Short-term courses are offered to provide impetus to budding practitioners and sustain general creativity for the cause of emergent filmmaking.
For more inquiries:
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The film faculty is enthusiastic about the distinguished filmmaker Raymond Red to come in as film lecturer at the UP Film Institute for this semester 2017.
We are delighted to announce that the renowned filmmaker, Raymond Red, will be joining our UPFI faculty as a film lecturer in January 2017. He will be teaching Directing course in the Institute.
“Raymond Red is one of the pioneers of modern Filipino independent and alternative cinema. Having a background in Fine Arts and photography, he began by making numerous experimental and narrative super-8mm and 16mm short films in the 1980s. His generation was inspired by the tumultuous era of the Philippines under martial rule in the ’70s, from which true alternative and independent filmmaking emerged. Red immediately gained recognition by winning awards and citations, both locally and at the international film festivals scene. He had then, at an early age, begun to inspire a new generation of independent filmmakers. He has since become a regular lecturer and instructor in various film workshops and in film, fine arts, and mass communications college programs, mentoring early on quite a number of the prominent Filipino independent filmmakers of today.” (http://www.raymondred.com)
Raymond Red holds the distinction of being the only Filipino to win the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 for his short film, “Anino”. He will join the ranks of incredibly talented film educators and practitioners, to engage and inform our students and community in film and beyond.
We are confident that Mr. Red will be an outstanding addition to the UP Film Institute, and we hope that you will join us in welcoming him to our community.
Most hailed as the screenwriter for Brillante Mendoza’s Taklub that won the Ecumenical Special Mention at Festival de Cannes in 2015, Honeylyn Alipio is the latest addition to UP Film Institute’s teaching ranks.
A protégé of Armando Bing Lao, she holds the post of workshop coordinator for the Found Story School spearheaded and established by Lao.
Before her screenwriting career, she had a decade-long involvement with development work for the national government as well as international organizations. She finished college at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University and is currently pursuing Master of Arts in Asian Studies at UP Diliman.
Her most recent screenwriting credit is Best Partee Ever directed by Howard Yambao for the latest edition of QCinema Film Festival. She has actively written for television since 2015 with such GMA 7 shows as Karelasyon and Ilustrado plus two soon-to-air programs, I Heart Davao and Kusina ni Tomas.
Photo Source: http://asianjournal.com/lifestyle/taklub-john-lloyd-cruz-and-lj-reyes-win-top-awards-at-39th-gawad-urian/
Fresh from winning the Best Picture prize at the recently concluded Metro Manila Film Festival for the documentary feature Sunday Beauty Queen, Baby Ruth Villarama begins her stint as a new lecturer of the UP Film Institute for the semester opening this January 2017.
Sunday Beauty Queen is the first full-length documentary to form part of the official selection in the 42-year history of the annual film festival coinciding with the Christmas season. It has beaten seven other festival entries to capture the topmost plum thereby scoring a doubly historic unprecedented feat.
The film follows the poignant and bittersweet story of Filipino domestic helpers in Hong Kong who spend their day-off from work as beauty contestants.
Prior to Sunday Beauty Queen, Villarama has similarly directed internationally acclaimed documentaries, namely, Jazz in Love (2013) and Little Azkals (2014). She has worked for other celebrated independent features in some other industry capacity and undergone specialized training for esteemed overseas institution such as CICAE (International Confederation of Art Cinemas); the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam; the Pitch Conference at TokyoDocs, among others. She has just earned a Master of Arts in Film Marketing and Distribution as a Chevening Scholar at Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom. She will be handling film producing courses for the premier state university constituency.
OUR NEW UPFI WEBSITE IS LIVE!
We are pleased to share the revamped version of the UPFI website, featuring the works, writings and photographs by our faculty members plus film archival materials from the film centre vault.
We will be posting film program information, journals and publications by our faculty members and alumni.
Two award-winning directors and one acclaimed scriptwriter will be teaching certain classes in UP Film Institute this coming semester.
UPFI’s guest lecturers for the second semester of academic year 2016-2017 are: “Sunday Beauty Queen” director Baby Ruth Villarama-Gutierrez, Palme D’Or winner, Raymond Red of the “Anino” and “Manila Skies” fame and “Taklub” screenplay writer, Honeylyn Alipio.
Their upcoming stint at UPFI was announced on Facebook by the institute’s director, Sari Dalena.
Source: “OMG! Guess who’s coming to teach at UP Diliman: indie filmmakers Raymond Red, Baby Ruth Villarama” at http://politics.com.ph/106509-2/
Full season of screenings at the UPFI Film Center for New Year 2017!
Position: Multi-media and Infotech Systems Specialist
Status: Non-U.P. Contractual (renewable every 6 months)
Education:
Graduate of any of the following courses:
Experience:
Knowledgeable in layouts (Photoshop, Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, etc.), computer graphics design, web page handling and posting.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Kindly submit your CV/resume on or before November 29, 2016 at the 2nd flr. Cine Adarna Bldg., U.P. Film Institute, Magsaysay Ave. U.P. Diliman, Q.C.
Kyle Anthony De Ocampo is the recipient of the CANON-UPFI Student Filmmaker Grant for his undergraduate thesis film project, “Sampung Libong Bituin sa Ilalim ng Dagat” (Ten Thousand Stars Underneath the Sea).
This grant program was established to recognize outstanding film students working on their thesis films who need support for their thesis productions.
Katrina May Banaag, Brainard Bill Barrinuevo, and Lorenzo Miguel Hilario will represent the UP Film Institute for the Japan Foundation’s Exchange Program for Film Students…and Action! Asia #3 that will take place in the Philippines from February to March 2017.
“This program will be held every year until the year 2020 with the aim of deepening mutual understanding and fostering a new generation of film-makers in Asian countries. It welcomes students who are interested in achieving a greater understanding of film-making in other countries, expanding their networks, and using their experience for their studies and future career.”
