The UPFI Delegates for Japan Foundation Asia Center’s …and Action! Asia #05
UPFI Film Center
December 2018
Dec 1 Sat
8:30 & 10 a.m. Ang Timeline ng Buhay ni B
2 p.m. ML
4 p.m. Uuwi Na si August
5 p.m. ML
7 p.m. Pusit
Dec 2 Sun
7 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
Dec 3 Mon
2 p.m. Films with Embassy of Colombia: Keyla [free]
3 p.m. CineResbak with Artists for Human Rights [free]
4 p.m. Films with Embassy of Colombia: Mamá [free]
7 p.m. Sakada [free]
Dec 4 Tue
2 p.m. Empathy: Austrian Short Films [15 Years and No Answer / A White Substance / Lettre A Mohamed / Passages / Uncanny Valley] [free]
4 p.m. Tigbao [free]
5 p.m. ML
7 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
Dec 5 Wed
7 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
Dec 6 Thurs
7 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
Dec 7 Fri
7 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
Dec 8 Sat
10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Honor: The Legacy of Jose Abad Santos
2 p.m. Nowhere yet Everywhere: Untold Stories of the 66th Infantry Regiment [free]
4 p.m. Aishite Imasu (Mahal Kita) 1941 [free]
5 p.m. Honor: The Legacy of Jose Abad Santos
6:30 p.m. Pilipinas Kong Mahal [free]
Dec 9 Sun
1 p.m. DoQ with Baru Tu Salugpongan
5 p.m. Human Rights Docu with Adjani Arumpac: Nanay Mameng
7 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
Dec 10 Mon
1 p.m. Madilim ang Gabi
2 p.m. Human Rights Docus with JL Burgos: Portraits of Mosquito Press + Han-ayan
5 p.m. Madilim ang Gabi
7 p.m. MMFF Pre-Event Special: Ari
Dec 11 Tue
2 p.m. Ari
5 p.m. Madilim ang Gabi
7 p.m. MMFF Pre-Event Special: Ang Larawan
Dec 16 Sun
7 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
Dec 18 Tue
2 & 4 p.m. MMFF Pre-Event Special: Dyagwar
Dec 19 Wed
1 p.m. MMFF Pre-Event Special: Crying Ladies
2 p.m. Ang Larawan
4 p.m. Dyagwar
5 p.m. Ang Larawan
7 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
Dec 20 Thurs
1 p.m. Ang Larawan
2 & 4:30 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
5 p.m. Ari
7 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
Dec 21 Fri
1 p.m. Ari
2 & 4:30 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
5 p.m. Ang Larawan
7 p.m. Maginhawa Film Festival with Cinema Centenario
Price:
P150 – Regular
P250 – Honor: The Legacy of Jose Abad Santos
P75 – DoQ
Select titles from #Cinemalaya2018 and all six features from #TOFARMFilmFestival2018 dock our screens.
Voyage with a Jean Renoir French film classic, a documentary, and lectures with the What Now?: A Hundred Years After World War 1 program in partnership with the French Embassy and UP Center for International Studies.
Waves of special runs of ARI – My Life With A King, Bakwit Boys, Supremo, and Ginoong Maria dispersed all through out November.
Fierce back-to-back-to-back special premieres of Moritz Riesewieck & Hans Block’s The Cleaners, Carlo Catu’s Aria, and Arnel Mardoquio’s Alma-ata.
Lastly, set your sails and journey to the world’s end with QC International Pink Film Festival 2018.
All screenings are open to the public.
Tickets are available at the cinema entrance 1 hour before screen time.
Nov 3 Sat
2 p.m. Ari: My Life with a King
4 p.m. Mga Anak ng Kamote
6:30 p.m. Ari: My Life with a King
Nov 5 Mon
2 p.m. Alimuom
4 p.m. 1957
6:30 p.m. Kauyagan
Nov 6 Tue
2 p.m. Tanabata’s Wife
4 p.m. Kauyagan
6:30 p.m. Sol Searching
Nov 7 Wed
2 p.m. Mga Anak ng Kamote
4 p.m. 1957
6:30 p.m. Alimuom
Nov 8 Thurs
9 a.m. Jean Renoir’s La Grande Illusion (Free screening for the Centennial of the End of WWI)
2 p.m. Kauyagan
4 p.m. Sol Searching
6:30 p.m. Tanabata’s Wife
Nov 9 Fri
9 a.m. Paris 1919, Un Traité Pour La Paix (Free screening for the Centennial of the End of WWI)
5:30 p.m. Sa Gabing Nanahimik ang mga Kuliglig
Nov 10 Sat
5:30 p.m. Musmos na Sumibol sa Gubat ng Digma
Nov 12 Mon
1 p.m. Italian Cinema: From Venice to Manila 2018 Educational Component (Free Masterclass with Italian Filmmakers)
2 p.m. Sol Searching
4 p.m. Tanabata’s Wife
6:30 p.m. Mga Anak ng Kamote
Nov 13 Tue
2 p.m. Tanabata’s Wife
4 p.m. Alimuom
6:30 p.m. 1957
Nov 14 Wed
2 p.m. Sa Gabing Nanahimik ang mga Kuliglig
4 p.m. Mamang
5 p.m. Musmos na Sumibol sa Gubat ng Digma
6:30 p.m. School Service
Nov 15 Thurs
2 p.m. Ari: My life with a king
4 p.m. Sa Gabing Nanahimik ang mga Kuliglig
5 p.m. Mamang
6:30 p.m. Musmos na Sumibol sa Gubat ng Digma
7:30 p.m. Liway
Nov 16 Fri
2 p.m. School Service
4 p.m. Liway
7 p.m. The Cleaners (Premiere)
Nov 17 Sat
2 p.m. Liway
5 p.m. Aria (Premiere)
Nov 19 Mon
2 p.m. Boys for Sale
5 p.m. Call Her Ganda with #JusticeForJenniferCeremony
Nov 20 Tue
2 p.m. Kalusugan Seminar and Shorts: Limen / Positive Youtuber / Makakar *Contagious
5 p.m. UPFI Shorts: Ang High School at si Olive / Last Gig on Earth / Lukob (Shelter) / Ang Lalaking May Regla sa Gitna ng Dagat / Kontrolado ni Girly Ang Buhay N’ya
7 p.m. Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros back-to-back with Nick Deocampo’s Oliver
Nov 21 Wed
2 p.m. Karapatan Seminar and Shorts: Binibining Detainee / Sununu: The Revolution of Love / As Human as I Am / Mama Dragons
5 p.m. Cris Pablo Night: Duda
7 p.m. GA Villafuerte Night: Otoko
Nov 24 Sat
1:30 p.m. & 4 p.m. ML
7 p.m. Ginoong Maria
Nov 26 Mon
2 p.m., 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. Bakwit Boys
5 p.m. Alma-ata (Premiere)
Nov 27 Tue
2 p.m. & 4 p.m. Bakwit Boys
7 p.m. ML
Nov 28 Wed
2 p.m., 4 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Bakwit Boys
5 & 7 p.m. ML
Nov 29 Thurs
2 p.m., 4 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Bakwit Boys
Nov 30 Fri
1 p.m. Supremo
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25 Oct 2018
The UP Film Institute proudly invites the general public to the exhibit opening of our staff-artist Sinag de Leon.
Sinag who is a member of the programming team of UPFI, who does the logistics and promotion of screenings on a daily basis, also busies herself with ‘other paperworks’ worthy of a show. Check out her pieces at the PAPER AND PAINT exhibit which also features works of Babeth Lolarga.
The PAPER AND PAINT exhibit will open on November 8, 2018 (5PM) at the Gourmet Gypsy Art Cafe (#25 Don A. Roces Ave. Brgy. Paligsahan, QC). The exhibit will run until January 8, 2019.
Congratulations and wishing you the very best for the exhibit, Sinag!
24 Oct 2018
Kidlat’s filmmaking pioneered an alternative path for later independent filmmakers. His mode of expression featured a distinct Filipino perspective that garnered local and international recognitions. His “indiogenius” cinema also predated the regional filmmaking that emerged in recent times.
Kidlat Tahimik is named National Artist together with Larry Alcala (visual arts), Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio (theater), Ryan Cayabyab (music), Francisco Mañosa (architecture), Resil Mojares (literature), and Ramon Muzones (literature).
The Order of National Artists is the highest recognition given by the Philippine government to Filipinos who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts.
18 Oct 2018
The UP Film Institute congratulates its own staff-filmmaker Nawruz Paguidopon for a stellar 2018 performance of his most recent film God BLISS Our Home.
Nawruz had already presented his film at the SKIP City International D-Cinema Film Festival 2018 (Saitama, Japan) and at the EIDF (EBS) International Documentary Film Festival 2018 (Seoul, South Korea). God BLISS Our Home was nominated for Best Documentary both at FAMAS 2018 and at Gawad Urian 2018. It was also nominated for Best Achievement in Film Editing in the Young Critics Circle. Nawruz also had several film engagements in different parts of the country this year alone.
Congrats Naw! Keep it coming!
God BLISS Our Home trailer here.
16 Oct 2018
The UP Film Institute congratulates UPFI director Prof. Patrick F. Campos and former dean of the College of Mass Communication Prof. Rolando B. Tolentino for their books’ getting shortlisted for Gintong Aklat and National Book Awards, respectively. Director Campos’ book The End of National Cinema: Filipino Film at the Turn of the Century was nominated for the Arts & Humanities category of Gintong Aklat Awards while Prof. Tolentino’s Pag Mabilis Na Umalis Baka Di Naman Talaga Dumating at Iba Pang Kuwento for the Best Book of Short Fiction in Filipino and Sapantaha: Kalipunan ng mga Maikling Kuwentong Spekulatibo at Imahinatibo (co-edited with Luna Sicat Cleto) for the Best Anthology in Filipino of the National Book Awards.
The Gintong Aklat Awards is organized by the Book Development Association of the Philippines while the National Book Awards by the National Book Development Board and Manila Critics Circle. All nominated books are published by the UP Press.
Once again, congratulations Patrick and Rolando!
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More on The End of National Cinema: Filipino Film at the Turn of the Century
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More on Sapantaha: Kalipunan ng mga Maikling Kuwentong Spekulatibo at Imahinatibo
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15 Oct 2018
The University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) denounces the declaration made by assistant deputy chief of staff for operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Brig. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., claiming that the screening activities under the auspices of the state university are a means to recruit students to the New People’s Army.
Every program that the UPFI organizes is in keeping with its mandate to educate the university’s national constituency foremost about Philippine history and culture and to promote and protect the highest ideals of the university including love for one’s country and the pursuit of truth.
We protest all acts that impute malice and any motive on our programs other than UPFI’s express mandate. We decry the threat to us and our audiences that the pronouncement implies at a time when the state is engaged in intense counter-insurgency campaigns. We denounce any explicit or implicit attempt to censor us especially in these critical times and to curtail the responsible use of our freedom of expression, speech, and assembly in the University of the Philippines.
In the interest of truth, we call on the leadership of the AFP to retract the statement which serves to twist the people’s perception and besmirch not only UPFI’s institutional standing but ultimately the very ideals of truth, justice, and honor that UPFI as a unit of the country’s foremost establishment of higher learning and the University of the Philippines as a whole hold in the highest regard.
Press release from Instituto Cervantes:
On October 15 and 16, PELÍCULA-Spanish Film Festival will feature the program “Bergman in Spain” in Cine Adarna (UP Diliman). This curated film series gives honor to the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) as we celebrate his birth centennial this year.
After the Festival’s first leg in Greenbelt 3 Cinemas, the 17th edition of Instituto Cervantes’ PELÍCULA, in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden and the UP Film Institute, pays tribute to one of the main filmmakers in the History of Cinema through presenting two of Bergman’s films. In addition, two Spanish films influenced by the Swedish maestro’s filmography will also be presented.
The film series will kick off on October 15, at 5pm, with the screening of Bergman’s classic Wild Strawberries (1957). It will be followed at 7pm by the caustic family drama Cría cuervos, directed by Carlos Saura in 1975. On October 16, the program will conclude with back to back screenings of Bergman and Almodóvar –two world classics not to be missed. Persona (1966), arguably Bergman’s most memorable masterpiece, will be screened at 5pm. It will be followed at 7pm by Pedro Almodóvar’s unorthodox drama Tacones lejanos (1991).
During its first leg at Greenbelt 3, PELÍCULA 2018 offered a line-up of films ranging from romance (Los amores cobardes) and comedy (Campeones, La llamada, Mi querida cofradía) to documentary (Dancing Beethoven), adventure (Oro), animation (Atrapa la bandera, Memorias de un hombre en pijama), and drama (La novia). Aside from its line-up of movies in different genres, PELÍCULA’s first leg also showed Latin American cinema with feature films from Argentina (The Summit, The Last Suit), and Cuba (Últimos días en La Habana).
PELÍCULA 2018 will come to a close On October 20, at Instituto Cervantes Intramuros, with two special screenings. At 4pm, the “Premio del Público”, the movie chosen by the Audience as the best of the Festival, will be re-shown. Then at 6:30pm, Set B of the series Encuentros en el cine: Shorts from the Philippines and Spain will be screened. The program will feature six recently produced Spanish shorts and two Filipino short films —The Gathering, by Arvin Belarmino, and actor Xian Lim’s Our Love Story, his first attempt behind the camera.
Presented by Instituto Cervantes, the Embassy of Spain–AECID, TurEspaña, the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), PELÍCULA is made possible by Emperador Distillers, Turkish Airlines, and PTC. The Festival is also in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden, Ayala Malls Cinemas, Ayala Museum, Ayala Land, UP Film Institute, ICAA, Intramuros Administration, Picasso Hotel, Cut Print Productions, and UP Círculo Hispánico.
For the schedule, line-up of films and further information on the Festival, please visit the Facebook page of Instituto Cervantes: www.facebook.com/InstitutoCervantesManila
For the schedule and further information on the Festival, please visit the Facebook page of Instituto Cervantes: www.facebook.com/InstitutoCervantesManila
UPFI’s very own artist-technician Daniel “Dansoy” Coquilla appears in the January-June 2018 issue of UP Diliman’s UPDate Magazine. Kuya “Coqs”, as we fondly call him, relates in the article snippets of his journey in the art scene and his UP experience both as a student and as an employee.
View the January-June 2018 issue of UPDate Magazine here: https://upd.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/UPDATE-MAGAZINE-JAN-JUN-2018.pdf.
