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What's Happening at the UPFI Film Center This July
Published: 2011-07-03 16:27:00

(SPOT.ph) Attention, cinephiles! The UP Film Institute Film Center at the University of the Philippines Diliman will be screening an exciting lineup of classics, indies, docus, and foreign flicks this month.

The festivities kick off on July 4 with the Agit Prop International Film Festival on Peoples’ Struggles where Rights 3, Ka Bel, Dukot, The Yes Men, and more international docus will be screened. On July 5 to 7, 15, and 16, Spotlight on Docus brings to the screen the much-awaited university premiere of Monster Jimenez’s Kano along with other documentaries like The Road to Melancholia, Entablado, Galaw ng Araw, Waray in the City, Manila’s Forgotten Past, and more. Films created by the UPFI students will also be shown.

The acclaimed film Pinoy Sunday featuring Bayani Agbayani and Epy Quizon by award-winning director Ho Wi-Ding will open the Taiwan Film Festival on July 20 to 22. Other must-sees: Kung Fu Dunk by Kevin Wu; Eat, Drink, Man, Woman by Ang Lee; Cape No. 7 by Wei Te-Sheng; and more.

Featured films from Cinemalaya 7 will be shown from July 26 at 29 and August 2 to 5. The line up includes Amok, Ang Babae sa Septic Tank; Bahay Bata; Cuchera; I-Libings: Your Loss, Our Luck; Ligo Na U, Lapit N Me; Niño; Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kabilang Paa; Teoriya; new breed shorts; and directors showcase films.

Just in time for the showing of its remake,  Joey Gosiengfiao’s Temptation Island will be screened at Back to Classics on July 4 and 13 with Ramon Estella’s Magkaibang Lahi. Meanwhile, Untitled/Visions on July 14, 22, and 29 features international works like Jean-Luc Goddard'sHistoire du Cinema, Dusan Makajev's W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism, and Guy Maddins' Brand Upon the Brain.

While you’re there, check out the exhibits at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery. On display until July 23 is Broken Pleases by Catalina Africa, and opening on July 15 are Daily Digest by Martin De Mesa, Marija Vicente, Maria Jeona, and Mark Sanchez, and Videos of Pil and Galia Kollectiv. Both exhibits run until August 5.

For inquiries, contact the UPFI at 926-2722 or 926-3640.

Detailed lineup and schedules.

		Agit Prop Film Festival on Peoples' Struggles Cine Adarna/Main Cinema July 4, all day - Rights 3, Ka Bel, Dukot, The Yes Men and other international docus
		Spotlight on Docus Cine Adarna/Main Cinema July 5, 5 and 7 p.m. - Monster Jimenez's Kano (P100 admission fee) July 6, 2:30, 5, and 7 p.m. - Reinvigorating Documentary Films presented by the Goethe Institut and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts: 2:30 p.m. - The Road to Melancholia/The Golden School/Are Clouds Blue/Neo-Rebolusyon 5 p.m. - Entablado/As Told by the Butterflies/Waray in the City/Manila's Forgotten Forest 7 p.m. - Galaw ng Araw/Tundong Magiliw
		Spotlight on Docus Videotheque July 7, 5 p.m. - Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's The Celluloid Closet
		Spotlight on Docus Videotheque July 7, 7 p.m. - Jennie Livingston's Paris is Burning July 15 and 16 - UPFI Student Works
		Back to Classics Videotheque July 4, 5 p.m. - Joey Gosiengfiao's Temptation Island
		Back to Classics Videotheque July 13, 5 p.m. - Ramon Estella's Magkaibang Lahi
		Untitled/Visions: Videotheque July 14, 2:30p.m. - Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire du Cinema
		Untitled/Visions : Videotheque July 22, 5 p.m. - Dusan Makajev's W.R. : Mysteries of the Organism
		Untitled/Visions: Videotheque July 29, 5 p.m. - Guy Maddin's Brand Upon the Brain!
		Taiwan Film Festival Cine Adarna/Main Cinema and Videotheque July 20 5:30 p.m. - Ho Wi-Ding's Pinoy Sunday 7:30 p.m. - Kevin Wu's Kung Fu Dunk July 21 5 p.m. - Tsai Ming-Liang's Vive l'Amour 5:30 p.m. - Collected Short Films (Videotheque) 7:30 p.m. - Hou Hsaio-Hsien's Three Times July 22 4:30 p.m. - Taiwanese Documentaries (Videotheque) 5 p.m. - Wei Te-Sheng's Cape No. 7 6:30 p.m. - Taiwanese Documentaries (Videotheque) 7:30 p.m. - Ang Lee's Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
		7th Cinemalaya Film Festival Cine Adarna/Main Cinema July 26 to 29, Aug 2 to 5, 5 and 7:30 p.m. Amok, Ang Babae sa sa Septic Tank, Bahay Bata, Cuchera, I-Libings: Your Loss, Our Luck; Ligo Na U, Lapit Na Me; Niño, Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kabilang Paa, Teoriya + New Breed Shorts and Directors Showcase Films *Final schedule to be announced
		Exhibits at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery Broken Pleases: Catalina Africa until July 23 Daily Digest: Martin De Mesa, Marija Vicente, Maria Jeona and Mark Sanchez July 15 to August 5 The Videos of Pil and Galia Kollectiv July 15 to August 5

Images courtesy of Yason Banal

Date:
July 2011

Venue:

Cine Adarna UP Film Center

Ishmael Bernal Gallery Diliman, Quezon City

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