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THE BEAUTY OF DOUBT IS BACK!
ifyouhaventseenthemireallythinkyoumust
punkrock/hardcorekid or not
ROW 4 presents
RESPONDE
with
EINSTEIN CHAKRAS
LIFE without FRANCIS
Tolonges Death Squad
GRANADA
THE BEAUTY OF DOUBT
CENTER FOR ARTS
Aug. 03, 2007
FRIDAY
Along Timog Ave., near GMA/EDSA
gate opens at 9 pm
P50/ entrance
Pls. watch free showing of
films:pelikula@titusbrandsma: 1sang
Dekada Na!, 3rd "Indie" pendents' Day &
1st Death Anniv. of Ka Elmo! Come &
Celebrate.
SHOWING THIS MONTH: Aug. 4, 2007, 1pm
onwards
pelikula@titusbrandsma: 1sang Dekada
Na!, 3rd "Indie" pendents' Day & 1st
Death Anniv. of Ka Elmo! Come & Celebrate.
FREE ADMISSION
Pls. see the List of the Films
* For the filmmakers. Pls invite the
cast & production staff involved in your
film/s.
* This isn't in anyway compulsory but
any kind of food/drinks contribution to
our 10th anniversary potluck treat would
be most welcome.
Where to find us:
Titus Brandsma Center
24 Acacia St. Brgy. Mariana, New Manila
Quezon City
pelikula@titusbrandsma is a free montly
film screening with dialogue that
features fine samples of world cinema.
It's an offering of the Titus Brandsma
Center-Media Program under the auspices
of the Carmelites in the Philippines.
This montly event is aimed at giving a
meaningful experience for film
enthusiasts.
For inquries/confirmation, Call Bituin -
726-6054 (O), 4191490 (R), Maxie
(0919-4411877). tbcmedia@yahoo.com or
pelikula.tbc@gmail.com,
Website:
AWARENESS (DISASTER/HEALTH/CRISIS)
WITHOUT WARNING (2006, 10 mins.) by
Corey Mayne, Ryan Stone. Produced by
Karen Lacampuenga (Filipina) (Ontario,
Canada)
Inspired by the 1965 Psalm Sunday
tornado outbreak as well as several
other true tornado facts and encounters,
two tornadoes rip through a small town
while the residents scramble for cover.
Nominated, Media Arts Awards 2006 – Best
Visual Effects; Best Audio, 2nd Year
People's Choice
HOPE FOR POMPE, Documentary (2007, 10
mins.) by Phil. Society for Orphan Disorders
Filipino patients born with rare
disorders are "orphaned" by society.
They suffer from social abandonment
because of lack of existing network of
support to aid them. Medical help is
illusive under the conditions of the
country's health priority.
REAL, QUEZON LANDSLIDE, MTV (2004, 5
mins.) by Bro. Arnulfo Alindayu, Ocarm.
(Titus Brandsma Center)
BUNKER 0: SUMIRIB PLUS, Documentary
(2006, 10 minutes) by Jan Philippe V.
Carpio (Iloilo)
The film shows a series of moments
involving the people of Sitio Sumirib,
Barangay La Paz in the municipality of
Nueva Valencia, province of Guimaras,
one of the areas most affected by the
massive oil spill from the sunken tanker
Solar 1 chartered by the Petron oil
corporation. The film focuses more on
their thoughts and feelings regarding
this man-made ecological disaster, and
the actions they are taking to somehow
cope with very difficult times ahead.
Bunker 0: Sumirib Plus is the first in a
series of films concerning the Guimaras
Oil Spill disaster.
Screened as part of the Independent
Filmmaker Cooperative's "Guimaras: Short
films from the Oil Spill" Festival,
November 2006
LIFE PROJECTIONS (2006, 4 mins.) by
Raya Martin
"A video wants to be a film, as the
world's second biggest oil spill just
happened in the heart of the filmmaker.
A large group of Filipino filmmakers
responded with a short film to a
disastrous oil spill in their island
nation. This talented filmmaker
instinctively avoided a political
pamphlet and went straight for the
emotional core of the matter. He found
that core in his heart, as he writes
himself." -Gertjan Zuillhof,
International Film Festival Rotterdam
TUBIG (Water), MTV by Zone One (Zone
One Tondo Organization in cooperation
with Bread for the World
Water and Business. Where did the water go?
YOUTH/STUDENT/THESIS WORKS
PANAKOBA (Child Scarer) (2007, 15mins.)
by Michael Allan S. Canlas (Colegio de
San Juan de Letran)
The film revolves around Ramwen, a
specialist in scaring children and known
to be the best in the business.
Everything goes well until an Indian
Urban Legend brings back his own
childhood fears.
This is the first film that deals with
the "Panakoba" or "Panakot Bata" -- the
Filipino version of the Boogeyman. A
child rearing practice in the
Philippines, kids are made to follow
orders thru the use of imaginary
characters. Given the prevalence of
boogeyman tales across cultures, it may
have an evolutionary origin as a
mechanism for protecting young children
from becoming vulnerable to predators by
wandering away at night. Boogeyman may
be said to target a specific mischief –
for instance, a boogeyman that
persecutes children who suck their
thumbs – or just general misbehavior
4th Indie Un-Film Interschool Digital
Video Competition, March 2007, De La
Salle University- Manila - Best
Featured Film and People's Choice Award;
Official Selection, Indie Mapua Film
Festival 2007, March 2007, Mapua
Institute of Technology-Makati; Nice
Shorts – The home of premiere short
films ( www.niceshorts.com.au), May 2007
Sydney Australia
PARA SA KABATAAN (2007, 15mins.) by
Felinda Bagas (dv8 productions, Inc.)
A school boy from a poor province is
determined to have an education, despite
all the hardships he has endure. His
diligence lands him the task of reciting
a poem, Sa Kabataang Pilipino by Dr.
Jose Rizal, at his school's Foundation
Day celebration.
The night before his recitation, the
school boy meets a wounded insurgent, a
rebel with an important assignment to
carry out. An unlikely camaraderie –
kindled by their common knowledge of the
poem – forms between the school boy and
the rebel. They soon find out, however,
that one's task goes out against the
other's, that one's hope is against the
other's ideologies, and only one of
therm will survive in the crossfire.
ESTROPA, Documentary (2007) by Michael
Galang and Sheryl Rose Andes (UP Film
Institute)
This documentary on teenage rappers
residing in Tondo focuses on how these
individuals articulate their existence,
environment and sentiments through the
literature that they create. Though
these rap songs are considered informal,
unacademic and dismissed as just "pop
culture", these Tondo rappers are
nevertheless engaged in the producing
of historical texts about life in the
slums, gang wars, love and their own
personal lives that of which
"bourgeois-like" texts cannot give
justice to.
ABC 5's "Dokyu (June 1, 2007);
CineKatipunan and was screened at the
Mag:Net Cafe last July 17.
KWERDAS (String) (2007, 11 mins.) by
David Redulfin Corpuz (UP Film Institute)
Tagline: "Sapat nga bang nararamdaman
lang ang musika?"
It is music that both binds and detaches
Angel to two of the most important
persons in her life: her mentor who
painstakingly teaches her to play the
violin despite her disability; and her
lover who's been accompanying her in the
darkest hours. While we traverse the
paths Angel takes, we question ourselves
the impact of music that can't be heard.
LETRATO (2007, 11 mins.) by Grace
Simbulan (UP Film Institute)
A young woman's obsession that ended
tragically.
Negros Summer Workshops 2007, an entry
in the Crystal Piaya in Negros - Best
Musical Score. Nominated, Best
Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best
Editing, Best Script, and Best Director.
LUNES NG HAPIS (2007, 12 mins) by Nick
Joseph Olanka (UP Film Institute)
Virgie, Cast : Angeli Bayani, Mcdonnel
Bolanos And Jose Demy Nodopa
an elementary school teacher, and
Ismael, the captain of the troop
assigned to infiltrate the rebels, are
lovers in the midst of a military
offense in Filomena. Every Monday they
meet and make love passionately and
violently. One day, due to the
disappearance of Virgie's student's
father, she falls into the situation to
choose between her love for Ismael and
her love for her community.
Official Selection, CON-CAN Online
Movie Festival 2007, Sendagaya,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS
THE CALLING (2006, 13mins.) by
Christopher Gozum (Cavite)
A Filipino migrant worker, who works at
a factory in South Korea to provide for
his family in Antique province,
Philippines, sees in his dream his late
grandmother who calls him to return to
the Philippines in order to continue
their family tradition of healing. From
the next day, strange things happen to
him and he wanders the city of Pusan
following the voice that haunts him.
13th PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
(Sept. 2006 , South Korea ); Cine
Katipunan at Magnet Café in Quezon City
KUNYANG (Maid), Documentary (2006, 22
mins.) by Vivian N. Limpin and Ma.
Kathrina S. Loreños (Cainta, Rizal)
The face of the domestic worker in Hong
Kong is that of a Filipina. These are
their stories, told in their own voices.
Winner, Asian Freedom Film Festival
2006, University of Cebu Banilad, Cebu City
Screenings:
Asian Freedom Film Festival on Women and
Migration, December 15, 2006, SMT
Seminar Room, Miriam College, Quezon
City; Ika-19 Gawad CCP para sa
Alternatibong Pelikula, February 15,
2007, Dream Theater (Tanghalang Manuel
Conde) Cultural Center of the
Philippines; LILA (Linangan sa Imahen,
Retorika, at Anyo), Multimedia
presentation for Ortigas Foundation,
March 24-30, 2007, Ortigas Bldg.,
Mandaluyong City; Women in Cinema (Film
183), class of Professor Carol Bello,
July 10, 2007, Ishmael Bernal Gallery,
Cine Adarna, UP Film Institute
WOMEN FILMMAKERS
ANINAG (Light's Play) (2004, 15 mins.)
by Rianne Hill Soriano
Cast:Patricia de Silva,Karla Pambid and
Joel Torre
Isabel, a blind girl who journeys in a
dream world formed through the emotions
she feels, shortly plays with her new
mystical friends "Saya" (Happiness) and
"Pag-asa" (Hope). But soon, she is
succumbed by her negative thoughts of
becoming alone. Her life becomes
endangered. And the question is: "how
would she overcome her fear,
helplessness and depression in this
struggling situation?"
A film grant from the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts;
Kodak Emerging Filmmaker's Grant;
Indiemand: The 1st Pi Omicron
Independent Film Festival 2005; Cinema
Purgatoryo 2005; Pelikula at Lipunan
Film and Video Festival 2005; Gawad CCP
Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Bidyo
2005; New York Filipino Film Festival
2005; Official Selection to UNESCO's
E-Platform and Creative Content;
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market 2005;
New York International Independent Film
and Video Festival 2005; Roswell Public
Library Film Event 2006 (Atlanta,
Georgia); Louis Vuitton Hawaii
International Film Festival 2006
WALANG PARAISO (No Paradise) (2007,
23mins.) by Ivy Tayag Baldoza
Cast: Perry Escano, Amante Pulido, Rham
Ismadi and Therese Carlos
Hipolito, a highly-strung businessman
discovers his wife's infidelity and
decides to have her killed. Three years
later, the killer-for-hire named Dagis
returns to Hipolito with news that his
wife is alive and out to get him.
BABAE (WOMAN) (2005, 20 mins.) by Sigrid
Andrea P. Bernardo
Cast: Gadge Gunn, Raye Baquirin, Wilma
de Guzman & Trixie Dauz
Babae (Woman) is a coming of age story
of two women set in the city slum
community beside railroad tracks. They
became bestfriends, shared dreams and
eventually started a family when a child
accidentally entered their lives.
Inserts of Real stories of women and a
man gives color to this black and white
film. a mixture of drama, comedy,
musical and fantasy that will surely
touch your heart.
Babae (Woman) ....... Bestfriends.......
Soulmates....... One Journey......
Awards:
Winner, 2005 Cinemalaya Independent Film
Festival Short film category - Best
Director; Winner, 2005 Festival
Internazionale di Cinema Gaylesbico e
Queer Culture di Milano - Best Short
Film; Cinemalaya Top 6 Finalists in the
Short Film Category, Philippines;
Nominated, 2066 GAWAD URIAN - Best short
film category, Philippines
Official Selection and Screenings
2005 New York Independent Film and Video
Festival , New York , USA; 19th
Singapore International Film Festival
2006; New Fest , New York U.S.A. , June
2005; New York Filipino Film Festival ,
New York , USA , June 2005; Courtisane
International Festival for Short Film
Video and New Media festival; Second
Naossea International Short Film and
Video Film Festival , Greece May 2005;
2006 Pesaro Film Festival 2006; Pink
Apple Schwullesbisches Film Festival
Zurich Switzerland 2005; Winner, 19th
Festival Internazionale Di Cinema
Gaylesbico e Queer Culture Di Milano ;
2006 Imageout Rochester Lesbian, Gay and
video Film Festival; 2005 Frameline29
San Francisco International LGBT Film
Festival; 2005 Feminale Taiwan, Asian,
lesbian film and video festival; 29th
San Francisco International LG Film
Festival , USA June 2005; Assean Lesbian
Film and Video Festival Taipei , Taiwan
August 2005; Ex Cinema GayLesbic
Barcelona Spain , October 2005;
Verzauben International Queer Film
Festival , Germany , November 2005;
Budapest LGBT Festival 2005; 2005
Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival 2005;
Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film
Festival , Philippines July 2005;
GABRIELA women's group Philippines 2006;
Pink Film Festival Philippines , June 2005
DRUG ABUSE
DUROG (2007, 22 mins.) by Tara Illenberger
Cast: Baron Geisler,Roxanne Barcelo,
Christopher Peralta Ricky Davao
(GiantSponge Production)
Running low on cash and eager for a
quick fix, JunJun scores some homemade
drugs from his dealer, the effects of
which are alien to him. When the new
maid arrives to work for the family,
JunJun finds himself drawn to the
mysterious woman. As the days unfold,
Alya reveals to him a dark secret; and
he realizes too late the potent and
dangerous power of the drug.
In Competition (Short Film Category),
Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film
Festival 2007
LIWANAG SA DILIM (2007, 20 mins.) by
Lawrence Fajardo. Produced by
Philippine center for Substance Abuse
Management.
Cast: Mark Gil Antonio de Vera
A story of a typical societal problem
tackled in an atypical manner, Liwanag
sa Dilim captures man's inner struggles
with himself and the echoing noise of
his conscience. Stalked by his own
shadow, the character gets embroiled in
a plethora of emotions obscuring his
ability to make sound, life-changing
decisions.
Man is besieged with seemingly endless
travails yet life's paradox brings about
a metamorphosis…. Come reckoning time,
he realizes that only through proper
discernment is he able to breakthrough,
redeem himself, and triumph.
In Competition (Short Film Category),
Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film
Festival 2007
VISAYAN FILMMAKERS
IMPEN (2005, 8 mins.) by Noriel M.
Jarito (Northern Samar)
Based on the short story "Impeng Negro"
by Rogelio Sicat . Impen is a teenager
raised in slum who fetches water for a
living. He lives with his mother who
doesn't work anymore. She has lost
self-confidence and is ashamed about her
past, so she feels better staying inside
their house than socializing. The
surrounding is a picture of poverty and
depression.
In Competition: 19th CCP Independent
Film and Video Competition (Philippines)
Feb. 13-16, 2007
ANG PAGBABALIK (HOMECOMING) (2007, 13
mins.) by Publio Briones III
A middle-aged woman returns to her
hometown to verify the death of her
estranged mother only to find herself
reexamining the reasons that drove her
into exile for the past 25 years.
2nd overall winner at the Gawad Cultural
Center of the Philippines Center of the
Philippines Para Sa Alternatibong
Pelikula at Video (February 2007); Best
regional entry at the Gawad Cultural
Center of the Philippines Para Sa
Alternatibong Pelikula at Video
(February 2007)
RHYTHM IN UNISON, Documentary (2007, 5
mins. ) by Jerrold Tarog
RHYTHM IN UNISON is a film piece that
attempts to capture the frenetic pace of
the Sinulog festival. Like perfectly
choreographed street dancers, the film
melds rhythm, dance, movement and
imagery into one joyous entity.
Grand Prize, 2007 Sinulog Video
Documentary Competition
AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKERS
PUTOT (2006, 20 mins.) by Jeck Cogama
(Cavite)
A young boy who takes care of his
mentally ill father while struggling a
living selling shellfish at a squatter
colony by the sea. He forms a tentative
friendship with Mayang, a young girl
with secrets of her own.
Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival
2006, Philippines - Best Direction; In
competition, 2006 Clermont- Ferrand
International Short Film Festival,
France; In Exhibition, 2006 Louis
Vuitton Hawaii International Film
Festival, Hawaii; In Exhibition, 2007
International Jordan Film Festival
APAK (Barefeet) (2006, 6 mins. ) by Milo
Tolentino
A poor boy with no slippers dreams of
playing tumbang preso – a game of
hit-the-can.
In Exhibition, Cinemanila International
Film Festival 2006
SI PEPE AT ANG MGA BULAKLAK (The Boy Who
Loves Flowers) (2007, 3mins) by Milo
Tolentino
A boy gets bullied and abused for his
love of flowers.
One of the ten short films commissioned
by UNESCO, France, for its podcast
series project. It joins films from
Mozambique, Kenya, Nigeria, Guatemala,
Italy, Mexico, India, Iran and Pan-Africa.
It is set to premiere in India August
2007, and later, released in DVD and
podcast platforms by the UNESCO, France.
UWANG UWANG : THE HERMIT CHRONICLES
(3mins.) by Milo Tolentino
A trilogy of experimental shorts
showcasing a surprising ensemble cast.
ANG MANGHUHULA (2006, 2 mins.) by
Adolfo A. Alix, Jr.
A day in a life of a fortune teller (Luz
Landicho) in Quiapo. She predicts
others people 's life not knowing what
will happen to her.
Demo reel for Cinemalaya Philippine
Independent Film Festival 2006
LONG LIVE PHILIPPINE CINEMA! [2007, 6
mins] by Raya Martin
Mother Lily is a Filipino Chinese
producer who monopolizes the local film
industry. And the only way to keep
Philippine Cinema alive is to kill her.
"Yes, a cinema to be proud of, yet the
cheer is full of irony. The history of
Filipino film isn't treated with so much
respect?. A burlesque, harsh satire
about the mistress of Philippine film
production, the Chinese-Filipino
producer Mother Lily. She is hated and
feared, but nobody can get round her.
Fortunately this young film maker has
thought up an adequate solution to keep
Philippine cinema alive. Mother Lily is
not a metaphorical invention. She really
exists - for now." -Gertjan Zuillhof,
International Film Festival Rotterdam.
PARANGAL KAY KA ELMO
NICE (2007, 5 mins.) by Nerissa Picadizo
A music video about the yearning for
love and the want to be love in return.
Starring the late Elmo Redrico and
featuring the song NICE of "Delakrus",
the story gives us a look at the bile of
loneliness piercingly tainted wit
