36 PH films in Australia

COCO Martin in “Next Attraction”

Thirty-six Filipino films are being featured by the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (Qagoma) in a series of screenings from Nov. 25, 2015, to April 6 this year in Brisbane, Australia.

The Qagoma is home to the Australian Cinematheque which, according to the gallery’s website, “is the only dedicated cinema facility in an Australian art museum.”

On Feb. 13, Raya Martin’s “Next Attraction” will be shown at the Goma Cinema A at 3:45 p.m. “Next Attraction” topbills Coco Martin and Paolo Rivero. According to the gallery’s site, the film “poses the question of whether [a] film is really being made behind the scenes.”

Dubbed “Apt8: Filipino Indie,” the ongoing retrospective is part of the 8th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.

The retro, the event’s website explained, is “a survey of independent and experimental digital filmmaking in the Philippines.”

“Apt8” is cocurated by Filipino artist Yason Banal, whose new video work “An Untitled Episode_2015” is also part of the event.

The retro comprises works by pioneering mavericks, internationally acclaimed artists and budding visionaries.

GINA Pareño in “Kubrador”

Films from the 1980s and 1990s include: Kidlat Tahimik’s “Bakit Dilaw ang Gitna ng Bahag-Hari?”; Nick Deocampo’s “Oliver” and “Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song”; Marlon Fuentes’ “Bontoc Eulogy”; Mike de Leon’s “Bayaning Third World”; and Jon Red’s “Still Lives.”

Films from the first half of 2000s include Kanakan Balintagos’ “Basal Banar sa Dulo ng Daigdig” and “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros”; Southern Tagalog Exposure’s “Alingawngaw ng mga Punglo”; Mes de Guzman’s “Ang Daan Patungong Kalimugtong”; and Ditsi Carolino’s “Bunso.”

The second half of the 2000s are represented by Jeffrey Jeturian’s “Kubrador”; John Torres’ “Todo Todo Teros” and “Ang Ninanais”; Jade Castro’s “Endo”; Khavn’s “Iskwaterpangk”; Sherad Anthony Sanchez’s “Imburnal”; Raya Martin’s “Now Showing,” “Next Attraction” and “Independencia”;  Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s “Kinatay”; and Sari Dalena and Camilla Griggers’ “Memories of a Forgotten War.”

Films from 2011 onwards are also on the list: Shireen Seno’s “Big Boy”; Jewel Maranan’s “Tundong Magiliw: Pasaan Isinisilang Siyang Mahirap?”; Khavn’s “Mondomanila” and “Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore”; Pam Miras’ “Pascalina”; Gym Lumbera’s “Anak Araw”; Kiri and Sari Dalena’s “The Guerrilla Is a Poet”; Timmy Harn’s “Reptilia in Suburbia”; Jet Leyco’s “Bukas na Lang Sapagkat Gabi na”; Lester Valle’s “Walang Rape sa Bontok”; Kidlat Tahimik’s “Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III”; JL Burgos’ “Portraits of Mosquito Press”; and Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s “Taklub.”