WALANG HIMALA! *BANG!*

This may seem like a mirror image of Ning's blog, but for the benefit of those who don't visit her blog, please try to catch the numerous independent films from the recently held Cinemalaya Film Festival at the UP Film Center. These films should dispell the notion that Philippine cinema is dead.

I was able to catch "Big Time" and "Pepot Artista" yesterday. My sensibilities were more attuned to "Big Time", but "Pepot Artista" strangely made me feel nostalgic (especially with all the Guy and Pip dance sequences).

Anyway, here are the screening schedules:

July 21 Thursday

5:00 PM Ang Pagdadalaga ni
Maximo Oliveros (by Michiko Yamamoto, Raymond Lee, and Auraeus Solito)
"Jury Price"

7:30 PM Sarong Banggi (by Emmanuel Dela Cruz)


July 22 Friday

7:30 PM Lasponggols (by Sigfried Sanchez)


July 23 Saturday

5:00 PM The Six Cinemalaya
Shorts:

Alimuom (by Rommel Tolentino)

Babae (by Sigrid Andrea Bernardo)
"Best Director"

Blood Bank (by Pam Miras)
"Best Screenplay"

Kultado (by Lawrence Fajardo)
"Jury Price"

Mansyon (by Joel Ruiz)
"Best Short Film"

Panag-inipan (by Anna Isabelle Matutina)

7:30 PM The Cinemalaya Best Picture Winner "Pepot Artista"


Enjoy!

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By the way, Manong has a new blog. Hope you enjoy his artworks and relevant social commentaries ;)