1st PANDAYANG LINO BROCKA POLITICAL FILM AND NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL

TUDLA Productions
in cooperation with
National Commission for Culture and the Arts present the

1st PANDAYANG LINO BROCKA Political Film and New Media Festival

The Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival is a cultural gathering that aims to inspire the creation and popularization of truthful, artistic and relevant audiovisual works to enlighten and cultivate critical consciousness of the mass audience. This maiden launch of this festival in 2009 aims to be an aggregate of efforts in political cinema production and distribution in the first decade of the 21st century, a time of worsening economic crisis aggravating the poor people’s plight.

This affair hails the daring of the late Lino Brocka, whose works earned local and international acclaim for political cinema and whose untimely death saw a decline in political cinema in the mainstream. While critical of the government and the prevailing system, even the government recognized his talent and contribution, as he was given the posthumous distinction of National Artist for Film in 1997.

It is Lino Brocka’s strong conviction that artists are first and foremost citizens, and must address the issues confronting the country. That’s why in his practice, his films 'look with sympathy on the common man and the human condition' and were situated in their dwellings and thoughts. Lino Brocka firmly believes that films and politics cannot be dissociated. His desire is to develop what he calls "the Great Filipino Audience" which for him is more important than creating "the Great Filipino Movie."

Films of political and progressive content are deemed to be not widely patronized or are thought to be not commercial successes. But if the audience is the common people and the works speak of their lives, no political film shall ever be unpopular and immaterial. They will always find audience among the millions of poor and oppressed people in society, as the films of Lino Brocka.

There is a battleground in the field of filmmaking and artistic production—the struggle for the hearts and minds of the people. This festival engages itself in this battle, as it campaigns for artists and audience to revert from the dominant practice of local mainstream and Hollywood entertainment production and consumption to film as a platform for social and political commentary.

Truly, film is a powerful tool to shape mind and consciousness. Artists are here challenged to use film as a vehicle for socio-cultural reflection and as an ideological weapon to liberate the minds of the people. For films as art that exposes, identifies and defies the oppressors in society leads the way for the realization of the democratic aspirations of the people.


Call for entries: April 25 - June 30, 2009

Calling all students, independent and amateur filmmakers and film/media collectives to submit entries.
Full length or short works

Any style: documentary, narrative, animation, experimental, PSAs, motion graphics, etc.

Themes: people's issues and struggles, human rights, war and peace, gender, etc. Special attention to films on children's situation and participatory media production

Works produced from 2000 onwards are accepted.

More than one entry from one group or individual is allowed.

Works from Luzon, Visayas, MIndanao and NCR will have representation in the screenings.

Film Festival Date: August 5-9, 2009

For queries, contact tudla_productions@ yahoo.com
or 0921-6020007 and 0935-1092750.

1017 ( SA PAGLAYA NG AKING SALITA)

Sa kasagsagan nang pamamayani ng Presidential Proclamation 1017 o State of Emergency kung saan magkakasalikop ang isyu ng pagsikil sa kalayaan ng pamamahayag at kaguluhan sa bayan, mayroong dalawang nilalang na may gasgas ngunit bagong kuwento ng pagkakaibigan at pag-iibigan.

Magkababata sina Jojo at Manuel, magkasabay na pumasok sa UP ngunit naghiwalay ng landas nang magpasyang maging NPA ang huli. Sa kanilang muling pagkikita ay haharap si Jojo sa pagsubok ng realidad ng buhay, paano niya sasabihin sa kaibigan ang tunay na nararamdamang sinikil niya nang matagal. Handa ba siyang sundin at sundan ang taong pinapahalagahan at sumapi sa kilusan para sa kalayaan ng bayan? Ngunit paano niya mapapalaya ang bayan kung mismong ang sarili niya ay hindi niya mapalaya?

Starring:

Kristofer King
Kahlel Urdaneta

With:
G.A. Villafuerte
Rain Rosario

Also Starring:
Jay Jimenez
Mercedes Cabral
Chanel Latorre
Miguel Hernandez
James Mendoza

Special Participation:
Marlon Carmen
Benji Garcia
Ces Aldaba
Tiya Pusit
Tata Pido

Story and Screenplay by: Zig M. Dulay

CINEMA ONE ORIGINALS 2009 DIGITAL MOVIE FESTIVAL

Cinema One Originals Now Accepts Entries for 2009 Digital Movie Festival!

Premiere movie cable channel Cinema One is now accepting entries for the 2009 Cinema One
Originals Digital Movie Festival competition!

Now on its 5th Year, Cinema One Originals 2009 Movie Festival provides the venue for directors and writers or even film enthusiasts to freely express their original vision and stories. Like the previously successful digital movie festival, a P1,000,000.00 budget will be awarded to each of the chosen 5 (five) finalists to produce their movie. The festival and awards will be on the last quarter of 2009.

Interested parties whether named, veteran or amateur filmmakers may submit the required full screenplay. Entries may also include character/story descriptions and the production timeline proposal of the project.

Since its inception in 2005, the Cinema One Originals has become a melting pot of new talents, may they be debuting filmmakers, screenplay writers, cinematographers, production designers and of course actors and actresses. Spearheaded by the visionary Director for Programming of Cinema One Ronald Arguelles who is also the Executive Producer of the digital movie festival, the Cinema One Originals has succeeded in its noble purposes. It introduced new talents, became a great alternative for more diverse stories to be realized and above all, it gave a stage for new, thriving or fledgling talents. Cinema One Originals became a venue for movies that defy traditional or formulaic stories but still possessed commercial viability.

Cinema One Originals is owned and produced by Cinema One, the top cable channel of Creative Programs Inc. (CPI) Entries should be in hard copy and should be submitted to the Cinema One Office at the 8th floor of the ELJ Communications Center, along Lopez Drive, Quezon City. Please ook for Lanie de Guzman from Monday to Friday at 9 am to 6pm. No soft copies, emails and faxed entries will be accepted. Deadline of the script submission will be on Friday February 27, 2009.

SHORT FILMS ESPOSED

06 February 2009

mag:net Katipunan 9:00 p.m.

Featuring the PhilDigi Awards short film entries:

CAFE by Leo Valencia

BINGO by Noriel Jarito

SALINGPUSA and PLANO by Antonette Jadaone

KRISIS by Deyb Sesilyo

12 ROSES by Moises Anthony Cruz

PARIHABA by Gerry Jumawan

KUYA by Vic Tiro

PARANG SIRANG PLAKA by Real Randolph Florido

KUMOT NG PANAGINIP by Jedd Chris Dimaguina

MIRROR by Chuck Perillo

PIRATA by Al Eduardo

With special screening of The Project's music video "Nakakbagot at Nakakainip"

DES-TINY FLICKS FESTIVAL

{degrees of separation}

{degrees of separation}
- phases and reflections in mediascape -
21 to 24 November 2008
Mag:net Gallery Katipunan

A multimedia installation featuring the works of:
Joy Aquino (Philippines)
Renan Ortiz (Philippines)
Royston Tan (Singapore)
Curated by Merv Espina

Organized in line with the 5th Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference – Manila 2008

{degrees of separation} illustrates incremental associations of human society through media and technological devices. From the private and intimate confines of personalized sound environments, to quirky explorations of “closeness” and the limits of personal space, to the phases and faces of “the-world-at- large” as brought to us by media personas chanting in glorious gobbledygook— it's not as much as what separates the other, but what each reflects into each.

On Royston Tan's absent e e (2005)
A subtle take on personal sound environments featuring the sounds of The Observatory.
*The audio for this installation can be heard through any FM radio receiving device set to FM 107.3 within a 30-ft radius of the gallery.
[1 channel, radio transmitter]

On Joy Aquino's Flesh, Bones and Ants (2007)
Between entities, there is always an itch—a dormant restlessness waiting to be revealed, an oblivious hankering waiting to be defined. And if these entities are strangers standing face-to-face with only an inch of distance between their noses for an entire minute, and if it is this proximity that separates one definition from another, how close then is “close”? And how much farther should we go in this “closeness” so we actually get to ourselves? The quest for answers is reflected on this project. Let us stare at these faces and into that itch that simultaneously divides and connects us with everyone else. (J. A.)
[7 channels, 6 video feeds from DVD players, 1 live feedback (video camera)]

On Renan Ortiz's Tatsulok (2007)
This video installation talks about the ability of media to mirror realities, albeit its own realities, and eventually ends up referring exclusively to itself. We all experience reality through the media, but what if the mass media becomes a simulacra of its own? Forming an illusion of creating a pyramid/paradigm through its self-reflexivity, the chorus of marionette-like TV personalities reveals the fake superstructure the media and advertising (as capitalism’s official art form) proclaim and promote. (R. O.)
[12 channels,1 video feed from DVD player, mirror]

About the Artists

Joy A. Aquino started tinkering around with her medium as a kid with a hi8—shooting home videos and simple documentaries. But it was the final scene in Erik Matti's Scorpio Nights 2 that brought her to the realization of her calling. Aquino is currently a student of the University of the Philippines Film Institute where she is continuously training in different fields of film production, video installation and conceptual photography. Her insistent curiosity about the vast possibilities of interrelation between entities and layers has lead her from one thing to another, arriving now, at the moment, to video installation. "Flesh, Bones and Ants" (2007) is one of the two installations Aquino mounted in the last two years. The other being "Rotational Illuminations In Four Parts" in October of this year. The artist looks forward to more projects in the years to come.

Renan Ortiz finished his 1st one-man show last 2007 entitled "Sandosenang Sarap or The Lies and Farce of Iñigo Ramus and the Rivet Thieves" at the West Gallery and is currently working on his second solo show. Aside from doing installations, he is also into drawing, illustrations and print. He teaches full time art for high school and is an active member of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines. He graduated from the University of the Philippines in 2005 with a degree in Painting and BA Political Science from the same university in 1999. Ortiz depicts dystopia through a variety of multimedia forms, including video, sculpture, neon signs, tarpaulins, and mirror images. In these works, Ortiz tackles globalization, the effect of advertising, propaganda, and pop culture icons.

Royston Tan has been heralded as Singapore's most promising young filmmaker and the latest cult icon for Singapore. In 2001, he won the 6th MVA ASEAN Director of the Year, Silver Award. In 2002, the Singapore National Arts Council named him Young Artist of the Year. In 2003, Netpac Jury recognized Royston Tan as one of Asia's most promising Talents. Tan's first full-length feature film 15 adapted from his award winning short of the same name won the Netpac Fipresci World critic award at the 16th Singapore International Film Festival. It broke the festival's record as the fastest selling local film in the history of the festival. 15 was also the first ever Singaporean Film to be selected in the Venice Critics' Week competing the Lions of the Future Award. In 2004, 15 was also the winner of the Special Jury Award for the Deauville Asian Film Festival as well as the Best Director Award in Buenos Aires. In 2004, Royston Tan was named as one of the "Top 20 Asian Heroes" by Time Magazine for being bold, brave and remarkable in his field. Tan's willingness to push the creative envelope has made him a hero to the city's independent artists. A filmmaker with a huge cult following around the world, his retrospective show 0104, a showcase featuring all his award winning short films over the last 10 years have traveled to ICA London, Chicago, Japan and Singapore with overwhelming response. In 2005, Royston Tan's second feature film 4:30 became the first Singapore film to be funded and co-produced by NHK Japan.

{degrees of separation} runs 21 to 24 November 2008 at Mag:net Gallery, 335 Agcor Building, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City. The show opens at 6 pm on Friday 21 November . For details or inquiries, contact the gallery at 929-31-91 or email info@magnetgalleries.com or visit www.magnetgalleries .com

Note: Organizers would like to thank artists Francis Bejar, Gino Bueza, Redd Nacpil, Manolo Sicat of the on-going exhibition “Disquiet” for their generosity in lending the gallery space for 3 days to give way to the holding of {degrees of separation}. “Disquiet" will be reinstalled on 25 November and will run till 4 December 2008.

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ASEACC is a gathering of scholars, film practitioners and films enthusiasts from different countries in the region to primarily engage in discourse and build connections. The 5th ASEACC in Manila is hosted by the *School of Humanities of the Ateneo de Manila University* together with the *Society of Filipino Archivists for Film* and *Loyola Film Circle*, in partnership with the *National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the *New York University-Tisch School of the Arts Asia.* It is supported by UP Sining at Lipunan and by independent art spaces Mogwai Film Bar, Mag:net Cafe Katipunan and Green Papaya. Visit www.aseacc.org.

COPENHAGEN FILM FESTIVAL

FOCUS ON NEW PHILIPPINE CINEMA IN COPENHAGEN FILM FESTIVAL
From Manila to Cannes - Phillipine DIY

During the last five years Philippine cinema has shown an ever growing presence in the international festival circuit at hard hitting festivals from Rotterdam and Vienna to Berlin, Venice and Cannes. Directors such as Lav Diaz, Raya Martin, Brillante Mendoza and Khavn de la Cruz all make films cheaply, digitally and with an almost unprecedented speed and artistic vision. But besides sharing the same means of production (as well as distribution) their films are, even though theyre highly personal in style and tone, all defined by a raw melange of punk, poetics and politics.

Most of the DIY films we see (both now and in the past) seem to come from the USA - with great inspirational ideas on how to maximize a film's market potential and form the perfect hybrid distribution strategy. But nowhere on this planet has the digital filmmaking revolution been any more significant than in the Philippines. This is why this year's special focus series at CPH:DOX takes a look at New Philippine Cinema.

Armed with digital cameras and an unshakeable credo that filmmakers are here to make films - under any circumstances and with whatever means they've got -, the latest crop of Philippine filmmakers have created a living film culture with an international reach. For even if Philippine films are made in almost no time and with very few means, this year alone, their films could be seen at the big, prestigious film festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Rotterdam. Therefore we are proud to present two directors and one producer who will discuss the means and reasons for their cinematic revolution and not least the consequences for the way we think and make films in general.

Khavn de la Cruz, the frontman of the digital new wave, will talk about the opportunities opened up by the digital revolution and about making films of an international scope, while remaining faithful to both one's personal artistic ambitions and to the unique characteristics of one's home nation. He is accompanied by the producer Arleen Cuevas (of among other films Raya Martins Now Showing, which was shown this year at the prestigeous La Quinzaine des Réalisatuers section at Cannes and which is also shown at this years fetival, and Sherad Anthony Sanchez, the director of 'The Woven Stories of the Other'.

The discussion will be moderated by Thure Munkholm, programme editor of CPH:DOX.

FILMS ON FOCUS --- NEW PHILIPPINE CINEMA

Autohystoria
Director: Raya Martin

Digital memories from dreams and reality

At the center of Raya Martin's beautiful 'Autohystoria' is the execution of the revolutionary Bonifacio brothers in the Philippine mountains in 1897. The Bonifacio brothers were leading figures in the Philippine revolution for independence from the colonial power Spain, and among the founders of the freedom movement Katipunan in 1892. Tragically, it was the Philippines' first independent president, Emilio Aguinaldo, who gave the orders for the brothers to be executed. Instead of giving us a traditional take on history, the film approaches its subject matter through a series of dramatic allegories, which the director himself has called "a collection of digitalised memories from dreams and realities".

Years When I Was a Child Outside
Director: John Torres

Fragmentary film clips about the loss and recovery of a father

'Years When I Was a Child Outside' is John Torres's latest film after 'Todo Todo Teros', which was extremely well received at last year's festival. The political paranoia thriller has this time been replaced by the autobiographical diary excerpts, but the pulsating stream of images has remained intact. This time round, Torres focuses on his relationship with his father - and the fact that the latter has had another, illegitimate family on the sidelines. Based on bubbly family pictures, the film takes a close look at the unique image of the father, and Torres analyses his way forward through his own story - and the further away he escapes, the better he seems to get to know his father.

Bontoc Eulogy
Director: Marlon E. Fuentes

A personal attack on the myth of the West as the center of the world

Cultural arrogance and the marketing of the myth of Western development are unveiled in Marlon E Fuente's 'Bontoc Eulogy' as the real basis for organising the well-known World Fair Expos. St Louis World Fair in 1904 was no exception. Here, hundreds of so-called primitive peoples became an evidence for the high standards of the West. No less than 1100 Filipinos were shipped to the country and put on show as living exhibits. Fuente's point of departure is exactly this exhibition. With the help of archive materials, old photographs and documentary detective work, he tries to track down a Filipino Markod-figure, which was shipped to St. Louis, never to be returned. The film's theme also becomes an allegorical search for the lost traces of the director's forefathers, but strongest of all is the highly topical subject of an immigrant's feeling of undervalued identity.

The Muzzled Horse Of An Engineer In Search Of Mechanical Saddles
Director: Khavn de la Cruz

Trembling, surreal punk-poetry with a live soundtrack

A worker with a well-developed fetish for horses is fired - and this kicks off a surreal journey through the streets of Manila. In 'The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer In Search of Mechanical Saddles', Khavn de la Cruz employs his usual visual energy to explore an inner psychological landscape - and at the same time plays freely with all the symbolic and cultural connotations that are traditionally associated with horses. Punk and poetry are complemented by Khavn's own music, which is especially the case at CPH:DOX, where Khavn himself will provide the live soundtrack for the film.

The Woven Stories of the Other
Director: Sherad Anthony Sanchez

Communist rebels in political video poetry

In 'The Woven Stories of the Other', political video poetry meets classical documentary and pure fiction. Using amateur actors in the leads, the director Sherad Anthony Sanchez embarks on a dialogue with Philippine history in a story, which takes place among communist rebels. And the result is just as hallucinatory and dreamy, as it is beautiful. Time and space gradually disintegrate in discrete psychological suggestions and in pictures of wonderful marshes and picturesque mountain landscapes, which remind us of the distinctive style of the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The entire film is accompanied by strong political undertones, which seem to aim at inventing a new kind of uncorrupt communism.

When Timawa Meets Delgado
Director: Ray Gibraltar

A documentary comedy about the American dream in Filipino

"Well actually, m'am, I want to serve humanity" is the homosexual and extremely exhibitionist literature professor Timawa's über-correct answer to the question "Why do you want to be a nurse?" But his answer his delivered as kitschy comedy and with tongue in cheek - and in its own way it sets the tone for Ray Gibraltar's in many ways unusual film. Using the encounter between two Filipinos - and their shared ambition of being accepted at a school for nurses - as a starting point, Gibraltar soon drops the basic premise in order to let the film explore comical and extreme detours, like Timawa's cross-cut ode to a pig, or his opposite, the self-proclaimed filmmaker Deldado's family in far-away USA. Under the irony lies a harsh critique of an unequal world, which the Philippine city of Iloilo comes to represent.

Jesus the Revolutionary
Director: Lav Diaz

A fable about the future, built on a worn-down historic foundation.

The Philippines in the year 2011: the military junta has assumed control over the country and is fighting a savage and chaotic battle for power against muslim separatists, communist insurgents and rivaling military factions. In the midst of it all, the anti-hero Hesus (Mark Anthony Fernandez) is struggling to survive, while he juggles with his parallel careers as an academic, musician, poet and sniper. The visionary and internationally acclaimed director Lav Diaz approaches his apocalyptic fable like a paranoid, psychological thriller, shot with a documentary nerve and the worn down reality of the Philippines as raw material in the space of only three weeks, and for the equivalent of half a million kroner. A political parody and a deeply inventive film with an originality that will make most people sigh with admiration.

Slingshot
Director: Brillante Mendoza

A hand-held tour through slums at breakneck speed.

A breakneck pace and intense, conflict-ridden destinies mark Brillante Mendoza's handheld portrait of Manila's slums, which won the Caligari Prize at this year's Berlin Film Festival. Manila provides the backdrop of the film, but it's a digital camera that provides the atmosphere. It moves everywhere and at such a fast pace, that it makes sense to talk about a visual drive-by-shooting. 'Slingshot' is a real guerilla film, made independently and on a shoestring. It has already garnered admiration all over the world and is legitimately compared with films such as the Brazilian 'City of God' and Khavn's 'Squatterpunk' (which is shown in this year's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' series). 'Slingshot' shows the eerie and heart-rending reality of an impoverished megacity, where coincidence decides who is allowed to wake up to yet another day without a future, and who should die without having experienced peace of mind.




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DEKADA CINEMANILA

The 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival runs from October 16-29 at Gateway Cineplex 10, Araneta Center. Aptly so, the biggest draw this edition are the films themselves. Cinemanila has put together an impressive line-up that boasts of the toast of Cannes, the much heralded in Venice and the grand winners from some of the major international film festivals. The best films from over 35 countries all over the world are also in full force.

Opening the festival is Sparrow, the latest offering from Hong Kong’s master of cult Johnny To. The film premiered at the recent Berlin Film Festival where it was also selected in competition.

In the International Category, Lav Diaz’s winning opus at Venice’s Orrizonti section, Melancholia, competes for the Brocka Award with other critically praised films from Australia (Lucky Miles), Israel (Band’s Visit), Iran (Night Bus), Iceland/USA/ Philippines (Truth About Queen Raquela), Japan (United Red Army) and even Russia (Vanished Empire).

The Southeast Asia Competition is likewise as tough. The Philippines’ Adela has to face off with the likes of Indonesia’s Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly. The latter is incidentally the winner of last year’s Boracay Co-production Meeting. Also in the running are choice picks from Malaysia (Flower in the Pocket), Thailand (Love of Siam), Singapore (12 Lotus) and Indonesia (The Photograph).

Perhaps the crowning jewel of this year’s festival, the Tribute to Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Section features films that have been given the honor to be screened at the Directors’ Fortnight of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

Da Huang Pictures is also given the spotlight in recognition of its major contributions to the development of independent filmmaking in Malaysia. To be screened are some selected works from the group’s esteemed roster of talents like Tan Chui Mui and James Lee.

On the other hand, Cinemanila pays tribute to Australia in the Dreams From Down Under section. To look out for is the engaging Lucky Miles starring Fil-Am sensation Kenneth Moreleda. Morelada earlier starred with Cesar Montano in Miramax’s The Great Raid.

This year, earning the honor of being Director in Focus is Brillante Mendoza whose string of award-winning films ushered in a renaissance in local filmmaking. A retrospective of his films will be presented as a special part of the festival.

Always a highlight in every edition of Cinemanila, this year’s Digital Lokal prides itself with entries from six of the most recognized names in Filipino digital filmmaking Raya Martin, Ato Bautista, Briccio Santos, Sherad Anthony Sanchez, CJ Andaluz and Paolo Herras. And speaking of local filmmaking, the next wave of Filipino filmmakers is recognized at the Young Cinema Section where nine short films will vie for the Ishmael Bernal Prize.

Closing the festival is the immortal classic Bayan Ko: Kapit sa Patalim by the great Lino Brocka. Aside from the films in competition, almost a hundred films will be in exhibition showcasing the best of world cinema. Documentaries will also be presented as well as master classes that will be conducted by only the very best in industry.

Dekada Cinemanila will run from October 16-29 at Gateway Cineplex 10, Araneta Center, Quezon City. It is presented by the Independent Cinema Association of the Philippines (ICAP), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP). And is supported by Gateway Cineplex 10, the Official Festival Venue, Screen Australia and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Philippine Airlines.

The 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival is also made possible by Cinema One and ABS-CBN, TBWA, Business World and Manila Bulletin, Solid Video, Scenema Concept International, Rene Barbier Wines, Orion Chocopie and Mike & Ike candies, NU 107, XFM 92.3 Clickthecity. com and PEP.ph. Special thanks to the Office of the President, PAGCOR, PCSO and the Department of Tourism.

www.cinemanila.org.ph

BLIND THE EYE OF THE STORM

Blind the Eye of the Storm: .MOV Signals Three!

.MOV (pronounced “dot-mov”), the first digital filmfest in the Philippines which jump started the digital revolution in the country back in 2002, will have its third edition in Robinsons Galleria Cinema from September 30 to October 7, 2008.

The Opening Night will be on September 30, Tuesday, and the Closing & Awards Night will be on October 4, Saturday. Parallel screenings in the cities of Bacolod , Dumaguete, and Iloilo will be held from September 24 to October 7. The 3rd .MOV International Digital Film Festival, headed by Festival Director Khavn De La Cruz has six major sections consisting of foreign and local full-length and short films, tributes, workshops, film concerts, and after parties. The motto for this year’s festival is “Blind The Eye Of The Storm” --- losing sight of the limits and controls that plague cinema, so that we can stare at our infinite possibilities as a culture.


DIGITAL DEKALOGO 10X10.MOV presents ten of the best foreign digital full-length films from the past 3 years.

Walk Into The Sea: Danny Williams And The Warhol Factory” by Esther B. Robinson ( USA , 2007)
“Re-Defining Video” by Kyle Canterbury ( USA , 2007)
“Days Of The Turquoise Sky” (Kurus) by Woo Ming Jin ( Malaysia , 2008)
“Cinnamon” by Kevin Everson ( USA , 2006)
“Head Trauma” by Lance Weiler ( USA , 2007)
“En La Cama” by Matias Bize ( Chile , 2005)
“Yo” by Rafa Cortes ( Barcelona , 2007)
“La-bas” (Over There) by Chantal Akerman (France/Belgium, 2006)
“The Sun and Moon” by Stephen Dwoskin (USA/UK, 2008)
“A Prima Vista” by Michael Pilz ( Austria , 2008)

This will be presented by ten of the best local filmmakers who have pushed the boundaries of cinema in their own unique ways: Ato Bautista, Jeffrey Jeturian, Jim Libiran Auraeus Solito, Adolf Alix, Raya Martin, Sherad Anthony Sanchez, Ditsi Carolino, Manny Montelibano, John Torres.

SHORTS.MOV features works from the two most prestigious short film festivals in the world: shortfilms from Clermont-Ferrand ( France ) and music videos from Oberhausen ( Germany ). The 3rd SILVERSHORTS Shortfilm Competition presents the new Philippine filmmakers to watch out for --- the twenty finalists from both the student and open divisions.

TRIBUTE.MOV premieres the new films and presents the early works of local digital indie heroes: Kidlat Tahimik, Roxlee, & Lav Diaz. Roxlee’s graphic novel “Planet Of The Noses”, Kidlat Tahimik’s DVD “Perfumed Nightmare”, and Lav Diaz’s soundtrack CD “Impiyerno” will also be launched.

WORKSHOP.MOV offers Rotterdam International Film Festival programmer Gertjan Zuilhof (“Celebrating the End of Cinema”), Slovenian film critic Nika Bohinc, Kidlat Tahimik (“Sariling Duende”), Roxlee (“Digital Animation”), and Lav Diaz (“Coffee Q&A”). The workshops will be complemented by equally inspiring facilitators such as Quark Henares, Tado Jimenez, Alexis Tioseco, Ramon Bautista, and Erwin Romulo.

FILMCONCERT. MOV screens Pinoy classics by Manuel Conde, Gerardo De Leon, Jose Climaco, and Carlos Vander Tolosa accompanied with new live soundtracks by Pedicab, Queso, The Brockas, & Radioactive Sago Project.

AFTERPARTY.MOV ends each night with a bang at the indie-place- to-be Cubao X, courtesy of music and entertainment from top notch events, media organizations and talent management groups.