Midyear in the country’s premier state university promises to be a great time to go to the movies with the UP FIlm Institute’s selection of screenings at the UPFI Film Center in UPDiliman.
The National Independence Month of June is mainly celebrated with collected features – old and new –by Kidlat Tahimik and will serve as a great occasion as well to honor the memory of National Artist Ishmael Bernal with the spotlight on the legacy of one of his classics now digitally restored and re-mastered.
Cinema from the country’s ranks of emergent independent filmmakers grabs the limelight with first-time director features, namely, Ida Anita del Mundo’s K’na the Dreamweaver and Bagane Fiola’s Sonata Maria. K’na the Dreamweaver is bound for notable international women’s filmfests such as Female Eye and Aichi. Sonata Maria garnered the coveted Best First Feature honors from the Film Desk of the Young Critics Circle.
One more first-time director’s feature prominently figures in the line-up, Rosswill Hilario’s Alimuom ng Kahapon, to herald Queer Pride festivities for the university community. Hilario’s directing debut has secured official selection at the forthcoming international LGBT film festival in Durban.
Restored classics that ABS-CBN Film Restoration will unveil with their respective premieres are Mel Chionglo’s Nagsimula sa Puso starring Hilda Koronel and Richard Gomez and Olivia Lamasan’s Sana Maulit Muli – a Lea Salonga-Aga Muhlach team-up.
Militant filmmaking makes its presence strongly felt with a documentary features special top-billed by EJ Mijares’ Shapes of Crimson; JL Burgos’ Portraits of Mosquito Press and Ilang-Ilang Quijano’s Daughters of Cordillera.
An encore is slated for a twinbill of classics with Action King Fernando Poe Jr. presented for the fine artistry and the representations of resistance against social ills that the legendary figure of Philippine cinema personifies.
Complementing the selections are international releases with the animated features The House of Magic and Quest for a Heart; a World-War II action adventure, Saints and Soldiers: Battle of the Tanks and The Canyons from maverick master Paul Schrader.
Culminating showcase for UPFI Film Center’s midyear season of screenings is the latest work from Charliebebs Gohetia for a late-night cinema engagement.
UPFI Film Center
June-July 2015
Special Run: Ida Anita del Mundo’s K’na the Dreamweaver
June 12 Fri, 13 Sat & 15 Mon 2:30/5/7 p.m.
Kidlat Tahimik Nationhood Sagas
June 16 Tue
Bakit Yellow ang Middle ng Bahaghari 2:30 & 5:30 p.m.
June 17 Wed & 19 Fri
5 p.m. Video Palaro Diaries: Orbit 50/Celebrating the Year 2021 Today/Some More Rice/Bubong/Dalawang Atang at Isang Pasalubong
7 p.m. Balikbayan #1
ABS-CBN Film Restoration Premiere
Mel Chionglo’s Nagsimula sa Puso
June 18 Thurs 7 p.m.
Remembering Ishmael Bernal
Cinema One’s Himala Ngayon Documentary
June 20 Sat 2:30 p.m.
ABS-CBN Film Restoration’s Himala in High Definition
June 20 Sat 5 p.m.; June 24 Wed 5 & 7 p.m.
Queer Pride Feature
Rosswil Hilario’s Alimuom ng Kahapon (Shadows of Yesterday)
June 23 Tue 7 p.m.; June 30 Tue 2:30, 5, 7 p.m.
International Features
July 1 Wed & 2 Thurs
Quest for a Heart 2:30 & 5 p.m.
The House of Magic 7 p.m.
July 8 Wed
The Canyons 2:30 & 5 p.m.
Saints and Soldiers: Battle of the Tanks 7 p.m.
July 10 Fri
The Canyons 2:30 & 7 p.m.
Saints and Soldiers: Battle of the Tanks 5 p.m.
Special Run: Bagane Fiola’s Sonata Maria
July 3 Fri & 4 Sat 2:30, 5 & 7 p.m.
Chronicles of Struggles
Cinema and the Militant Spirit Documentaries: EJ Mijares’ Shapes of Crimson/JL Burgos’ Portraits of Mosquito Press/Ilang-Ilang Quijano’s Daughters of Cordillera
Forum with the Filmmakers between Sets of Screenings
July 6 Mon & 7 Tue 5 & 7:30 p.m.
ABS-CBN Film Restoration Premiere
Olivia Lamasan’s Sana Maulit Muli
July 9 Thurs 7 p.m.
FPJ sa UP
Action Classics with Da King
July 11 Sat
2:30 p.m. Anghel sa Aking Balikat 50th Anniversary Presentation
5 p.m. Ang Padrino
Late-Night Cinema
With the next hot auteur feature from Charliebebs Gohetia
July 17 Sat 8 p.m.
For admission information, call 9262722; 9263640.
University of the Philippines Film Institute
(Member, CILECT/International Association of Film and Television Schools)
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