Cinemalaya goes to UP

Yipee!! My fav film Last Supper No. 3 won Best Film in the 5th Cinemalaya Film Festival and Dinig won the National Council for Children’s Television.

The winners in the 2009 Cinemalaya are:
Best Film: “Last Supper No. 3”( Note: most watched film selling at least 1,100 tickets in the first six days of screening that began on July 17).
Special Jury Award: “Colorum” and “Ang Panggagahasa kay Fe”
National Council for Children’s Television Award: “Dinig Sana Kita”, which also won Audience Choice (Full Length) and Best Musical Score for Francis Florentino Reyes, a member of rock band The Dawn.
Best Director: GB Sampedro (“Astig”) and also won Best Sound Recording (Ditoy Aguila, Junnel Valencia, Mark Locsin), Best Editing (Charliebebs Gohetia), and Best Supporting Actor (Arnold Reyes). The film was co-produced by TV host-manager Boy Abunda and has the most stellar cast among the entries.
Best Actress: Ina Feleo “Sanglaan” as well as Best Supporting Actress Tessie Tomas.

Schedule in UP from July 28 to August 4:

July 28, Tuesday
5 p.m. - Engkwentro by Pepe Diokno
7 p.m. - Nerseri by Vic Acedillo Jr.

July 29, Wednesday
5 p.m. - Astig by GB Sampedro
7 p.m. - Last Supper No. 3 by Veronica Velasco and Jinky Laurel

July 30, Thursday
3 p.m. - Shorts A (Musa, Behind Closed Doors, Tatang, Hulagpos, Wat Floor Ma'am)
5 p.m. - Shorts B (Ugat sa Lupa, Si Bok at and Trumpo, Latus, Blogog, Bonsai)

July 31, Friday
5 p.m. - 24K by Ana Agabin
7 p.m. - Mangatyanan by Jerrold Tarog
9 p.m. - Ang Panggagahasa kay Fe by Alvin B. Yapan

August 3, Monday
5 p.m. - Colorum by Jon Steffan Ballesteros
7 p.m. - Dinig Sana Kita by Mike E. Sandejas

August 4, Tuesday
5 p.m. - Sanglaan by Milo Sogueco
7 p.m. - Best Picture (Last Supper No. 3)

Tickets are priced at P80. For ticket reservation and inquiries, contact 0915-6040072.

Cinemalaya starts this wknd!!!

Good news to all indie fans out there, Cinemalaya's 5th film festival will open this weekend at the CCP. 25-year old indie filmaker Raya Martin's Cannes-entry with Adolfo Alix Jr Manila will open the festival. Laurice Guillen's brain-child, Cinemalaya has been the seeding ground of budding filmakers. Raya's first film Bakasyon won the Ishmael Bernal Award for Young Cinema in 2004 and in 2007, he was named Best Director for Autohystoria.

This year's ten finalists debuting are (synopsis and sked below):

24K directed by Ana Agabin
Manok is a middle-class treasure hunter who’s been digging for Japanese treasure for years. He and his companions are in the final stage of their current site in the mountains of Suyo, Ilocos Sur, an area reputed as a Japanese stronghold during World War II. All the signs at their site indicate that they are certain to find treasure. With their resources nearly depleted, Manok convinces his godfather in marriage, Freddie, to finance the rest of their operations. Manok, Freddie, and another friend, Boyet, journey back to the site hoping that, as their medium predicted, they will find gold before Manok’s wife gives birth in a month’s time.
Getting back to the site turns out to be more difficult than expected. Manok and his companions manage to make it back to the site but in the process stir up some trouble in the community. Soon, mysterious things happen at the site. With each of them becoming more and more paranoid, Manok struggles to keep the group intact long enough to unearth the treasure that he believes is just within their reach.
Sked:
July 19, Sunday 6:15 p.m. (CCP MKP Hall)
July 21,Tuesday 2:45 p.m. (Tangahalang Huseng Batute)
July 22, Wednesday 9:00 p.m. (CCP Main Theater)
July 23, Thursday 6:15 p.m. (Tangahalang Huseng Batute)
July 24, Friday 9:00 p.m. (CCP MKP Hall)
July 25, Saturday 2:45 p.m. (CCP Main Theater)
July 26, Sunday 3:30 p.m. (CCP Little Theatre