Cinemalaya 2008 Entries | DIAMANTE SA LANGIT

Two brothers journey to compete in a kite-flying contest. They’re ready to win, but a more precious prize awaits them.

Vic Acedillo became both a screenwriter and producer by accident with his Cinemalaya 2006 film Batad. The following year, he forced himself to direct his own short film, To Ni. Diamante sa Langit is his third production.

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2008/07/03/2008-cinemalaya-film-festival-short-film-entries/

Cinemalaya 2008 Entries | ANGAN-ANGAN

This short film (the title of which means “Dreams”) focuses on a nine-year-old girl named Satra who has been mute for as long as she could remember. Her determination to secure a good education reverberates clearly amid the strictness of her Yakan culture. The Yakan are one of the 13 Moro groups in the Philippines. They mainly reside in Basilan, Mindanao.

Sheron Dayoc is an independent filmmaker, editor, cinematographer, photographer, painter and writer. He has developed several documentary films, short feature films and audiovisual presentations for various international and local NGOs, government institution, and other private line agencies. He has special interest in documenting the lives of people in the grassroots level, particularly the marginalized people and different tribes in Mindanao.

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2008/07/03/2008-cinemalaya-film-festival-short-film-entries/

Cinemalaya 2008 Entries | ANGAN-ANGAN

This short film (the title of which means “Dreams”) focuses on a nine-year-old girl named Satra who has been mute for as long as she could remember. Her determination to secure a good education reverberates clearly amid the strictness of her Yakan culture. The Yakan are one of the 13 Moro groups in the Philippines. They mainly reside in Basilan, Mindanao.

Sheron Dayoc is an independent filmmaker, editor, cinematographer, photographer, painter and writer. He has developed several documentary films, short feature films and audiovisual presentations for various international and local NGOs, government institution, and other private line agencies. He has special interest in documenting the lives of people in the grassroots level, particularly the marginalized people and different tribes in Mindanao.

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2008/07/03/2008-cinemalaya-film-festival-short-film-entries/

Cinemalaya 2008 Entries | ANG IBANG MGA PAMILYA

Spinster Connie Ocampo (Lui Manansala) deals with the loss of her adopted son, Cesar, a young man with Down’s Syndrome. Faced with sudden emptiness, she occupies herself with the minutiae of the wake. A chance encounter with strangers forces her to evaluate her future. Ang Ibang Mga Pamilya is director/writer Joel Ruiz’s second time to join the short film category. His first entry, Mansyon (The Mansion) won Best Short Film in Cinemalaya 2005.

Playing the tragic character of Connie is Lui Manansala, who brings an uncertainty to the hardened character. Shooting was done in two days, each day lasting 24 hours, using only paper lanterns. Connie’s house is a basement with a lowered ceiling, adding to the claustrophobia of the piece. The rest of the story occurs in a funeral chapel in Pasay City, where the production staff contended with the wailing, gambling relatives of the deceased in the chapels next door.

Lui Manansala is a veteran stage and screen actor, appearing in numerous theater and film productions. He appeared in Yam Laranas’ acclaimed horror flick Sigaw opposite Iza Calzado, in Erik Matti’s Pasiyam, and in Lav Diaz’s award-winning Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino, all screened in 2004.

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2008/07/03/2008-cinemalaya-film-festival-short-film-entries/

Cinemalaya 2008 Entries | ANDONG

Six-year-old Andong is obsessed, and nothing, not even his mother’s disapproval and constant nagging can help curb his persistent infatuation. It didn’t come out as a surprise to anyone when the precocious little boy went into a mad frenzy over the prospect of landing the much-coveted love-of-his-life. For the impoverished boy, it takes a miracle to convince his mother to give him twenty pesos. Andong is a story about pre-juvenile obsession and the real value of a hard-fought twenty pesos.

As a veteran of Cinemalaya director Rommel “Milo” Tolentino was one of the finalists in the very first Cinemalaya in 2005 for his work Alimuom. The following year, his short film Orasyon (Angelus) won the Cinemalaya 2006 Best Short Feature Film award.

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/2008/07/03/2008-cinemalaya-film-festival-short-film-entries/

2008 Cinemalaya Film Festival - Short Film Entries

10 short films with the theme “Anong Kwento Mo?” are also competing in this year’s Cinemalaya Film Festival happening on July 11, 2008 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

1. ANDONG
2. ANG IBANG MGA PAMILYA
3. ANGAN-ANGAN
4. DIAMANTE SA LANGIT
5. GOD ONLY KNOWS
6. HULING BIKTIMA
7. MY PET
8. PANGGARIS
9. TRAILS OF WATER
10.TUTOS

Cinemalaya 2008 Mechanics / Rules and Regulations / Guidelines

INTRODUCTION
The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2008 is a project of the Cinemalaya Foundation, Inc., in partnership with the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI), and the EconoIink Investments, Inc. (EII).

Slated for 11-20 July 2008, the festival features

1. a competition
2. film exhibitions
3. seminars, conferences and an independent film congress
4. other film-related fringe events

In the spirit of independent expression, the Cinemalaya Awards seeks to discover, encourage, and honor the cinematic works of Filipino filmmakers that boldly articulate and freely interpret the Filipino experience with fresh insight and artistic integrity.

The works will be

1. narrative features that articulate Filipino identity and culture
2. in digital video format - to take advantage of this new, more accessible technology
3. open to filmmakers who have directed not more than three (3) full-length commercial films.

There will be two categories:
1. Short Feature (20 minutes maximum length; no minimum length)
2. Full-length Feature for filmmakers who have not directed more than 3 films (from 90 to 120 minutes)

Ten (10) finalists will be selected from the Short Feature Category.
Ten (10) finalists will be selected from the Full-Length Feature Category.

The ten (10) finalists for the Full-length Feature film category will receive a P500,000.00 seed grant from the Cinemalaya Foundation, Inc. as investment for the production.

Awards are:
1. The Best Short Feature Film will receive a grant of P100,000.00 and a Balanghai Trophy.
2. The Best Full-length Feature Film will receive a grant of P200,000.00 and a Balanghai Trophy.

Awards for all categories will be given on 20 July 2008 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Source: http://www.pinoyfilm.com/cinemalaya-2008-mechanics-rules-and-regulations-guidelines