September 2017
UPFI Film Center

Cinemalaya Selection
Joseph Israel Laban’s Baconaua
Winner of Special Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Cinematography
September 1 Friday at 2:30, 5 and 7 p.m.

Philippines in Montreal
In recognition of Philippine selection at Festival des Films du Monde of Montreal
Ralston Jover’s Hiblang Abo
Sept 4 Mon & 5 Tue 2:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m.

Film + Talk with Korean Director Kim Sung-Ho
On the occasion of this year’s Korean Film Festival with feature presentation of How to Steal a Dog
Sept 6 Wed 5 p.m.

ToFarm Film Festival Selection
Byron Bryant’s Sinandomeng
Sept 7 Thursday 5 & 7 p.m.
Sept 11 Monday 2:30, 5 & 7 p.m.

Cine Kabayan: Migrant Workers in Taiwan Film Festival
From Sound of Strike: Filipino Art and Cultural Exchange Project

Sept 8 Fri
3 p.m. Pinoy Sunday + PSD
6 p.m. See you, Lovable Strangers + PSD
8 p.m. Opening Performance featuring BLKD&The General Strike

Sept 9 Sat
2 p.m. I Have It Maid + PSD
4 p.m. Migrant Worker Short Film Collections 1: Nia’s Door, Lovely Sunday, About the Maritime Drifters + PSD by Director of About the Maritime Drifters

Sept 10 Sun
2 p.m. Pinoy Sunday
4 p.m. Migrant Worker Short Film Collections 2: Arnie, About the Maritime Drifters, Beyond Our Smile + PSD by Team Sound of Strike

Film of the Semester
Allan Michael Ibanez and Dexter Paglinawan Hemedez’s 1st Sem
Sep 12 Tue 2:30 & 5 p.m.

Sandaan Philippine Cinema Centennial Conference
UP Film Institute joins the multi-institutional celebration of one hundred years of the nation’s cinema
Sept 14 & 15 Thurs-Fri 8:30 a.m. onwards

Martial Law 45 Years After
Treb Monteras’ Respeto
Best Picture – Cinemalaya 2017
Sept 19 Tue 7 p.m.

Indigo Child
Film by Ellen Ongkeko Marfil of Rodolfo Vera play staged by José Estrella
Sept 20 Wed 5 p.m.

History of the Underground
New documentary by Sari Dalena and Keith Sicat
Sept 21 Thurs 7 p.m.

Blockbuster Special
Sigrid Andrea Bernardo’s Kita Kita
Sep 22 Fri 7 p.m.

Premiere
Mickey Boy Zarate’s Something About Love
Sept 23 Sat 5 p.m.

Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino Critics’ Choice
Mikhail Red’s Birdshot
Sept 25, 26, 27, Mon-Wed 2:30, 5 & 7:30 p.m.