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Movie Watch: “Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan”

Posted by Norman on March 10, 2014
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Let's support Filipino movies. Catch its limited run in select local screens this week.

Let’s support Filipino movies. Catch its limited run in select local screens this week.

courtesy of Film Society of Lincoln Center

Dear readers, consider this post as some sort of a commercial break from Bb. Pilipinas and everything pageant-related.

If you have the time, do watch the latest opus of Lav Diaz, “Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan” (North, Border of History). The movie was part of the Official Selection of Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section.

While the movie may not be your usual commercial/mainstream flicks like the monster hit “Starting Over Again”, it should also be supported by local film audiences. Let’s show our pride in the work of our kababayan that has reaped praises internationally and considered by many as “One of the Best Films of 2013”.

Take note of the schedules above

Take note of the schedules above

“Independencia” wins in Bangkok Int’l Filmfest!

Posted by Norman on October 3, 2009
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“Independencia”, a period black-and-white film directed by Raya Martin and which competed in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes 2009 copped two awards in the recently-concluded Bangkok International Film Festival. It was declared Grand Prize winner in the Southeast Asian Category, aside from getting the NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) Jury Prize.

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The film, which stars Sid Lucero, Tetchie Agbayani, Alessandra de Rossi and Mika Aguilos, is actually an experimental piece that follows a mother and son who flee to the mountains to escape the harsh realities of war. Through the years, their lives remained peaceful until the arrival of a mysterious woman (de Rossi) whom the son (Lucero) ended falling up in love with and the two of them started a family to the ignominy of the mother (Agbayani).

The Grand Prize Southeast Asia award was netted by the movie “for its strong cinematic expression. The film is visually adventurous with humor, expressing historical aspects while also very friendly to the audience.” Furthermore, it won the NETPAC Jury Prize “for its cinematic creation exploring the history of the Philippines and the history of Philippine cinema within the limited space and a few characters.”

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On the other hand, another Pinoy movie – “Imburnal” (Sewer) by Sherad Anthony Sanchez – was given a Special Mention citation in the same filmfest “for putting together a very risky concept with complicated sociopolitical background, and for the director’s courage and bravery.”

Congratulations to Directors Raya Martin and Sherad Anthony Sanchez!

Source: PEP.ph