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Category Archives: Film and Video
10/12 – 10/27: FACINE (Filipino American Cine Festival)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Mauro Tumbocon, Jr., Artistic Director Phone: (415) 509-3581; Email: mftworks@hotmail.com FACINE/19 CELEBRATES FILIPINO CINEMA FOR 3 WEEKENDS, 3 VENUES, WILL OPEN OCTOBER 12 AND CONCLUDE ON OCTOBER 27 The longest-running festival of films from the Philippines and the Filipino diaspora showcases a total of 34 feature-length films and short works San Francisco, … Continue reading »
Tandaan. Kalayaan. Alagaan. Animated Video #1: Sunken Garden
Via Geekmatic: 09.21.2012 – Today is the anniversary of the Philippine Martial Law and in some ways we try to remember what really happened during those times of hardship and what we have learned from it so the next generation would learn from the past mistakes our country has endured. Arnold Arre is a fantasy … Continue reading »
10/02/2011: Cinema from the Filipino Diaspora: “Ritual,” “Super Flip” & “Serbis”
Sunday October 2 / 6:00 – 9:00pm / MCCLA Theatre $5 Donation requested MCCLA and Colectivo Cinema Errante, in conjunction with the Carlos Villa Exhibition “Manongs, Some Doors and a Bouquet of Crates,” present: “Serbis” (Philippines, 2008, 90 mins). Director Brillante Mendoza, captures the sordid atmosphere of the theater, while enveloping the viewer in a maelstrom … Continue reading »
Forgotten Slaves: The Comfort Women of the Philippines
http://www.indiegogo.com/forgottenslaves Our Story For more than 50 years the mass rape of over 200,000 women by members of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II had been silenced – not the least by the victims themselves. In the Nineties, women from Asia (namely Korea and the Philippines) tore down the wall of shameful silence … Continue reading »
09/29 + 10/02/2011: LOLA at YBCA (SF)
Lola Sep 29 & Oct 2, 2011 • Screening Room After almost two years of effort, we finally got the OK to screen this staggering film by Filipino master Brillante Mendoza. In it, two elderly women bear the consequences of a crime involving their grandsons — one is the victim, the other is the suspect. … Continue reading »
AMIGO: List of USA Theaters for August Premiere
About the film: AMIGO, the 17th feature film from Academy Award-nominated writer-director John Sayles, stars legendary Filipino actor Joel Torre as Rafael, a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer (Chris Cooper) to help the Americans in … Continue reading »
Call for Entries: San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
http://caamedia.org/festival/call-for-entries/ The SFIAAFF is the largest film festival in North America dedicated to showcasing films by or about Asian Americans and Asians around the world. If accepted, your film will be seen by an audience that is widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated, enthusiastic and appreciative in the nation, as well as by … Continue reading »
Kickstarter: Vampariah (feature length action horror film)
Vampariah at Kickstarter About this project I propose to make a feature length action horror film based on my 2003 short film titled “Bampinay”, a reference to a mythological creature in the Philippines. The short film version gained critical attention and was an official selection to recognized film festivals such as San Francisco and LA … Continue reading »
