous manner, the Art Studies Department of the University of the Philippines-Diliman organizes a visual literacy and art criticism workshop from 2nd to 5th May, 2012. The workshop aims to provide participants with visual literacy skills, pedagogical approaches to visual literacy, and basic skills in writing about art that is both critical and eloquent.

The four-day workshop includes lectures by Professor Emerita Alice Guillermo, art historians and curators Patrick Flores and Eileen Legaspi Ramirez; and exhibition tours at the Vargas Museum and the Ateneo Art Gallery. Writing and criticism workshops will be facilitated by faculty from the Department of Art Studies, University of the Philippines-Diliman.

Expressions of interest may be coursed thru artstudiesnewdirections@gmail.com, with the submission of an
application form and a writing sample of about 500-to 800-word length by 15 March 2012. The workshop will also accept a limited number (first-come, first-serve) observers who will be exempted from turning in a writing sample but who will only e allowed to participate during the plenary sessions. Please use "Workshop application" as your email subject heading.

Queries may be sent to:
Tessa Maria Guazon
Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez
artstudiesnewdirections@gmail.com
927.05.81 or 981.85.00 local 2115

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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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UMPIL Holds Its 37th Annual Congress

UMPIL HOLDS ITS 37TH ANNUAL CONGRESS, THE RIZAL SESQUICENTENNIAL LITERARY CONFERENCE FOR TEACHERS, AND THE 24TH “GAWAD PAMBANSANG ALAGAD NI BALAGTAS” RITE ON 25-27 AUGUST 2011

As a commemorative event and important part of its annual convention, the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) will hold the Rizal Sesquicentennial Literary Conference for Teachers on 25-27 August 2011 at the Claro M. Recto Hall, College of Arts and Letters, Rizal Building, College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.

Guest of honor is National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera.

On 25-26 August (Thurs-Frid), respected scholars will deliver papers on the works of Jose Rizal, each one assigned a particular literary genre and is expected to give new insights on the subject. Dr. Soledad S. Reyes (Ateneo de Manila) will tackle the novels, Dr. Virgilio S. Almario (UP Diliman) the poems, Dr. Paul A. Dumol (University of Asia and the Pacific) the plays, and Dr. Ambeth R. Ocampo (Ateneo de Manila and UP Diliman) the essays. To further inspire teachers to find new methods of teaching the Rizal course, veteran educators will demo-teach on poetry (Prof. Danilo Francisco M. Reyes), plays (Dr. Jerry Respeto), and essays (Dr. Corazon Lalu-Santos).

On 27 August, the annual UMPIL members convention features the Panayam Adrian Cristobal (public intellectual lecture series), a booklaunch, a literary forum, and the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas. All the previous recipients of the Gawad are invited to attend this whole-day event.

It is in honor of the late Adrian E. Cristobal, essayist, fictionist and playwright, and in homage to the Public Intellectual, that UMPIL and the Cristobal family jointly initiated the Adrian E. Cristobal Lecture series last year. The first lecturer of the series was poet Gemino Abad. The 2011 lecturer is National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario. His book Rizal: Makata (Anvil Publishing, 2011) will be launch after the lecture.

The Writers Forum, with the topic “Ang Realismong Panlipunan at ang Pagsulat ng Kontemporaneong Nobela sa Filipinas” (Social Realism and the Writing of the Contemporary Filipino Novel) will feature three of the most engaging fictionists today: Mario I. Miclat, of the The Secret of the Eighteen Mansions fame; Genevieve Asenjo, who wrote Lumbay ng Dila; and Edgar Samar, author of Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog.

The Congress’ main event is the awards ceremony of the “Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas” for Filipino writers who have produced outstanding works and have dedicated their lives and talents to the development, propagation, and promotion of Philippine literature. The 2011 Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas awardees are Herminio Beltran (Poetry in Filipino), Fanny A. Garcia (Fiction in Filipino), Elmer A. Ordoñez (Essay in English), Crisostomo Ilustre (Fiction in Iluko), Maria Luisa S. Defante-Gibraltar (Fiction in Hiligaynon), and Sze Manchi (Poetry in Chinese).

Paz Verdades M. Santos receives the Gawad Paz Marquez for Outstanding Educator in the field of literature and The Varsitarian of the University of Santo Tomas the Gawad Pedro Bucaneg for providing a bright guiding light to talents that later contributed in no small measure to national life.

The event is made possible by the support of the Adrian Cristobal Foundation, UP Institute of Creative Writing, and the UP College of Arts and Letters. The Office of the Chancellor-UP Diliman and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Education (DepEd) endorse the conference.

UMPIL members, teachers, and other interested parties are encouraged to participate in the conference as well the convention. The Conference has a registration fee of P3,000 and the Convention P500 for new and current organization members.

For details, call Ms. Eva Cadiz c/o UP Institute of Creative Writing, 9221830. Or email the conference director and UMPIL Secretary General Michael M. Coroza at mcoroza@ateneo.edu.

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Statement on the Closure of the 'Kulo' Exhibit at the CCP by the Department of Art Studies, UP Diliman

No to Closure, No to Censorship!

We, faculty members of the Department of Art Studies, University of the Philippines in Diliman, urge the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) to reopen the exhibition “Kulo" featuring 32 works from artists who contributed to the curatorial concept of revolutionary ferment in contemporary Philippine society as inspired by Dr. Jose Rizal’s life and ideals.

While there are contending interpretations of an image presented by art, the ethical course of action is to process the contentions and that is what art ensures: a process of communicative action. The closure of an exhibition only achieved the closure of democratic, informed and thoughtful engagement.

While freedom of expression and artistic license are not absolute and must be guided with reflexivity, accountability and responsibility on the part of makers of art, the freedom is fundamental, and inalienable. The work in question is art, and while it is a site of struggle over meanings and definitions, it is protected as expression in a free society. It may violate and offend community and common standards of morality, but it would be more productive for us to bring the discussion in a well-informed manner, to study and discuss our own responses and in the process, gain new knowledge and insights, and hone our visual competencies and literacy. Why for instance do images have the power to offend and provoke an excess of emotion and action?

Now, without the artworks to look at and experience in actuality, and without benefit of proper framing and venue, such informed and engaged discussions cannot take place and so many important ideas are consequently repressed. We sadly observe that the issue has been reduced to the level of polemics, grandstanding and shouting matches over the more vital meaning of art and what role artists play in contemporary times.

The CCP should protect its mandate, reclaim and maintain its autonomy. It must take the lead, not only in guarding artistic freedom but also in ensuring a safe haven where artists as public intellectuals have the freedom to exhibit. We educators will rally behind a cultural institution that will provide the venue and platform for artists, educators, policymakers, students of art and the “public" – by no means homogenous – to come together and raise and address issues in an atmosphere conducive to forming a community of critical audiences of art.

Re-open the exhibition!

Defend the freedom of expression!

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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 August 2011

The UP Film Institute announces its main slate of screenings for August 2011 all at the UPFI Film Center. Cinemalaya fever continues with the Netpac Best Film Winner, Benito Bautista’s Boundary; the premier state university’s premiere of Cinemalaya’s closing film, Jade Castro’s Zombadings and a selection of outstanding student films under the Best of UPFI banner. The national cinemas of Japan and Brazil are in showcase respectively with Eiga Sai and the Brazil Film Festival. In commemoration of the National Heroes Month is the special run for Mario O’Hara’s Ang Paglilitis ni Andres Bonifacio. More films further comprise the month’s features accordingly for Back to Classics, Untitled/Visions and Spotlight on Docus. Tudla Productions’ Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival now on its third year complete the month’s screening highlights.

Cine Adarna :

*CINEMALAYA 7: (Director's Showcase and NETPAC Films)

Aug 2 Tue
San Lazaro (NETPAC), 230pm
Teoriya, 5pm
Bisperas, 8pm

Aug 3 Wed
Gayuma(NETPAC), 230pm
Isda, 5pm
Busong, 8pm

Aug 4 Thu
Nono (NETPAC), 230pm
Shorts A, 5pm
Patikul, 8pm

Aug 5 Fri
Local Girls (NETPAC), 230pm
Best Picture-New Breed, 7pm(SOLD OUT, NO SRO TICKETS)
Best Picture-Director's Showcase, 9pm

Aug 6 Sat
Huling Halik (NETPAC), 230pm
The Natural Phenomenon of Madness (NETPAC), 5pm
Liberacion (NETPAC), 730pm

Aug 9 Tue
Zombadings : Patayin sa shokot si Remington - Closing Film, 730pm

Aug 16 Tue
Boundary, Cinemalaya Netpac Best Film, 7pm

Tickets @ P80 , for Reservations:
contact 09272990318 for Director's showcase
contact 09159875323 for NETPAC Films

*3rd PANDAYANG LINO BROCKA POLITICAL FILM AND NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL
Aug 10 – 11, 2011
Free Admission

Aug 10
10:00 AM Forum: Filipinization of Mass Media | Ishmael Bernal Gallery
1:00 PM Film Screening | Cine Adarna
6:00 PM Awarding of Trophies and Certificates | Cine Adarna
6:30 PM Tribute to Lino Brocka | Cine Adarna
7:30 PM Special Screening of Lino Brocka’s Dung-aw | Cine Adarna

Aug 11
10:00 AM Workshop: Script Writing | Ishmael Bernal/Videotheque
1:00 PM Film Screening | Cine Adarna
4:00 PM Launching of Brgy. Corazon de Jesus’ Documentary, Short Film and Book | Cine Adarna
6:00 PM Exhibit: PeliKulay | Ishmael Bernal Gallery

Official Film Selection
Ka Bel | Documentary by Mayday Multimedia
K-1 | Short Film by Christopher Nazareno
Sounds of New Hope | Documentary by Eric Tandoc
43 | Animation by Southern Tagalog Exposure
Obra ng Lipunan | Poetry in Motion by Hector Calma
Lesson Plan | Short Film by Gerry Jumawan
Panaw-Kalinaw | Short Film by Arnel Mardoquio
Badjau sa Makabagong Panahon | Documentary by University of Assumption-Pampanga
Dugo ang Iniluha ng mga Bulaklak | Poetry in Motion by Rom Factolerin
Aktibista | Documentary by Karen Camille Gutierrez/St. Scholastica’s College
Salute | Poetry in Motion by JL Burgos
Halas | Experimental Film by Rob Jara

*EIGA SAI 2011
Aug 17-20, 2011
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

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

*BRAZIL FILM FESTIVAL 2011
Aug 24 & 31 Sep 7 & 14 / Weds / 5pm & 7pm
Free Admission

Aug 24 Wed
Domesticas (Maids) 5pm
2 Filhos de Francisco (Two Sons of Francisco) 7pm

Aug 31 Wed
Brava Gente Brazileira (Brave New Land) 5pm
Estorvo (Turbulence) 7pm

Sept 7 Wed
O Homem de Capa Preta (The Man in the Black Cape) 5pm
O Casamento de Louise (Louise’s Wedding) 7pm

Sept 14 Wed
Sao Paulo, Sociedade de Anonima , 5pm
Terra Estrangeira (Foreign Land) 7pm

Videotheque:
(Videotheque screenings are for free except for Ang Paglilitis ni Andres Bonifacio, tickets @ P80.)

*UNTITLED/VISIONS:

Aug 11 Thu
Abbas Kiarostami's Ten, 5pm
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Mysterious Object at Noon, 7pm

Aug 18 Thu
Alexander Sokurov's The Russian Ark, 5pm
Alain Resnais' Last Year in Marienbad, 7pm

*BACK TO CLASSICS :

Aug 9 Tue
Luciano B. Carlos’ Petrang Kabayo (1988) 5pm

Aug 12 Fri
Gerardo de Leon’s Dawn of Freedom + Mario O’ Hara’s Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos, 5pm

Aug 23 Tue
Ishmael Bernal’s El Vibora+ Celso Ad Castillo’s Asedillo, 5pm

*National Heroes Special :

Aug 13, 20, 27
Mario O’ Hara’s Ang Paglilitis ni Andres Bonifacio, 230pm & 5pm

*Cinemalaya 7 :

Aug 25 Thu
Best of UPFI

*Spotlight of Docus:

Aug 26 Fri
UPFI Works, 230pm & 5pm

Ishmael Bernal Gallery :
Free Admission

*DAILY DIGEST : Exhibition by Recent UP Fine Arts Graduates (Jul 15- Aug 5)
*FRESHLY SQUEEZED : Annual Freshspace Art Exhibition (Aug 19 - Sep 9)
*Outdoor Photo Installation : Buen Abrigo & Sam Kiyoumarsi (Aug 8 - Sep 2)

UPFI WORKSHOPS :
Schedule : 4 Saturdays of September
Time : 1 – 5pm
Course Fees : TBA
Venue : Film Building, CMC Media Center

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
BASIC SCRIPTWRITING
DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION

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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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UPFI Summer Workshops 2011

UPFI SUMMER WORKSHOPS (April - May 2011)

BASIC SCRIPTWRITING
Facilitator: Prof. Libay Cantor
Schedule : April 4 to 8, 2011 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)
Course Fee : P 5,500
Venue: CMC Media Center

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Facilitator: Mr. Gari Buenavista
Schedule : April 4 to 8, 2011 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)
Course Fee : P 6,000
Venue: CMC Media Center
Requirement : Digital Camera preferably D-SLR

DOCUMENTARY VIDEO PRODUCTION
Facilitator: Ms. Kiri Dalena
Schedule : April 11 to 15, 2011 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)
Course Fee : P 8,000
Venue: CMC Media Center

INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY & STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY
Facilitator: Mr. Daemon Becker
Schedule : April 9, 16, 30 and May 7, 2010 (4 Saturdays)
Time : 1pm to 5pm (16 hours)
Course Fee : P 6,000
Venue: CMC Media Center
Requirement : D-SLR,Flash,Tripod

MAY 2011

BASIC SCRIPTWRITING
Facilitator: Prof. Cenon Palomares
Schedule : May 2 to 6, 2011 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)
Course Fee : P 5,500
Venue: CMC Media Center

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Facilitator: Mr. Frankie Callaghan
Schedule : May 2 to 6, 2011 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)
Course Fee : P 6,000
Venue: CMC Media Center
Requirement : Digital Camera preferably D-SLR

DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION
Facilitator: Mr. Milo Paz
Schedule : May 9 to 13, 2011 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)
Course Fee : P 8,000
Venue: CMC Media Center

INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY & TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY
Facilitator: Mr. Estan Cabigas
Schedule : May 23 to 27, 2011 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 5pm (16 hours)
Course Fee : P 6,000
Venue: CMC Media Center
Requirement : Digital Camera preferably D-SLR

INTERMEDIATE SCRIPTWRITING & FOUND STORIES
Facilitator: Mr. Bing Lao
Schedule : May 23 to 27, 2011 (5 days)
Time : 1pm to 6pm (25 hours)
Course Fee : P 5,500
Venue: CMC Media Center

DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY - HDSLR
Facilitator: TBA
Schedule : May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 2011 (4 Saturdays)
Time : 1pm to 5pm (16 hours)
Course Fee : P 8,000
Venue: CMC Media Center

DISCOUNTS!
* 10% discount on your 2nd workshop.
* register in groups of 3 to get 5% discount each.

LAST DAY OF REGISTRATION: 5 days before the 1st day of the workshop

WORKSHOPS ARE OPEN TO PUBLIC.

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

For Inquiries:
925-0286
upfi_workshops@yahoo.com.ph
http://upfilminstitute.upd.edu.ph/

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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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