The premiere of the digitally restored version of Lino Brocka’s “Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag,” which was held on Friday night at the Salle Buñuel of the Palais, boasted lead star Hilda Koronel as guest of honor.
Myx TV announces its partnership with the 29th edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) presented by Visual Communications that runs from May 2-12 at the Directors Guild of America, CGV Cinemas in Koreatown, the Tateuchi Democracy Forum in Little Tokyo.
Jun Robles Lana’s “Bwakaw” will be screened in two festivals in Europe. First stop is the Goteborg film fest, to be held in Sweden from Jan. 25 to Feb. 4. Then, the Cinemalaya winner, which top-bills Eddie Garcia, will also be shown at the 19th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, set in France from Feb. 5 to 12.
Six Filipino films have been selected for screenings in the Rotterdam International Film Festival, to be held in the Netherlands from January 23 to February 3.
After Korea and India, Jet Leyco’s “Ex Press” is competing in two international film festivals. “Ex Press” is included in the main competition section of the 16th Jihlava (Czech Republic) International Documentary Film Festival, which will be held from October 23 to 29.
Filipino filmmaker Auraeus Solito’s “Busong” won the grand prize at the 8th All Roads Film Festival in Washington DC this week.
Four Filipino films have been invited to the Luang Prabang Film Festival to be held in Laos from December 1 to 5. These are: Benito Bautista’s “Boundary,” Alvin Yapan and Alemberg Ang’s “Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa,” Antoinette Jadaone’s “Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay,” and Zurich Chan’s “Teoriya.” According to an online [...]
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.
Fil-Am filmmaker Ron Morales’ “Graceland” was recently screened in two North American film festivals, in Montreal, Canada, and Michigan in the United States.
Rommel “Milo” Tolentino’s indie film “Nono” won the Special Jury Prize in the 9th Skip City International D-Cinema Festival in Japan. Tolentino relayed the good news to the Inquirer. An entry in the Netpac competition in last year’s Cinemalaya, “Nono” tells the story of a boy who dreams of joining and winning in an elocution contest, in spite of his cleft palate. The award came with a cash prize from Sony, Sony Business Solutions and Sony PCL.
Known as the “City of Stars,” Quezon City now hopes to become an indie haven, too. The Quezon City Film Development Commission (QCFDC) recently launched QCinema: 2012 Quezon City Film Festival.
Filipino director Joey Agbayani’s short film “Lola” won best animated movie at the Fright Night Film Festival last week in Louisville, Kentucky. Agbayani told the Inquirer that the honor came as a surprise. “I did not expect it. There were a total of 140 films in the different categories.” It’s the seventh international honor for the film, he said. It previously won in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Toronto and Atlanta festivals.
