Cinemalaya 2008 Info

(Courtesy of GMA newstv and Philippine Entertainment Portal)

The fourth edition of the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival begins tonight, July 11, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Ten full-length films and ten short films will be adhering to the theme, "Anong Kwento Mo?" or how Filipinos always have an interesting story to tell.

For the opening night, Adolf Alix Jr.'s Adela will have its world premiere at the CCP Main Theatre. This tribute film to Anita Linda also stars Iza Calzado, Jason Abalos, Joem Bascon, Mr. German Moreno.

The winning entry for the full-length category will be given an additional grant of P200,000 plus the Cinemalaya trophy during the awarding ceremony on July 20 at the Main Theatre of CCP. The winner of the short film category will receive a P100,000 grant plus the Cinemalaya trophy.

Both opening night and awards night are open to the public.

Tickets are priced at P100 each, with 50% discount for students. For more ticket information and block sales inquiry, please call CCP Box Office at 832-1125 local 1406.

100 is about a stern, uptight and exacting woman with a terminal illness who tries to accomplish a list of 100 things to do before she dies. Her tasks vary from the simple to the complicated, from the practical to the mundane, from the ordinary to the extraordinary. In the process, she accepts the truth that even if death is something personal, dying never is.

12 July/Sat, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

15 July/Tue, 6:15PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

17 July/Thu, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

17 July/Thu, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute

19 July/Sat, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

19 July/Sat, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

Baby Angelo centers on an investigation that ensues when an aborted fetus is found in the dumpster of a run-down apartment complex. The lives of the tenants—a reclusive old man with curious ramblings, a landlord with overzealous thirst for justice and a young couple whose past threatens to unravel their marriage—are suddenly exposed in the hunt for the perpetrator of the baby's death.

12 July/Sat, 6:15PM,Tanghalang Huseng Batute

13 July/Sun, 3:30PM,Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

15 July/Tue, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

17 July/Thu, 9:00PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

18 July/Fri, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

18 July/Fri, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

Boses (Voices) is the story of a musician, who regains back his humanity by giving violin lessons to a child of the slums, who, through the instrument, is able to get back his voice from a muted, abused and desensitized existence. This is a story of a wonderful friendship founded on the sublime beauty of music between a violin teacher and his student, a mute seven-year old abused child in a shelter.

13 July/Sun, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

13 July/Sun, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

16 July/Wed, 6:15PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

18 July/Fri, 12:45PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

18 July/Fri, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute

19 July/Sat, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

Brutus tells the tale of two Mangyan children, hired by illegal loggers to smuggle wood from the mountains of Mindoro, as they embark on a dangerous journey to deliver the goods to the lowlands. In the process, they discover a world run by the greed of men, a world governed by ideologies that bring about the armed conflict that plagues the Mindoro highlands, the home of their own people.

13 July/Sun, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

15 July/Tue, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute

16 July/Wed, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

18 July/Fri, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

19 July/Sat, 6:15PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

20 July/Sun, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

Concerto is about how, in the last part of World War II, a special piano concert is held in the forests of Davao. In these boondocks, a displaced Filipino family becomes acquainted with a group of Japanese officers, similarly camped nearby. Based on true stories from the director's family, Ang Concerto celebrates a family whose reverence for life, expressed through their love of music and friendship, can survive even war, and shows how beauty and compassion can grow in even the harshest of situations.

12 July/Sat, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

15 July/Tue, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

16 July/Wed, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute

17 July/Thu, 9:00PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

18 July/Fri, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

19 July/Sat, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

Huling Pasada follows the creative process of Ruby, a prolific writer, abandoned wife and protective mother. She writes about Mario, a taxi driver and father figure to a street child. As she tries to resolve Mario's story, she seeks refuge in her own creative output and the line between reality and fiction is blurred. Mario's past becomes entangled with her own inevitable future.

12 July/Sat, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute

13 July/Sun, 6:15PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

15 July/Tue, 6:15PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

18 July/Fri, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

18 July/Fri, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

19 July/Sat, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

Jay is the name of the two protagonists in the film, one is living, the other dead. The living Jay is producing a documentary of the dead Jay, a gay teacher who was brutally killed. As Jay recreates and examines the life of his subject, his own life is affected when he unravels his subject's hidden life and secret love.

12 July/Sat, 6:15PM (GALA), Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

13 July/Sun, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute

16 July/Wed, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

17 July/Thu, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

17 July/Thu, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

19 July/Sat, 6:15PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

My Fake American Accent is a slice-of-life workplace comedy following the lives of technical support call center agents in the span of six months. Speaking with a fake American accent is a prerequisite for the job. This ensemble comedy is an inside look into the maddening, sleep-deprived, caffeine-fuelled lives of those who ply their trade in the call center industry.

13 July/Sun, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

13 July/Sun, 6:15PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

15 July/Tue, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

18 July/Fri, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

18 July/Fri, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute

20 July/Sun, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

Namets by Jay Abello is a colorful celebration of food as well as love, and the love of food above all, which is central to being Negrosanon and being Filipino. It follows the flirtation between Jacko and Cassie, two Negrenses who grew up in Bacolod, and whose lives revolve around food. The film will be shot on location in Negros Occidental and will be primarily in Hiligaynon, the language spoken in that region.

13 July/Sun, 3:30PM (GALA), Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)

15 July/Tue, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute

16 July/Wed, 9:00PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

18 July/Fri, 3:30PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

18 July/Fri, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

19 July/Sat, 12:45PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

Ranchero unfolds in a small provincial jail in the province of Rizal, Philippines. And today is Ricardo's last day behind bars. He and his close friend Miyong are tasked to cook rations for their inmates. The two friends spent the whole morning talking about Ricardo's plans when he gets out. After lunch, one of the kitchen knives is missing which called the attention of jail officials. Not only will this delay the ration for the day, but also the freedom Ricardo and Miyong wish for themselves.

12 July/Sat, 6:15PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

12 July/Sat, 9:00PM (GALA) Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

16 July/Wed, 6:15PM, Bulwangang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)

17 July/Thu, 3:30PM, Tanghalang Nicanor Aberlardo (CCP Main Theatre)

17 July/Thu, 6:15PM, Tanghalang Huseng Batute

19 July/Sat, 12:45PM, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theatre)