5th Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film & New Media Festival
Featured Films:
Silent Odyssey
The First Feature-Length Documentary Film on Filipino Deaf Culture
A journey into the Deaf world—brings out the Filipino Deaf’s sentiments towards the hearing society, chronicles the significant and pioneering efforts of different institutions and personages in Philippine Deaf history and touches on important and current issues on Deaf education. It introduces the word “audism” (Deaf oppression)—a not-yet-so-popularl y used term in the Filipino Deaf community; takes a glimpse at the 15th World Federation of the Deaf Congress in Spain with the theme “Human Rights Through Sign Language” and the celebration of the entry into force in the Philippines of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Projections: A Collection of New Shorts
A compilation of 11 short films. July 12, 2008 Saturday,
6:15 pm CCP Little Theater
Synopsis:
Ultimo explores Filipino identity and nationhood through scenes from a poetic documentary of Khavn's meanderings in Spain interspersed with lines from Jose Rizal's Mi Ultimo Adios.
Contest:
NEIL GAIMAN and FULLY BOOKED
present
The 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards
After two successful years of exploring Filipino Unrealism through prose fiction and comics, the Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards opens its third with a new category: short film.
All Filipino citizens may send their original entries in the prose fiction, comics, and short film categories to any Fully Booked branch.
The winning prose and comics entries will be compiled and published by Fully Booked, with a foreword by Neil Gaiman. All winning short films will be screened on awarding day.
