October 2012
1 post
September 2012
3 posts
Lately, i get paranoid with people giving hints on their upcoming goodbyes. It gives me the feeling of being left out. With them off, doing the next big step onto their lives and me still here stagnant…bored… without any direction. I am already aware that all of you will leave in your own time. I won’t be shocked. I won’t give any bit of reaction. Maybe it is really the season, our season, after we have been fully ripened by our experiences in this institution. But this is getting quite depressing… The cascading goodbyes I am about to face.
June 2012
2 posts
Cinemalaya in Full Force with 25 New Films at the CCP, Trinoma & Greenbelt
Twenty five new digital films will compete in the 2012 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition on July 20-29, 2012 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Greenbelt 3 Makati and Trinoma Quezon City.
This year, Cinemalaya gets even bigger with the addition of a new major venue at Trinoma in Quezon City, making the reach of Cinemalaya even wider and bigger. The addition of Trinoma as a third major venue for the festival is part of the vision of Cinemalaya organizers to make the Festival more accessible to the growing number of audiences that attend Cinemalaya.
Cinemalaya’s main competition categories are the New Breed full length feature category and the Short Feature category featuring works by new directors. The Directors Showcase is a competition for works by established directors.
Ten films will compete in the New Breed full length feature category. These are Aparisyon by Vincent Sandoval, Ang Katiwala by Aloy Adlawan, Ang Nawawala by Marietta Jamora, Mga Dayo by Julius Sotomayor Cena, Diablo by Mes de Guzman, Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino by Lemuel C. Lorca, Oros by Paul Sta. Ana, REquieme! by Loy Arcenas, Santa Niña by Emmanuel Quindo Palo, and The Animals by Gino M. Santos.
Five films will vie in the Directors Showcase. These are Bwakaw by Jun Robles Lana, Kalayaan (Wildlife) by Adolfo B. Alix Jr., Mga Mumunting Lihim (Those Little Secrets) by Jose Javier Reyes, Posas (Shackled) by Lawrence Fajardo and Kamera Obskura by Raymond Red.
Ten films will compete in the short film category. These are: Ang Paghihintay sa Bulongby Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo, As He Sleeps by Sheron Dayoc, Balintuna by Emmanuel Escalona Jr., Bohe Sons of the Waves by Nadjoua Bansil, Manenaya by Richard Legaspi,Pasahero by Mario Celada, Ruweda by Hannah Espia, Sarong Aldaw by Marianito Dio Jr., Ulian (Senility) by Chuck Gutierrez and Victor by Jarell M. Serencio.
Now on its eighth year, Cinemalaya is a project of the Cinemalaya Foundation, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Film Development Council of the Philippines and Econolink Investments, Inc. It is an all-digital film festival that aims to discover, encourage and honor cinematic works of Filipino filmmakers that boldly articulate and freely interpret the Filipino experience with fresh insight and artistic integrity.
Cinemalaya will run from July 20-29, 2012 at the CCP and July 21-29, 2012 at Greenbelt and Trinoma. Cinemalaya will feature about 60 films on exhibition with twenty five in competition. It features a variety of sections, namely the NCCA Premieres, Ani, Cinemalaya Documentaries focus on Early Indies and a special Retrospective on Mario O’Hara’s works as actor, writer and director. This year, highlights will include a retrospective of vintage and rare Filipino film ads in the collection of art patron Danny Dolor. The Cinemalaya Film Congress is a major part of the Festival. This year also features guest resource person Ralph Guggenheim of Pixar Studios.
For more information, please call CCP Film Office at (632)832-1125 local 1704/05 and the CCP box office at (632)832-3704 or visit www.cinemalaya.org.
After 4 days of working for small group discussions with some doctors and consultants, I became quite fascinated with the human mind. I was amazed how such minds become fountains of such significant information. These minds were capable of deep critical processes. Some minds become endless source of information and are capable of releasing publishable thoughts. I believe that we humans had been given equal capabilities of the brain and it is up to us how we spend or harness it and how we focus all its energy on to something may it be bad or good. We are blessed with this great capability; Equally given but with varying subjective purpose.
May 2012
2 posts
What if you have this ability to be naturally attached to people? But the problem is they will always have to leave you? Actually, we humans have already obtained that power. People we call friends will always come and go. Starting this month, I will start to lose some of my mine and even those I have developed a short term friendship. I will miss them for sure. I will be sad. But this is part of life, our life as humans. We will meet people, some of which will form a great bond to us. As we enjoy each day, may it be ordinary, happy or sad, we would come to believe that this moment would be the same each day. But nothing is permanent except change. Situations will change as time passes by and there will come a time that they would have to leave. And you should be ready to let go.
April 2012
1 post
The feeling of getting very preoccupied and absorbed with work that your true dreams are becoming side dressings of your life. (Please kill me now.)
March 2012
5 posts
pls vote for my Photo-entry in Nikon’s I AM A MOTION HERO
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