"PROJECTIONS: A Collection of New Shorts" on July 12, 6:15pm at the CCP Little Theater featuring a showcase of film craftmanship by Doy del Mundo, Vicente Garcia Groyon, Ramon del Prado and Rica Arevalo for the 2008 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. For details, contact Kat 09165883234.
Projections: A Collection of New Shorts (133 mins)
July 12, 2008 Saturday
6:15 pm CCP Little Theater
2008 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
A showcase of film craftsmanship
Title: Dok
Animator/Writer/Director: Ramon del Prado
2003, 2.30 min
Animation
A hardworking islander’s tribe is introduced to his greatest rival for chieftain: a television.
Title: Buhay Mandaragat
Directors: Jason Lopez, Celize Innocencio, Aiza de Leon
2008, 10.19 min
Documentary
A short poetic documentary about the fishermen’s daily lives.
Title: Altered States
Directors: Marichris Quimson, Andrea Tonda, and Gian Cruz
2006, 3.30 min
Experimental Narrative
“Make the most of the hemp seed, and sow it everywhere.”
Title: De Mano
Directors: Mike Viñas, Heather Europa and Borgy Torre
2008, 20.08 min
Short Feature
The transformation of Emilio, a bus conductor, from a monotonous, repetitive and oblivious lifestyle to a more meaningful existence.
Title: Be My Baby
Directors: Naomi Quimpo, Sara Ramos and Ru Angeli Cruz
2007, 3.36 min
Short Feature
An overprotective mother refuses to let her daughter see her prince. Inspired from the play, “Into the Woods.”
Title: Lapida
Director: EJ Angeles, Cathleen Cotioco and Jed Bautista.
2008, 10.47 min
Short Feature
Joven (Federico Roa) comes home to find his mother dead and borrows a casket for a limited period of time.
Title: Balik Tanaw
Director: Jason Moll
2007, 19.08 min
Short Feature
A nostalgic story about a lost love.
Title: Dollhouse
Directors: Naomi Quimpo and Patrixia Deseo
2008, 17 minutes
Short Feature
Red Zamora (Jao Mapa) has been left to solely raise their 7-year-old daughter Audrey (Fiona Robles) as his wife, Claire (Elle Velasco), works abroad as a nurse. He finds himself frequently waking her up from nightmares and discovers bruises in her arms. But as he inquires Audrey for the cause of these bruises, she simply relates the story that an evil force, which she calls the boogeyman, is haunting her in the dollhouse she supposedly lives in.
Cast:
Fiona Robles - Audrey
Jao Mapa - Red
Elle Velasco – Claire
Title: Gusto Kita Too
Written and Directed by Rica Arevalo
Cast:
Brian Reyes
Casey Pascual
2008, 9 mins
Short Feature
Love is at first sight for Brian when he sees Casey sitting in the park. He pursues her, Filipino style. True love is found in this funny courtship set in the USA!
Title: 143: Lovers Discourse
Written and Directed by Vicente Garcia Groyon
2007, 22 mins
Short Feature
Language: Hiligaynon with English subtitle
1 A man and a woman find ways of rekindling the spark after the first flush of sexual attraction has passed.
4 A woman of a certain age and her young lover confront the harsh truths of their relationship.
3 A teenage boy muddling through his feelings for a friend finds himself performing an ill-timed act of courage.
These fragments revisit the tropes of conventional cinematic representations of love and locate within them moments of honesty and truth. “143” is Filipino shorthand for “I love you.”
Title: Muni-muni
Written, Produced and Directed by Doy del Mundo
2008, 13 min
Short Feature
Cast:
Sid Lucero
Chin-Chin Guiterrez
Elijah Castillo
“Muni-muni” deals with a screenwriter’s musings. Frustrated with the realities of filmmaking, he talks with the characters of his unproduced screenplays.
Old houses
Dancing fountain at Wynn Hotel
PROJECTIONS: PICTURES
"PROJECTIONS: A Collection of New Shorts" on July 12, 6:15pm at the CCP Little Theater featuring a showcase of film craftmanship by Doy del Mundo, Vicente Garcia Groyon, Ramon del Prado and Rica Arevalo for the 2008 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. For details, contact Kat 09165883234.
