Cinemanila, Back in Taguig

The Philippines’ longest running and largest international film festival, Cinemanila, celebrates its 2011 edition with the partnership of Taguig City.

The Cinemanila International Film Festival, now on its 13th year, will once again screen 80 films from 30 different countries at Market! Market! and Fully Booked in Bonifacio Global City. There will also be outdoor screenings on the lawn of High Street.

This is the second year that Cinemanila will be partnering with Taguig City, one of the most progressive cities in Metro Manila. Cinemanila’s current theme, “I ♥ Cinema. I ♥ Cinemanila,” reflects a passion for film that spans over a decade.

“For the love of cinema has been our mantra for thirteen years now,” said Founding Director Tikoy Aguiluz. “Cinemanila has been a passionate affair for us since we started in 1999. The message is clear: the Cinemanila experience has been a journey of true love for cinema.”

Aside from the usual roster of films fresh from Cannes, Berlin, and Pusan film festivals, one of the 2011 Cinemanila’s highlights is a film program called “The Beautiful Game,” which will feature films revolving around football/soccer and its beloved icons.  Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Philippine superstar Nora Aunor, and Italian master of horror Dario Argento. This year’s festival will also see the launch of the Cinemanila Moonlight Series, weekly outdoor film screenings to take place in Taguig City beginning January 2012.

“2011 marks the second year of our relationship with Taguig,” Aguiluz enthused. “It is our hope and wish that the Cinemanila International Film Festival will continue to grow with the City of Taguig so that we will be able to realize our mission to bring world cinema to the Philippines and Philippine cinema to the world.”

Cinemanila Young Cinema (Competition and Exhibition) Finalists

SHORTS IN COMPETITION

123 by Carlo Obispo
Ang Gugma ni Olivia (Olivia’s Love) by Christian Linaban
Canto III by Keith Sicat
Inosensya (Innocence) by Mikhail Red
Kapatid (Brothers) by Steven Flor
Saranghae My Tutor by Victor Villanueva
Sirip (Glimpse) by Kim Camelo

SHORT IN EXHIBITION

Agos (Waves) by Samantha Lee
Bleached by Jess dela Merced
Dadi by Ilsa Malsi
Huling Araw ng Pagsisilbi (Last Day of Service) by Bienvenido O. Ferrer III
Leaving Home by Epoy Deyto
Manenaya (Waiting) by Richard Legaspi
Pangako (Promise) by Sari Raissa Lluch Dalena
Sydney-Manila Express by Bor Ocampo

 

The 13th Cinemanila will be held from November 11 to 17, 2011 at the Market! Market! Cinemas in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City. Around 50 international and local films will be screened in a span of 7 days, from the current toasts of the local indie scene to the award-winners and favorites of prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam, Sundance, and Pusan. The festival will also feature workshops, seminars, and master classes. For more info, or jpegs for a release, please contact cinemanila.press@gmail.com andcinemanila@gmail.com or go to www.cinemanila.org.ph. 

For updates, join the Cinemanila International Film Festival Facebook Group athttps://www.facebook.com/groups/246306172084819/ and follow Cinemanila on Twitter athttp://twitter.com/CinemanilaIFF . 

The 2011 Cinemanila International Film Festival is presented by the City of Taguig and the Cinemanila International Film Festival Foundation, together with Market! Market! Cinemas, in cooperation with Fully Booked, Bonifacio Global City, Cinema One, Manila Bulletin, Business World, TBWA\Mangada Santiago Puno, Outpost Visual Frontier, Solid Video Corporation, Scenema Concepts International, Click the City, Pep.ph, Spot.ph, Web Philippines, Goethe Institut, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, the Embassy of Italy in Manila, the Australian Embassy, the Film Development Council of the Philippines, Jeonju Film Festival, Asiatica Mediale, and Murray n D’Vine. 

Schedule:

Download Schedule here.

NOVEMBER 11 - Friday

07:00 pm Opening Film: PINA (3D) / Wim Wenders Germany / France / UK, 2011 / 106 mins
By Invitation Only

NOVEMBER 12 - Saturday

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 4

11:30 am BABY ARABIA / Panu Aree, Kong Rithdee, Kaweenipon Ketprasit / Thailand, 2011 / 73 mins

1:45 pm QUATTRO HONGKONG 2 / Brillante Mendoza (Philippines), Ho Yuhang (Malaysia), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand), Stanley Kwan (Hong Kong) / 65 mins

4:30 pm PINA (3D) / Wim Wenders (Germany / France / UK, 2011 / 106 mins

7:00 pm Main Competition: SUN-BEATEN PATH / Sonthar Gyal / China / 89 mins

9:00 pm THE YELLOW SEA / Na Hong-Jin / South Korea, 2010 / 140 mins

11:45 pm Surprise Screening

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 5

11:30 am THE CUP / Khyentse Norbu / Bhutan / Germany, 1999 / 93 mins

01:45 pm FINNISTERAE / Sergio Caballero / Spain, 2010 / 80 mins

04:30 pm BUENAS NOCHES ESPANA / Raya Martin / Philippines / Spain, 2011 / 70 mins

07:00 pm Main Competition: TOOMELAH / Ivan Sen / Australia, 2011 / 106 mins

09:00 pm BLIND / Anh Sang-hoon / South Korea, 2011 / 111 mins

11:45 pm VANISHED: AGE 7 (Nanatsu made wa kami no uchi) / Ryuta Miyake / Japan, 2011

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA CINEMA 6

01:45 pm WU XIA / Peter Chan / Hong Kong / China, 2011 / 114 mins

05:00 pm NANGA PARBAT / Joseph Vilsmaier / Germany, 2009 / 104 mins (Free Entry)
Presented by Goethe Institut Manila

07:00 pm THIRTEEN ASSASSINS / Takashi Miike / Japan / UK, 2009 / 126 mins

09:00 pm SLEEPING BEAUTY / Julia Leigh / Australia, 2011 / 104 mins.

11:00 pm I SAW THE DEVIL / Kim Jee-woon / South Korea, 2010 / 141 mins

NOVEMBER 13 - Sunday

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 4

11:30 am MINDFULNESS AND MURDER 90 mins

1:45 pm Main Competition: SUN-BEATEN PATH / Sonthar Gyal / China / 89 mins

4:30 pm SEA COMPETITION: GOLDEN SLUMBERS / Davy Chou / Cambodia, 2011 /96 mins

6:15 pm THE YELLOW SEA / Na Hong-Jin / South Korea, 2010 / 140 mins

9:00 pm Digital Lokal: SENORITA / Vincent Sandoval / Philippines / 100 mins

11:00 pm YOYOCHU IN THE LAND OF THE RISING SEX / Masato Ishioka / Japan, 2010

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 5

11:30 am MADAME X / Lucky Kuswandi / Indonesia, 2010 / 106 mins

01:45 pm BLIND / Anh Sang-hoon / South Korea, 2011 / 111 mins

04:30 pm Main Competition: TOOMELAH / Ivan Sen / Australia, 2011 / 106 mins

07:00 pm TWO ESCOBARS / Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist / 2010 / 100 mins

09:00 pm SHIRO'S HEAD / Don and Kel Muna / USA, 2008 / 81 mins.
Intro/Q&A with director Kel Muna

11:45 pm TheRapist (short film) / Diane Ventura / Philippines, 2011
GANDU (ASSHOLE) / Kaushik Mukherjee /India, 2010 / 86 mins

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 6

01:45 pm Main Competition: IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE / Florin Serban / Romania, 2010 / 94 mins

04:30 pm POETRY / Lee Chang-dong / South Korea, 2010 / 139 mins

07:00 pm SLEEPING BEAUTY / Julia Leigh / Australia, 2011 / 104 mins.
Presented by the Embassy of Australia

09:00 pm SEA Competition: THE MIRROR NEVER LIES / Kamila Andini / Indonesia, 2011 / 100 mins

11:45 pm Surprise Screening

FULLYBOOKED U-VIEW HIGH STREET

01:45 pm THE CUP / Khyentse Norbu / Bhutan / Germany, 1999 / 93 mins

04:30 pm ORILLAS / Pablo Cesar Argentina, 2010

07:00 pm FOOL IN A BUBBLE / Joshua Sternlicht / USA, 2010 / 82 mins
Director present

NOVEMBER 14 - Monday

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 4

1:45 pm Introduction to 3D Stereoscopics
Presented by Scenema Concept International

4:30 pm MINDFULNESS AND MURDER / Tom Waller / Thailand, 2011 / 90 mins

7:00 pm SEA Competition: WATER HANDS / Vladimir Todorovic / Singapore, 2011 / 93 mins.

9:00 pm ELITE SQUAD 2 : ENEMY WITHIN / Jose Padilha / Brazil, 2010 / 115 mins

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 5

01:45 pm OPERA JAWA / Garin Nugroho / Indonesia / Austria, 2006 / 120 mins

04:30 pm THE DAY I DISAPPEARED / Atousa Bandeh Ghiasabadi / Netherlands / Iran, 2011 / 61 mins

07:00 pm SEA Competition: BOUNDARY / Benito Bautista / Philippines, 2011
Director present

09:00 pm BREATHLESS / Yang Ik-Joon / South Korea, 2008 / 130 mins; INTRO / Q & A with Kkobi Kim (actress) and Ik-Joon Yang (director)

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 6

01:45 pm HABEMUS PAPAM / Nanni Moretti / Italy, 2011 / 102 mins
Presented by the Embassy of Italy in Manila

04:30 pm Main Competition: ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA / Nuri Bilge Ceylan / Turkey, 2011 /
157 mins

06:45 pm ETERNITY / M.L. Pundhevanop Dhewakul / Thailand, 2010 / 129 mins

09:00 pm Main Competition: GANGOR / Italo Spinelli / Italy, 2010 / 94 mins
Intro / Q&A with Director

FULLYBOOKED U-VIEW HIGH STREET

01:45 pm ZIDANE: A 21ST CENTURY PORTRAIT / Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno / France, 2006 / 91 mins

04:30 pm OBERHAUSEN BEST OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
Compilation Shorts / Germany / 80'

OUTDOOR SCREENING / BONIFACIO HIGH STREET

07:00 pm MOONLIGHT SERIES: BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM / Gurinder Chadha / USA, 2002

NOVEMBER 15 - Tuesday

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 4

1:45 pm A BROOM BECOMES A GOLDFISH / Dong-joo Kim / South Korea, 2008 / 79

4:30 pm HAPPYLAND / Jim Libiran / Philippines, 2010 / 95 mins

7:00 pm RED STATE / Kevin Smith (USA, 2011)

9:00 pm Digital Lokal: SA KANTO NG LANGIT AT LUPA / Mes de Guzman / Philippines, 2011

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 5

01:45 pm JEONJU SHORTS A / 116 mins
- In Public / Jia Zhang-Ke (China, 2001)
- Worldly Desires / Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand, 2005)
- No Day Off / Eric Khoo (Singapore, 2006)

04:30 pm JEONJU SHORTS B / 101 mins
- Influenza / Bong Joon-Ho (South Korea, 2004)
- Magician / Song Il-Gon (South Korea, 2005)
- Lost in the Mountains / Hong Sang-Soo (South Korea, 2009)

07:00 pm Digital Lokal: SAKAY SA HANGIN / Regiben Romana / Philippines, 123 mins
Director present

09:00 pm DAYTIME DRINKING / Noh Young-Seok / South Korea, 2008 / 116 mins INTRO / Q & A – Director Noh Young Seok

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 6

01:45 pm Main Competition: POETRY / Lee Chang-dong / South Korea, 2010 / 139 mins

04:15 pm I SAW THE DEVIL / Kim Jee-woon / South Korea, 2010 / 141 mins

07:00 pm THE STRIKER WITH THE NO. 9 / Pantelis Voulgaris / Greece, 1989 / 117 mins Presented by the Embassy of Greece in Manila

09:30 pm THE WAY / Emilio Estevez / USA, 2010 / 121 mins

FULLYBOOKED U-VIEW HIGH STREET

04:30 pm OBERHAUSEN COMES TO CINEMANILA: SHORT FILM SEMINAR with programmer HERBERT SCHWARZE

OUTDOOR SCREENING / BONIFACIO HIGH STREET

07:00 pm YOUNG CINEMA NIGHT SHORTS IN EXHIBITION / 109 mins

09:00 pm SHORTS IN COMPETITION / 120 mins

KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER

07:00 pm DAYTIME DRINKING / Noh Young-Seok (South Korea, 2008)
Director present

NOVEMBER 16 - Wednesday

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 4

1:45 pm POSTALES / Josh Hyde / USA, 2011 / 80 mins

4:30 pm QUATTRO HONGKONG 2 Brillante Mendoza (Philippines), Ho Yuhang
(Malaysia), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand), Stanley Kwan (Hong Kong) / 65 mins

7:00 pm A TIME TO LOVE / Yang Ik-Joon & Boo ji-Young / South Korea, 2011 /80 mins Intro / Q&A with Director Yang Ik-Joon

9:00 pm Digital Lokal: LAWAS KAN PINABLI (Forever Loved) / Christopher Gozum / Philippines, 2011 / 208 mins

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 5

01:45 pm COLOR OF PAIN / / Kanghyun Lee / South Korea / 136 mins

04:30 pm TATLONG TAON WALANG DIYOS / Mario O'Hara / Philippines, 1976 / 118 mins

07:00 pm NIGHTFISHING / Park Chan-wook / South Korea, 2011 / 33 mins.
THIS IS NOT A FILM / Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb / Iran, 2010 / 75 mins

09:00 pm BONA / Lino Brocka / Philippines, 1980 / 86 mins

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 6

01:45 pm Main Competition: ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA / Nuri Bilge Ceylan / Turkey, 2011 / 157 mins

04:30 pm Main Competition: IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE / Florin Serban / Romania, 2010 /
94 mins

07:00 pm SEA Competition: ETERNITY / Sivaroj Kongsakul / Thailand, 2010 / 105 mins

09:00 pm WU XIA / Peter Chan / Hong Kong / China, 2011 / 114 mins

NOVEMBER 17 - Thursday

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 4

1:45 pm SIGLO NG PAGLULUWAL (Century of Birthing) / Lav Diaz / Philippines, 2011 / 6 hours

8:00 pm MAPANG-AKIT / John Torres (Philippines, 2011) 40 mins

9:00 pm THE TUNNEL / Carlo Ledesma / Australia, 2011 / 90 mins

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 5

01:45 pm HIMALA / Ishmael Bernal / Philippines, 1982

04:30 pm OFFSIDE / Jafar Panahi / Iran, 2006

07:00 pm AWARDS NIGHT

09:00 pm Closing Film: LIFE IN A DAY / Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald / USA, 2011 / 95 mins.

MARKET! MARKET! CINEMA 6

01:45 pm SEA Competition: ETERNITY / Sivaroj Kongsakul / Thailand, 2010 / 105 mins

04:30 pm UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES / Apichatpong Weerasethakul / Thailand / UK / France / Germany / Spain / Netherlands, 2010 / 114 mins

07:00 pm GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE / Joann Sfar / France, 2010 / 130 mins

09:30 pm SUSPIRIA / Dario Argento / Italy, 1977 / 92 mins
Presented by the Embassy of Italy in Manila

FULLYBOOKED U-VIEW HIGH STREET

11:00 am THE JOY / Felipe Bragança, Marina Meliande / Brazil, 2010

01:45 pm MADAME X / Lucky Kuswandi / Indonesia, 2010 / 106 mins

04:30 pm DEKASEGI / Rey Ventura / Philippines / Japan, 2011

07:00 pm RISE & SHINE: THE JAY DEMERIT STORY / Nick Lewis, Ranko Tutulugdzija /USA, 2011 / 92 mins