The population of rhinoceroses all over the world has depleted through the years, pushing them to the edge of extinction due to the widespread illegal hunting for their horns which are believed to cure a variety of ailments.
On the eve of the elections, GMA News and Public Affairs leaves voters with food for thought: Elect public officials with integrity and those who can help send all children to school and stop them from going hungry.
Benito Bautista’s “Harana” won the San Diego Audience Award at the Pacific Arts Movement’s Spring Showcase on Thursday. On the event’s website, critic Brian Hu described the documentary as “filled with classic songs and teeming with romantic fervor … [it] conjures history from the fields and spellbinds audiences young and old.”
Benito Bautista’s documentary “Harana” got a rave review from San Francisco Chronicle’s G. Allen Johnson. “Harana,” which recounts the search for traditional serenaders in the Philippines, will premiere in San Francisco on March 16, as part of the Center for Asian American Media Film Festival.
We were recently privileged to view Baby Ruth Villarama’s debut documentary, “Jazz in Love,” along with other entries to the Goethe Institute’s Franco-German-Filipino Documentary Workshop.
“Five Broken Cameras” the Oscar-nominated documentary about Palestinian popular resistance in the occupied West Bank, has found itself at the centre of an unusual debate—over its identity.
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – She was a lot more than just the perky “sampaguita girl,” who was found brutally raped and murdered right in the heart of a university community. Rochel Geronda was 14 when she was killed on Feb. 29, only four months after the rape-slay of University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) [...]
Lee Hirsch’s documentary, “Bully,” isn’t easy to watch. It is especially disturbing because it chronicles how physical and psychological abuse affects the lives of the five young students it follows. People see them getting bullied, but they choose to keep their disapproval to themselves to avoid “rocking the boat” or shaking up the status quo.
It must have been fated that these two artists should cross paths at some point. Peque Gallaga—acclaimed filmmaker behind 1980s classics “Oro, Plata, Mata,” “Virgin Forest” and “Scorpio Nights”— was commissioned by the Ayala Foundation Inc. to make a documentary on the late National Artist, muralist Carlos “Botong” Francisco.
When Jay Ignacio screened his documentary, “The Bladed Hand: The Global Impact of the Filipino Martial Arts,” recently at Aratani Theater in LA’s Little Tokyo, he drew a good turnout of martial arts experts, devotees and fans.
On the second year of the Manila Film Financing Forum, reality took a huge bite off the top prizes. The documentary “My Filipina Bride” and the historical drama “Gabriela” were the big winners in the pitching event. The forum is likened to a round-robin “blind date” between aspiring filmmakers and prospective producers, investors, distributors and financiers.
Two films from the last Cinemalaya are preparing for international premieres. Benito Bautista’s documentary “Harana” will compete in October in the Wide Angle section of the Busan fest in Korea, and also in Hawaii.
