Manoró launches campus tour at UST

Manoró launches campus tour at UST

Manoró, a digital movie about an Aeta girl who taught adult members
of her mountain tribe so they could vote in what turned out to be
the controversial 2004 presidential elections, opens the CineVita
Film Festival on March 7, 10 a.m., at the Thomas Aquinas Research
Center, University of Santo Tomas, España, Manila.

Organized by The Varsitarian, the 79-year-old student publication of
UST, CineVita will run from March 7 to 9. According to the
organizers, the event is meant "to celebrate life, truth, and faith
and uphold the cinema as tool for meaningful expression and
authentic education." All documentaries and local films are open to
the public. Foreign full-length films are exclusive to lecturers,
film critics, and students. Admission is free.

Brillante Mendoza's full-length feature, from a screenplay by
Ralston Jover, won the Best Picture and Best Director awards in the
Digital Lokal section of the 2006 Cinemanila International Film
Festival. It also won the CinemAvvenir Award at the 23rd Torino
International Film Festival.

Manoró was also screened at the 28th Festival of Three Continents in
Nantes, France and will compete at the Bangkok International Film
Festival in Thailand this July. It was co-produced by CenterStage
Productions and the Holy Angel University (HAU) Center for
Kapampangan Studies.

Mendoza previously directed Masahista, winner of the Golden Leopard
trophy (grand prize) in the 2005 Locarno International Film Festival
in Switzerland, and Kaleldo, which had its world premiere in the
Rome International Film Festival. Both films had Kapampangan
dialogues and had been shot entirely in Pampanga.

Manoró was shot for only five days under the most primitive
circumstances at Sitio Target in Sapangbato. Its lead star, Jonalyn
Ablong, had just graduated from the Sapangbato Elementary School
(SES) when the movie producers discovered her. In fact, the movie's
opening sequence is actual footage from her graduation program.

For those interested to sponsor/screen Manoro, Kaleldo, and/or other
CenterStage productions in their schools, please contact 09229936814.

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SURVIVING BEIJING @ Cinekatipunan, March 19, 2007

documentary by Lam Li
SURVIVING BEIJING
March 19, 2007
Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café, Katipunan Avenue
Cinekatipunan screenings start at 5:30 PM.
For more inquiries please call 9293191 or visit www.magnet.com. ph.

SURVIVING BEIJING
(Lam Li 2005 Documentary Malaysia-China 85 mins)
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: Chinese & English

Dedicated to the Huang Ho label, pioneers of Malaysian Chinese independent music, the documentary traces the group's infamous trip to China to find international recognition- -only to return disillusioned.

Surviving begins as they set off from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in the autumn of year 2000, and tracks their one month experience living illegally in a place known as the Rockers' Village in the outskirts of Beijing—an erstwhile farming village once considered as the base of aspiring Chinese underground musicians, who led alternative lifestyles and dedicated their lives to making music with a strong social and political bent.

Seeking performance opportunities in shabby pubs and bars, struggling to make an impression while adapting to the alien environment where speaking the same language does not necessarily translate to understanding, their musical quest in the name of the independent spirit quickly turns into a baptism of fire and a test of friendships. The film also examines the impact the month-long Beijing escapade had on the development of the Malaysian Chinese independent music scene.

A crowd favorite in several film and music festivals in Singapore and Taiwan, including "Urban Nomad Film Festival 2006", "Shooting Left Asia Film Festival 2006" and "Spring Scream Music Festival 2006," this documentary has even made its way back to China through a series of nationwide screenings organized by Chinese rock band Miserable Faith and independent film producer, Sun Zhi Qiang.

Special thanks to Mak Wai Hoo of Soundscape Records for making the Cinekatipunan screening possible. This film will be a preceded by NAO, a short documentary on a militant young Malaysian band that has “a voice with the critical precision of a surgeon’s knife.”
http://myspace.com/isnao
http://www.soundscape-records.com/nao/

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PETA's Creative Musical Theater Workshop

Summer is here! And it's the perfect time to enroll your child in PETA's CREATIVE MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP!

Let your child discover new things about himself. Let him act, write stories, dance and, of course, sing! Let his creative mind and body explore their full potential. PETA's CREATIVE MUSICAL WORKSHOP is designed in a way that students not only re-create existing broadway and local musicals but allows them to come up with their own ORIGINAL musical production! The course also builds the student's confidence and improve their personality, teaches the value of teamwork and how to respect others' opinions and identities.

Sounds ambitious? Wait till you see your child bloom in four weeks of fun and games, creative drama sessions, creative writing, creative improvisations, movement and dance classes, music sessions and vocalization exercises.T

his exciting musical course will be facilitated by no less than veteran PETA singer/musician/actor/ teacher Upeng Galang-Fernandez of "Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas," "Pinoy Wannabes" and "Belong Puti" together with writer/composer/ actor Vincent A. DeJesus, Palanca Awardee for Literature; Urian, Gawad Tanglaw and Star Awardee for Best Achievement in Music; composer and musical director of hit productions "Himala The Musical," "Zsazsa Zaturnna," "Palasyo ni Valentin"; films like "Crying Ladies," "La Visa Loca" and tv shows "Kampanerang Kuba," "Gulong Ng Palad," "Bituing Walang Ningning" and "Palimos Ng Pag-Ibig."

Participants must be at least 16 years old and above and must show interest in music and acting.

Workshop starts April 16 and ends on May 12, monday-friday, 6pm to 10pm at the PETA Theater Center #5 Sunnyside Drive, Bgy. Kristong Hari, E. Rodriguez Ave., Quezon City (at the back of Quezon City Sports Club). Workshop fee is P6,500 only.

For inquiries call 7256244 or 09156442478 and look for Julie or the workshop secretariat.Other courses offered are Children's Theater, Teen Theater, Theater Arts for Young and Basic Acting for Stage.

If you want quality summer theater classes for your child, enroll them in the PETA SUMMER WORKSHOP where, for the past 40 years, have been teaching theater to children, the youth and adults here and around the world.

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Rome & Juliet Makes a Return Engagement in Galleria

ROME & JULIET Makes a Return Engagement in Galleria

After its sensational Valentine's week box office
performance, Cinema One Originals' ROME & JULIET gets
an encore theatrical run starting March 7 at the
Robinsons Galleria's Indie Sine Theater.

Starring the daring Mylene Dizon and Andrea del
Rosario, Rome & Juliet was one of the seven chosen
entries in last year's Cinema One Originals Digital
Movie Festival. It also stars Rafael Rosell, Mico
Palanca, Liza Dino, Glydel Mercado and featuring Ms.
Tessie Tomas. The film garnered both acclaim and talks
of controversy for its intriguing plotline which
involved themes of lesbianism.

This digital movie directed by Connie S.A. Macatuno
revolves around the idea that love knows no rules.
When Juliet (Andrea del Rosario), a conservative
pre-school teacher hires Rome (Mylene Dizon), a
liberated wedding planner, for her nuptials, they
become close and develop a romance that becomes a huge
scandal after Juliet's groom (the sexy Rafael Rosell)
and their families discover their affair. Not long
after, Juliet is driven away by her parents and gets
into an accident that puts her in a coma. Tracing the
reasons and depths why two women fell unexpectedly in
love make Rome & Juliet a romance that is both
touching and thought-provoking.

Mylene Dizon won a much-deserved Best Actress trophy
in the Cinema One Originals Digital Movie Festival and
Competition held last November. Co-star Andrea Del Rosario also
impressed movie watchers and observers and was nominated for Best
Actress at the Golden Screen Awards. The movie also got major
category nominations in the upcoming 2007 Star Awards for Movies such
as Movie Actress of the Year for Andrea del Rosario,Movie Director of
the Year for Connie S.A. Macatuno,and Digital Movie of the Year.

Its first successful two-week theatrical run at
Robinsons Galleria, Robinsons Metro East and at
Robinsons Place Ermita Manila precipitated this return
theatrical engagement showing at the Robinsons Galleria.

Rome & Juliet returns to Robinsons Galleria starting March 7. Rome &
Juliet was produced by Creative Programs, Inc. (CPI) through its
annual Cinema One Originals project.Rome & Juliet will also be shown
in Iloilo and Bacolod after its theatrical run in Robinsons Galleria
this March.

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Building Modernity @ National Museum

Building Modernity: A Century of Architecture and Allied Arts traces the evolution of architecture and designed environment in the Philippines in the 20th century, structures that had been created within the framework of modernism. The exhibition is composed of archival photographs, paintings, vintage graphics, blueprints, building components and ornaments, and related artifacts. The exhibition underscores the larger stylistic tendencies, movements, ideologies, and technologies that have shaped the complex Filipino architectural culture of the last century; acknowledging the plural expressions of modernity.

The exhibition is a collaborated project of the Committee on Architecture and the Allied Arts of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA), together with National Museum of the Philippines and the UP College of Architecture . Exhibition opens on February 7, 2007 , 5 pm at the Museum of the Filipino People (formerly Finance Building), National Museum Complex, Manila. It will be the main feature of the National Museum from February until May 2007.
Building Modernity Lecture SeriesTambunting Hall, 4th Floor,Museum of the Filipino People, National Museum ComplexAgri-Fina Circle, Luneta Park, Manila

9 am - 12 noon
February 28, 2007
Building the Imperial Imagination: The Politics of American Colonial Architecture and Urbanism
Dr. Gerard LicoUniversity of the Philippines

March 14, 2007
Remembering Who you Are: History, Identity and the Designed Environment
Arch. Emilio OzeataUniversity of the Philippines

March 21, 2007
Conservation of Modern and Contemporary Architecture
Arch. Rene Luis MataUniversity of the Philippines

March 28, 2007
Contested Meanings: Public Parks and the Revive Manila Program
Prof. Tessa GuazonUniversity of the Philippines

April 11, 2007
Development of Philippine Architecture from Pre-colonial to the Present
Arch. Cristina TuralbaUniversity of the Philippines

April 18, 2007
Philippine Architecture in the 20th Century
Arch. Norma AlarconUniversity of the Santo Tomas

April 25, 2007
Modern as Native: Vernacularism in Philippine Modern Architecture
Arch. Edson Roy CabalfinCornell University

May 2, 2007
Tropical Architecture in the Philippines
Arch. Nicolo del CastilloUniversity of the Philippines

For exhibit information you can download the exhibit notes in pdf format.For more information or reservations, please call the Museum Foundation at 404.2685/ 722.9073 and look for Elvie, Flor or Patricia.For more Museum Foundation events and activities please visit our website at http://museumfoundationph.org/news/

Museum Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. G/F National Museum of the Filipino PeopleValencia Circle, Rizal Park, Manila 1004 PhilippinesTelefax: (63-2) 404-2685

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This Week @ Cinekatipunan

THIS WEEK AT CINEKATIPUNAN
Monday to Saturday, March 5-10, 2007

This week’s Cinekatipunan features an eclectic mix of
foreign and local, full-length and short works. The
selection kicks off on Monday with the work Cries and
Whispers by Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman on
Monday. Tuesday, KODAO Productions features a short
documentary produced during the 2005 Hong Kong
demonstrations against the World Trade Organization.

Wednesday delves into art and fashion with a work by
German filmmaker Wim Wenders on Japanese fashion
designer Yohji Yamamoto on Wednesday. Mia Buenaventura
features her short films Gantsilyo and Leon on
Thursday while Emman dela Cruz features his
directorial debut Sarongbanggi on Friday. Saturday’s
program on campus-based film-makers features student
works from the Fine Arts Department of Kalayaan
College, selected by visual artist and teacher Jay
Ticar, and the Multi Media Arts Department of the
College of Saint Benilde, selected by teacher,
filmmaker, and Eksperimento film festival director
Elvert Banares.

5 March (Monday)
Ingmar Bergman: CRIES AND WHISPERS

Cries and Whispers
(1972, Sweden, 91mins)
Ingmar Bergman's dream play is set in a manor house at
the turn of the century where a spinster in her late
30s is dying. Her two sisters have come to attend her,
and they watch and wait, along with a peasant servant.
The movie is built out of a series of emotionally
charged images that express inner stress, and Bergman
handles them with the fluidity of a master. Superbly
photographed by in a style suggesting Edvard Munch,
and with blood-red backgrounds, the film is smooth and
hypnotic; it has oracular power and the pull of a
dream. Yet there's a 19th-century dullness at the
heart of it. Each sister represents a different aspect
of woman—woman viewed as the Other—and the film
mingles didacticism with erotic mystery.

6 March (Tuesday)
TUDLA Productions and KODAO Productions

DA DOU SAI MAU (Junk WTO)
January 2006 28:40 mins
(To be presented by Raymund Villanueva)
A documentary on the raging protests that filled Hong
Kong streets against the World Trade Organization' s
Third Ministerial Meeting (2005). Bayan Muna Rep.
Teddy Casino explores Hong Kong and guides us to the
creative protest actions from delegates of different
countries.

KODAO Productions produces and distributes multimedia
and related materials on timely and relevant subjects
to promote the self-determining and democratic
struggle of the Filipino people for cultural,
political and economic development. Kodao produced the
award winning radio program, Ngayon Na, Bayan!, which
was cut off the air upon the proclamation of PP1017 in
February 2006.

7 March (Wednesday)
From Conrado's Cabinet:

Notebook on Cities and Clothes
1991 80 mins Road Movies Filmproduction GmBH
Berlin
German film maker Wim Wenders engages design maverick
Yohji Yamamoto in an articulate dialogue about the
rootless quality of our identities, cities and
fashion. Wenders incorporates a dizzying,nearly
discordant,and highly inventive array of video images
invading, breaking down and blocking out clear, crisp
film shots. The film is both a delightful and
despairing tour through the 20th century systemof
visual language with Wenders as a charming
philosophical guide.

8 March (Thursday)
Mia Buenaventura’ s Short Films

Leon

A 7-minute experimental film that suggests a possible
ending to “The Prodigal Son” parable. The film
centers on the good son and how he resolves sibling
rivalry and sibling jealousy issues. Whereas evil can
turn to good, the good can just as easily turn to
evil. Ronnie Lazaro stars in the leading role.

Gantsilyo

The narrative DV movie tells of a grandmother whose
elaborate knitted creations affect the lives of her
family. Armed with her needles and balls of yarn,
Grandma employs time-weathered wisdom and loving hands
to heal hearts with every stitch. Gloria Romero plays
the lead role.

Mia Buenaventura is no newcomer in the indie movement.
Largely committed to the short film format, she has
done several shorts since college at the Ateneo where
she took up AB Communications. She wrote and directed
“Leon”, in 16-mm format and a Gawad-CCP winner, while
she was at Mowelfund. Her first narrative DV is
“Gantsilyo” starring Gloria Romero. “Gantsilyo” has
been screened at the “Pelikula at Lipunan Festival”
and at the U.P. Film Institute during the “Women
Filmmakers Festival”. The film was a Cinemalaya entry
and currently nominated for best short film in the
Cineaste Film Association of the Phils.’ Annie Awards.
Mia also did several AVPs and past Clients
include Coca-Cola and Gillette Philippines. A new
short film project is lined-up for 2007.

9 March (Friday)
Eman Dela Cruz: SARONGBANGGI

Sarongbanggi (One Night)
04 mins. color/sound NTSC video
An intense encounter between an aging prostitute and a
sixteen-year old boy in a night of seduction,
connections and revelations.

The night begins... A boy is celebrating his sixteenth
birthday with his rowdy group of friends who all agree
- there's no better gift to give him than his first
sexual experience. They book him a night with a
prostitute. The night grows deeper… The boy strikes an
unusual connection with a sensual but older woman.
What starts out casually turns intimate and
surprisingly tender. In this most unusual one night
stand the teenage boy loses his virginity and the more
experienced, toughened woman rediscovers her
vulnerability.

Sarong Banggi features a most memorable and riveting
performance by the luminous Jaclyn Jose, one of the
Philippines' truly great and most awarded actresses
(and who’s iconic fallen woman role in films like
“White Slavery,” and “Private Show” inspired and
informed the role of Jaclyn in this film) and an
exciting star turn by first-time actor Angelo Ilagan.

Written and directed by: Emmanuel A. Dela Cruz
Official Selection: ImaginAsian, New York and Cine
Asia, Barcelona, Spain

10 March (Saturday)
Campus-based Filmmakers
Featuring short works by KALAYAAN College Fine Arts
Majors and students from the Multi Media Arts
Department of the College of Saint Benilde
(selected by Jay Ticar and Elvert Banares)

This Saturday’s first batch from CSB features eight
works: Empathy for Emmanuel by Rafael de Leon;
Unforseen by Jason Confesor; Dalangin by Love
Nakagawa; Abo by Dino Mark Reyes; Sabaw by Anton
Miguel Halagena; Blindness Within by JR Siojo;
Paggising sa Mundong Tulog by Paolo Miguel Lopez; and
Tu(la)ya by Raine Orallo.

Four works produced by third year and second year
students from the Fine Arts department of Kalayaan
College under the Visual Studies and Art Theory class
of Jay Ticar: Sangandaan (2007, 8 mins.), a narrative
work by Gato Borreo about the personal crossroads
faced by a peasant boy: whether to migrate to the city
or to remain in the countryside; an 8-minute narrative
video about a tatoo by Camillo Guanzon; Hand-Droid (8
mins.), a documentary work by Dave Cuenca featuring
the production process of an abstract painting; and a
three-minute animation work by Angelo Alejandro.

Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café
Katipunan,?Cinekati punan screenings start at 5:30 PM.
While the?film screenings are free, viewers are
encouraged to?make voluntary contributions for the
honoraria of the?featured Filipino filmmakers. For
questions or comments about?Cinekatipunan write to
sinag_haraya@yahoo.com. ?Cinekatipunan programs precede
Mag:net Café's nightly?holding of Live Performances by
well-known and?emerging bands and musicians. Mag:net
Café is located?along Katipunan Avenue (fronting
Miriam and Ateneo) in?Quezon City. For more inquiries
please call 9293191 or?visit www.magnet.com.ph.

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Winners of Websining 2007

The Committee on Visual Arts of the NCCA and the Websining 2007 Project Team formally announces the winners of the Websining 2007: Contesting Traditions digital art competition.

DIGITAL STILL IMAGES CATEGORY

1st Place
"In Purity" by Emmanuel ‘Mannet’ L. Villariba (Meycauayan, Bulacan)

2nd Place
"Celebrate Life" by Philip Luana by Philip Anthony Muana (Lapu Lapu City, Cebu)

3rd Place
"Against the Flow" by Luis Emmanuel R. De Vera (Malabon City)

DIGITAL ANIMATION CATEGORY

1st Place
"Celebrate Life" by Philip Anthony Muana (Lapu Lapu City, Cebu)

2nd Place
"Three Stars and a Sun" by Mark Aquino (Makati City)

3rd Place
"Desecrated Institutions" by Hendrick Gando David (Quezon City)

Special Jury Award
"Doc" by Ramon del Prado (Dumaguete City. For meritorious achievement in the craft of animation and narrative. "A story well-animated and well-told."

The committee and the project team decided a no-contest rule for the SOFTWARE ART CATEGORY because there is only a single entrant.

Judges for this year's Websining include: Henry Lopez and AJ Siytanco for the Digital Animation Category, Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez and Geejay Arriola for the Digital Still Image Category, and Neal Robles and Tilman Baumgartel for the Software Art Category. However, we sincerely congratulate Aileen Familara of Quezon City for her effort in producing a truly competitive entry.

We thank everyone for having participated in the online voting and in the forum discussions and we look forward to your continued participation in next year's Websining!

Mabuhay tayong lahat!

Geejay Arriola
Project Director

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UP Film Institute this March

What to Watch
March 2007
UP Film Institute this March

The UP Film Institute is proud to present a variety of screenings for March. Among the month’s highlights is the 17th International Women’s Film Festival slated from March 5 Monday to March 8 Thursday. Opening night film is Marta Balletbo-Coll’ s Sevigne. More women films include Amazones from Netherlands and La Pasion de Maria Elena from Mexico .

A spotlight on Canadian filmmakers Marie Boti and Malcolm Guy (on two consecutive Fridays of March 2 and 9) features documentaries filmed in Asia, the Middle East and Canada tracing the experiences of Philippine migrant workers and revealing the broader economic and social policies that dictate their deployment around the world.

An Italian cinema showcase is lined up for a couple of weekends on March 16 and 17 and March 23 and 24. Masterworks both of classic and current vintage are exhibited.

Added main features on view begin with the month’s opener, namely, Bill Condon’s Kinsey while surprise titles await film buffs for a “School Ends Special” to wrap up the current academic year.

Here is a roundup of UP Film Institute’s screenings this March:
March 1 Thu 5 p.m.
Kinsey

March 2 Fri 5 p.m. onwards
Turbulent Waters; Brown Women, Blond Babies

March 5 Mon-March 8 Thu
17th International Women’s Film Festival

March 9 Fri 5 p.m. onwards
Brown Women, Blond Babies; When Strangers Re-Unite; The Melca Salvador Story

March 10 Sat
Iranian Films

March 12 Mon-March 15 Thu 2/5/7 p.m.
Special Full Run: Inang Yaya

March 16 Fri 5/7 p.m.
Italian Films

March 17 Sat 2/5/7 p.m.
Italian Films

March 19 Mon 5 p.m.
Little Children

March 20 Tue 7 p.m.
Premiere: Digital Feature by Brillante Mendoza

March 21 Wed- March 22 Thu 2/5/7 p.m.
School Ends Special

March 23 Fri 5/7 p.m.
Italian Films

March 24 Sat 2/5/7 p.m.
Italian Films

March 26 Mon
9 a.m. onwards - Theses Day 1
5/7 p.m. School Ends Special

March 27 Tue
9 a.m. onwards - Theses Day 2
5/7 p.m. School Ends Special

March 28 Wed
10 a.m. onwards - Kodak Event
1 p.m. onwards - Reserved for Production Classes
5/7 p.m. School Ends Special

March 29 Thu 7 p.m.
School Ends Special

To always get screening alerts, join UP Film Institute
e-group: upfilminstitute@ yahoogroups. com

University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/Internationa l Association of Film and Television Schools )
Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road , UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)
Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax)

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Gantimpala Theater Foundation Theater Workshop

GANTIMPALA THEATER FOUNDATION
THE TEENS AND ADULTS MUSICAL THEATER
WORKSHOP

THE TEENS AND ADULTS MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP BY GANTIMPALA THEATER
FOUNDATION

From Wednesday, April 11 to Saturday, May 19, 2007
Classes every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
(MWF) from 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Registration begins on Monday, March 19, 2007
Fees: P5,000.00 cash or installment basis

Enroll now at the Gantimpala Theater Foundation office,
2nd Floor, Artist Entrace, Concert at the Park,
Open Air Auditorium, Luneta, Manila

Gantimpala Theater Foundation
Telephone Numbers: 528-06-03 / 536-58-60
Cellphone number: 0921-5286308
E-mail address: gantimpala@pacific.net.ph

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