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UPFI this January 2008: aussie, lgbt, indie flicks   


For a full view of UP Film Institute’s current screenings, check out pertinent notes as follows: 

 

NEW YEAR 2008

Foster Child

A Seiko Films Production

Special Full Run: Jan 17 Thu-Jan 24 Thu 5/7 p.m.

An urban-poor family makes a living by providing for a fee a temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending their adoption.

Official Selection—2007 Festival de Cannes (Director’s Fortnight); Winner of Fiction Prize—2007 Paris International Festival of Environmental Films; Winner of Special Jury Prize—2007 Eurasia International Film Festival (Kazakhstan); Official Selection in Main Competition and Winner of Best Actress for Cherrie Pie Picache—2007 New Delhi Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian Cinema; Official Selection—2007 Karlovy Vary IFF; Official Selection—2007 La Rochelle IFF; Official Selection for Lino Brocka Grand Prize—2007 Cinemanila IFF; Official Selection—2007 Pusan IFF among more awards and distinctions

Direction: Brillante Mendoza. Screenplay: Ralston Jover. Cast: Cherrie Pie Picache, Eugene Domingo, Jiro Manio, Alwyn Uytingco, Dan Alvaro, Kier Segundo.

2007 98 minutes 35mm color

 

Signos (Daven Productions; Kamurayaw Pictures)

Screens on Jan 19 Sat 2/5 p.m.

As a city-based architect returns to his hometown on false news of his father’s heart attack, he is spooked by a series of mysterious deaths in the village shrouded in looming horror.

Best Foreign Film—2007 Lone Star IFF, Fort Worth, Texas; Award of Excellence—2007 Accolade Film Awards, California

Direction and Screenplay: Aloy Adlawan. Cast: Luis Alandy, Irma Adlwan, Ricky Davao, Nancy Castiglione, Nicolette Bell, Lauren Novero

2007 87 minutes 35mm color

 

REPLAY

@ the Videotheque

Autohystoria (Jan 14 Monday onwards)

Manoro (Jan 15 Tuesday onwards)

 

MANILA PRIDE FEST

Best of the Fest Edition

Unrated and Uncut

4-5; 7-12 January 2008 Friday-Saturday; Monday-Saturday 4:30 and 6:30 p.m.

Extended: Jan 19 Sat; 21 Mon-22 Tue; 26 Sat 4:30 and 6:30 p.m.

 

CINEMA AUSTRALIA

Free @ the Videotheque

Jan 23 Wed

5 p.m. The Cars that Ate Paris (Peter Weir)

7 p.m. The Devil’s Playground (Fred Schepisi)

 

Jan 24 Thu

5 p.m. Mad Max (George Miller)

7 p.m. Tail of a Tiger (Rolf de Heer)

 

Jan 25 Fri

5 p.m. Backroads (Phillip Noyce)

7 p.m. The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (Bruce Beresford)

 

CINEMA ONE ORIGINALS
Jan 28 Mon
5 p.m. Maling Akala
7 p.m. Confessional (with short film Astig)

Jan 29 Tue
2 p.m. Altar

5 p.m. Prinsesa
7 p.m. Tambolista

Jan 30 Wed
5 p.m. Confessional (with short film Astig)
7 p.m. Altar

Jan 31 Thu
2 p.m. Maling Akala

5 p.m. Tambolista
7 p.m. Prinsesa

Also watch

Jan 22 Tue 5 p.m.

OBEM Docufest Featuring I-Witness

 

Jan 23 Wed 10 a.m./2 p.m.

CONTEND-UP Screening with Batch ’81

 

Jan 30 Wed

2 p.m. KINO-SINE (Philippine-German Cinema Relations): Noli Me Tangere

 

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Always watch UP Film Institute screenings and be kept informed of all UP Film Institute’s forthcoming attractions. Be especially alert of added screenings day by day. Unless indicated otherwise, screenings are held at the Cine Adarna’s 800-seat main cinema. Program is subject to change without prior notice.

 

Anne Marie G. De Guzman
Director
University of the Philippines Film Institute
[email protected]

 

Libay Linsangan Cantor
Faculty Coordinator for Academic Programs and Research
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Maria Carolina Rodriguez Bello
Faculty Coordinator for Theater Services and Extension
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University of the Philippines Film Institute

(Member, CILECT/International Association of Film and Television Schools)

Academic Programs and Research

Plaridel Hall, Ylanan Road, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 2669, 2670; 9206863 (Telefax)

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Cine Adarna, Magsaysay and Osmeña Avenues, UP Diliman, Quezon City

Tel: 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax); 9263640 (Cinema Hotline); 9250286

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