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| Indie actors Japo Porcero and me |
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| QIFF Dance Troupe spices up the event with a lively dance number |
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| Representatives from the Blogosphere |
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| Ganda Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte and QC Mayor Herbert Bautista |
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| Exciting host grabs everyone's attention |
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| QC Mayor Herbert Bautista and Councilors with Directors Soxie Topacio and Joel Lamangan |
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| QC Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte - Sonny's Daughter |
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| BAGETS REUNION - Bistek and Raymond |
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| QC Mayor Herbert Bautista QIFF Opening Night Speech |
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| Honoring Cecille Baun - the woman who has transformed the face of Philippine Cinema (Prosthetics Expert) |
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| Filipino mythological creatures - Manananggal, Aswang, Tikbalang, Tiyanak |
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| More characters of Filipino folklore - Medusa, Darna, and Dyesebel |
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| What? There's a huge green man with a 2-headed snake behind me?? Haha! You're joking! |
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| ZUMA |
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| `Dito ako Meyor. Sa QC. ' |
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| GMA interviews QC Mayor Herbert Bautista - "Will you do a sequel to Bagets 2"? |
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| Make no mistek. That's Bistek! |
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| Ribbon-Cutting ceremony officially opens the QCinema International Film Festival |
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| Beautiful Host is Face of the Evening |
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| Top View of the QIFF Opening Ceremonies |
Grants are QC’s ‘gifts’ to indie filmmakers
9:00 AM | Monday, November 3rd, 2014
“ALIENASYON”
“Cinema is all about truth and information. When you have all these, cinema becomes power,” said award-winning veteran actress Tessie Tomas, a cast member of the Arnel Mardoquio movie “Alienasyon,” the opening film at the 2014 QCinema International Film Festival.
“Alienasyon,” based on an important event in the life of Filipino playwright and theater artist Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, is the recipient of a P2-million production grant from the local government of Quezon City under its Film Development Commission.
“BUNSO”
“Films should be tools to tell the world of our country’s situation,” Tomas told the Inquirer during the press launch of the QCinema IFF, which runs from Nov. 5 to 11 at the Ayala Trinoma Mall. Over 30 films, including major Oscar contenders, are in the festival lineup.
“Alienasyon” also features Spanky Manikan, Jess Mendoza, Manuel Chua, Meryll Soriano, Shamaine Buencamino and Art Acuña.
At the press conference, Mardoquio commended organizers for their support of indie filmmakers. Five more films received post-production grants of P150,000 each—Real Florido’s “1st Ko Si Third,” Cha Escala and Wena Sanchez’s “Nick and Chai,” Mike Cabardo’s “Tigbao,” Barbara Politsch’s “Cemetery Life,” and “Tres,” a trilogy by veteran directors William Mayo, Edgardo “Boy” Vinarao and Jose M. Carreon.
“NOT ONE Less”
“It was not about the money,” Mardoquio said, noting that the contract he signed with QCinema was a first in local filmmaking history: “I was given 100-percent copyright ownership of the movie.”
More films now
Festival director Ed Lejano noted: “Last year, we had only three films; now, we have 37. Next year, maybe we’ll continue to produce films through grants. This year, we produced a P2-million film, gave post-production grants to five movies and shot an omnibus film called the ‘QCX’ or the ‘Quezon City Experience.’ We’re handing out candies.”
Included in the “QCX” are films by Victor Villanueva (“Ang Nanay ni Justin Barber”), Grace Simbulan (“Bonifacio”), Miko Livelo (“Sa Ngalan ni Ultimate Warrior”), Jed Medrano (“Senior”) and Rob Jara (“Tila”).
“RPG METANOIA”
Lejano, who has directed indie movies like “Seroks” and “Qwerty,” said the grants are the city’s “gifts to filmmakers.” He explained that, since Quezon City still lacked the machinery to distribute the movies, “We’d rather give the rights to the filmmakers. QC will just show the movies whenever we have events.”
Screening committee
Lejano said a screening committee “of prestigious people in the industry” read over 100 scripts and conducted interviews before handing out the grants. “This was done earlier this year.
We have a unique proponent system—one of them is that the director, producer or writer, should be a QC resident.”
“BOSES”
QCinema is a project of the QC Film Development Commission, the first and the only film commission in the country. “Countries like France and the United States, for example, have film commissions in major cities,” filmmaker Milo Sogueco pointed out. “Before this, we had only the FDCP (Film Development Council of the Philippines). This is the first time that a city is sponsoring an international film fest and giving grants.”
Sogueco, also a board member of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), announced that the agency recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the QC Film Development Commission and QCinema organizers.
The MOU gave the two agencies “the privilege to self-classify and regulate” the films included in the festival, Sogueco said. “This is similar to what the MTRCB did with the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the FDCP, with the projects they were involved in.”
MTRCB picks
The five festival films included in the section called Children’s Classics were picked by the MTRCB, “with the advice of the Commission,” said Sogueco. “They are all reared toward
uplifting children and their rights. We’ve invited public schools based in Quezon City to watch.”
The Lifetime Achievement Award will be handed to renowned prosthetic makeup artist Cecile Baun, a QC resident, during the awards show on Nov. 9. “She turned 80 this year. It’s about time we recognized unsung heroes of the film industry like her,” Lejano said.
“CHILDREN of Heaven”
From www.spot.ph
10 Films You Should See at QCinema 2014
A preview of the indies, documentaries, and award-winning heavyweights featured in this year’s Quezon City Film Festival
Published on: Nov 3, 2014 - 12:00pm
In case you haven't already figured it out, we love movies. And we love telling people about movies. This year, moviegoers will have more exciting flicks to look forward to with the Quezon City Film Festival, happening from November 5 to 11 at TriNoma. Now on its second year, QCinema will feature an impressive lineup of local, documentary, and international films. We've narrowed the selection down to 10 highlights you shouldn't miss.
1. Leviathan
Director: Andrey ZvyagintsevThe controversial Russian film is a compelling drama on the corruption and intimidation that hound contemporary Russia. This modern reinterpretation of the biblical story of Job explores the struggles of a Russian man against a corrupt system. Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin won the award for Best Screenplay at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
2. Two Days, One Night
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc DardenneThe Dardenne brothers are no strangers to profound films that revolve around individuals faced with tragic and difficult circumstances. This time, they tell the story of Sandra (Marion Cotillard), a depressed woman on the brink of unemployment. Her only hope of keeping her job is to persuade a majority of her co-workers to forgo their bonuses ahead of an official vote on Monday morning.
3. Oldboy
Director: Park Chan-WookQCinema will be paying tribute to director Park Chan-Wook by featuring his unforgettable "The Vengeance Trilogy." Oldboy is the second installment of the series, and follows the story of Oh Dae-Su (Min-sik Choi), who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives.
4. Lilet Never Happened
Director: Jacco GroenThis 2012 Dutch-Filipino film zeroes in on Lilet (Sandy Talag), a street child struggling to survive in Manila. A social worker named Claire (Johanna ter Steege) tries to safeguard her, but she stubbornly chooses to earn a living as a child prostitute. The film won the Best Youth Film award at the 2013 Copenhagen International Film Festival, as well as the Audience Award at the 16th Auburn Film Festival for Children and Young Adults.
5. Mommy
Director: Xavier Dolan
25-year-old Xavier Dolan has proven time and again that he is an actor and director with a strong vision. His fifth film centers on single mother Diane Despres (Anne Dorval) and her struggles raising her volatile son, Steve (Antoine-Olivier Pilon). The film competed for the Palme d'Or as part of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival "In Competition" selection, and won the Prix du Jury.
Director: Xavier Dolan
25-year-old Xavier Dolan has proven time and again that he is an actor and director with a strong vision. His fifth film centers on single mother Diane Despres (Anne Dorval) and her struggles raising her volatile son, Steve (Antoine-Olivier Pilon). The film competed for the Palme d'Or as part of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival "In Competition" selection, and won the Prix du Jury.
6. Bigkis
Director: Neal Tan
Bigkis is an honest look at the harsh and painful realities in overcrowded public hospitals. LJ Reyes plays Mariel, a young teenager dealing with an unwanted pregnancy and its difficult consequences. The film also stars Mike Tan, Rosanna Roces, Pancho Magno, and Lauren Young.
Director: Neal Tan
Bigkis is an honest look at the harsh and painful realities in overcrowded public hospitals. LJ Reyes plays Mariel, a young teenager dealing with an unwanted pregnancy and its difficult consequences. The film also stars Mike Tan, Rosanna Roces, Pancho Magno, and Lauren Young.
7. In Darkness We Live
Director: Christopher Ad Castillo
Director Christopher Ad Castillo's latest film is less of a horror flick and more of a slasher-thriller involving a bank robbery gone wrong. The perpetrators go into hiding and find themselves in a dilapidated house, occupied by a mysterious young woman and her grandmother. When darkness hits, the gang realizes there's nowhere to escape what's waiting for them.
Written and directed by Lem Lorca, the film revolves around a small island community where residents set aside a portion of their salary for merriment. The celebration continues for seven days, and as each drop of alcohol is consumed, trouble begins to brew. The movie stars Alessandra de Rossi and Sid Lucero.
Originally known as Sine Panitik, Tres is a trilogy of literary adaptations with the three filmmakers directing one segment each. It features three short stories written by three multi-awarded Filipino writers, namely Gregorio Brilliantes, Rogelio Sicat, and Fanny Garcia.
Director: Christopher Ad Castillo
Director Christopher Ad Castillo's latest film is less of a horror flick and more of a slasher-thriller involving a bank robbery gone wrong. The perpetrators go into hiding and find themselves in a dilapidated house, occupied by a mysterious young woman and her grandmother. When darkness hits, the gang realizes there's nowhere to escape what's waiting for them.
8. Mauban: Ang Resiko
Director: Lem LorcaWritten and directed by Lem Lorca, the film revolves around a small island community where residents set aside a portion of their salary for merriment. The celebration continues for seven days, and as each drop of alcohol is consumed, trouble begins to brew. The movie stars Alessandra de Rossi and Sid Lucero.
9. Tres
Director: William Mayo, Jose M. Carreon, and Edgardo VinaraoOriginally known as Sine Panitik, Tres is a trilogy of literary adaptations with the three filmmakers directing one segment each. It features three short stories written by three multi-awarded Filipino writers, namely Gregorio Brilliantes, Rogelio Sicat, and Fanny Garcia.
10. 1st Ko Si 3rd
Director: Real S. Florido
Easily the most familiar local entry, 1st Ko Si 3rd portrays the reunion of a 65-year-old woman and her first love. Finally, their long-overdue first date takes place...four decades after their separation. Nova Villa topbills this entry, which also won the Cinemalaya Best Actor award for Dante Rivero.
Tickets are priced at P100. For a complete list of films, schedules, see below.
Catch QCinema 2014 from November 5 to 11 at TriNoma cinemas.
Five short films also received production grants each worth P150,000. These are Tila by Rob Jara; Ang Nanay ni Justin Barber by Victor Villanueva; Senior by Jed Medrano; Bonifacio by Grace Simbulan; and Sa Ngalan ni Ultimate Warrior by Miko Livelo. These films comprise the QCX (Quezon City Experience) Anthology.
The five post-prodution grantees, 1st ko si 3rd, Nick and Chai, Tigbao, Cemetery Life, and Tres will also compete at the Circle Competition, with five other films. The Pylon Awards Best Picture winner will be given P300,000. The Jury Prize winner will be given P200,000, while the Audience Choice winner will be given P100,000, and the Gender Sensitivity winner will be given P100,000.
The other five films competing in the Pylon awards are Ang Di Paglimot Ng Mga Alaala by Carl Joseph E. Papa; Bigkis by Neal Tan; In Darkness We Live by Christopher Ad. Castillo; Little Azkals by Baby Ruth Villarama; and Mauban: Ang Resiko by Lem Lorca.
Another festival highlight are the foreign films, which form part of Screen International and the festival’s tribute to Park Chan-Wook.
Screen International Films are 52 Tuesdays from Australia by Sophie Hyde, which won Best Director in World Cinema section of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival; Ida, Poland’s submission to the Foreign Language Category of the 2015 Academy Awards by Pawel Pawlikowski; Jauja of Argentina by Lisandro Alonso and starring Viggo Mortensen, which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Others are Leviathan, Best Screenplay of 2014 Cannes Film Festival nd Russia’s submission to the Foreign Language Category of the 2015 Academy Awards by Andrey Zvyagintsev; Mommy of Canada by Xavier Dolan, which is the Jury Prize winner in the 2014 Cannes Film Festival; The Don Juans of Czech Republic by Jirí Menzel; and Two Days, One Night of Belgium by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne.
The Netherlands Embassy will also hold at the festival the premier of Lilet Never Happened on Nov. 6, 6 p.m. The film, which won Best Youth Film in the Copenhagen Buster Film Festival, is about Sandy Talag or Lilet, who was Manila’s most famous child prostiture.
Lilet Never Happened film director Jacco Groen will grace the premier and will also be part of the Filmakers’ Forum, scheduled on Nov. 10, also at Trinoma. Aside from Groen, 52 Tuesdays” director Sophie Hyde and the local filmakers will be part of the discussion.
Park Chan-Wook fans are also in for a treat, as QCinema shows the Vengeance Trilogy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Old Boy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, in glorious 35mm.
More information are available at www.facebook.com/QuezonCityFilmFest.
Ang Nanay Ni Justin Barber
Director: Real S. Florido
Easily the most familiar local entry, 1st Ko Si 3rd portrays the reunion of a 65-year-old woman and her first love. Finally, their long-overdue first date takes place...four decades after their separation. Nova Villa topbills this entry, which also won the Cinemalaya Best Actor award for Dante Rivero.
Tickets are priced at P100. For a complete list of films, schedules, see below.
Catch QCinema 2014 from November 5 to 11 at TriNoma cinemas.
QCinema
International Film Fest is bigger and brighter
By MST Entertainment | Nov. 03, 2014 at 05:10pm
WITH 37 top caliber films, including major Oscars contenders, in this
year’s line-up, the QCinema International Film Festival takes its place as one
of the country’s premier showcase of films.
Hosted by Quezon City as “the City of the Stars” and slated from Nov. 5
to 11 at Trinoma, QCinema highlights Quezon City’s celebration of its diamond
jubilee year.
Production
grantees
Top billing the festival are eleven films, which received generous
grants in a previous competition.
Leading the batch is Arnel Mardoquio’s Alienasyon, which received a
production grant of P2 million. The film is about a UP professor, who in the
twilight of his noble career, finds himself reminiscing the precious history of
his homeland.
Receiving post-production grants each of P150,000 are: 1st ko si 3rd, a
Cinemalaya 2014 New Breed finalist by Real S. Florido; Nick and Chai, a documentary
about Typhoon Yolanda victims by Cha Escala and Wena Sanchez; Tigbao, a feature
about the issue of desaparecidos by M. Bonifacio; Cemetery Life, a documentary
about a group of people living in society’s fringes by Barbara Politsch; and
Tres, a trilogy of literary adaptations by veteran directors William Mayo,
Edgardo ‘Boy’ Vinarao, and Jose M. Carreon.
Five short films also received production grants each worth P150,000. These are Tila by Rob Jara; Ang Nanay ni Justin Barber by Victor Villanueva; Senior by Jed Medrano; Bonifacio by Grace Simbulan; and Sa Ngalan ni Ultimate Warrior by Miko Livelo. These films comprise the QCX (Quezon City Experience) Anthology.
Circle
competition
The five post-prodution grantees, 1st ko si 3rd, Nick and Chai, Tigbao, Cemetery Life, and Tres will also compete at the Circle Competition, with five other films. The Pylon Awards Best Picture winner will be given P300,000. The Jury Prize winner will be given P200,000, while the Audience Choice winner will be given P100,000, and the Gender Sensitivity winner will be given P100,000.
The other five films competing in the Pylon awards are Ang Di Paglimot Ng Mga Alaala by Carl Joseph E. Papa; Bigkis by Neal Tan; In Darkness We Live by Christopher Ad. Castillo; Little Azkals by Baby Ruth Villarama; and Mauban: Ang Resiko by Lem Lorca.
Foreign films
Another festival highlight are the foreign films, which form part of Screen International and the festival’s tribute to Park Chan-Wook.
Screen International Films are 52 Tuesdays from Australia by Sophie Hyde, which won Best Director in World Cinema section of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival; Ida, Poland’s submission to the Foreign Language Category of the 2015 Academy Awards by Pawel Pawlikowski; Jauja of Argentina by Lisandro Alonso and starring Viggo Mortensen, which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Others are Leviathan, Best Screenplay of 2014 Cannes Film Festival nd Russia’s submission to the Foreign Language Category of the 2015 Academy Awards by Andrey Zvyagintsev; Mommy of Canada by Xavier Dolan, which is the Jury Prize winner in the 2014 Cannes Film Festival; The Don Juans of Czech Republic by Jirí Menzel; and Two Days, One Night of Belgium by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne.
The Netherlands Embassy will also hold at the festival the premier of Lilet Never Happened on Nov. 6, 6 p.m. The film, which won Best Youth Film in the Copenhagen Buster Film Festival, is about Sandy Talag or Lilet, who was Manila’s most famous child prostiture.
Lilet Never Happened film director Jacco Groen will grace the premier and will also be part of the Filmakers’ Forum, scheduled on Nov. 10, also at Trinoma. Aside from Groen, 52 Tuesdays” director Sophie Hyde and the local filmakers will be part of the discussion.
Park Chan-Wook fans are also in for a treat, as QCinema shows the Vengeance Trilogy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Old Boy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, in glorious 35mm.
More information are available at www.facebook.com/QuezonCityFilmFest.
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