Brazilian Film Festival 2009 @ The UP Film Institute

This November, the UP Film Institute and the Embassy of Brazil bring you Brazilian Film Festival 2009 which guarantees a panoramic view of everything Brasil.

Four charming titles of contemporary Brazilian cinema, celebrated by local and international film festivals, will have complimentary and exclusive screenings at the UPFI Videotheque.

The festival starts November 13, screening a different film every Friday, 4PM until December 4, 2009.

Brazilian Film Festival 2009 @ The UP Film Institute
November 13 - December 4, 2009
Fridays, 4PM
UPFI Videotheque, Cine Adarna, UP Diliman, QC

***FREE ADMISSION***

BOSSA NOVA
Nov. 13, Friday, 4pm

O OUTRO LADO DA RUA
[The Other Side of the Street]
Nov. 20, Friday, 4pm

A DONA DA HISTORIA
Nov. 27, Friday, 4pm

ABRIL DESPEDECADO
[Behind the Sun]
Dec. 4, Friday, 4pm

Full synopsis after the jump.
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Raf's Birthday

Intimate and exclusive celebration of friend / neighbor Raf's birthday, last night, at Vina's unit.

Vina, Beng, Raf

birthday boy

Cenón, Raf

Beng... ANU daw?!

pilít na ngiti ng hostess

kunwari nag-e-enjoy

heto na si kaka
... [ituloy ang bugtong]

kasama si Cleopatra bilang proxy ni Raf

ang walang kamatayang bunny ears

family portrait

family portrait ulit

family portrait na naman

habeerdi!

lumalabas na ang totoong nararamdaman ng mga bisita

parang isa lang ang totoong masaya

nguso kung nguso

Vina: Beng, gusto mong advil?
Beng: Hindi. Pengeng baril.

kumbaga sa kwento, eto ang setup...

...ang rising action...

...at ang climax / final confrontation...

...tapos ay ang dénouement.

yey... ang saya-saya ng birthday...

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Inx's Birthday

Lunch with Inx's for his birthday. And coffee with Gerry afterwards.

After we finished our undergrad, we saw less and less of each other. Like, once a year, or once every 2 years.

Greenbelt 3, Makati
18 September 2009

Lunch with Inx's. I was so good at playing innocent na birthday n'ya that he eventually had to tell/remind me *birthday ko ngayon!*

Nyaha!

[Burp! Salamat sa lunch.]

Coffee, and yosi, afterwards.

- Gerry, busy ka? Punta ka rito.
- Kakatapos lang meeting. Dami ko pang ginagawa e.
- Birthday ni Inx's.
- [beat]
- Intayin n'yo 'ko.

Picture-picture!-- Xe, Gerry, and Pisngi ni Inx's [yes, kasama sa billing 'yun].

Pero ito talaga ang normal na mukha ni Birthday Boy 'pag nawawala sa isip n'ya na Birthday Boy nga pala s'ya.

Happy Birthday, Inx's :D
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Happy 4th Birthday to Sam!

Samantha Kyle, the only girl among the five great grand children, turns four today.

Manaoag trip, January 2008. Samantha was only 2 years and 4 months old.

Four generations of women in the family, all panganays [except for Sam who's bunso, but since she's an only girl that counts, too]-- Ina, Ate Dinah, Bethel, and Sam.

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Congratulations to Igine Jose, Finalist - 1st MTRCB TV Awards, Screenplay Category

Napadpad kami ni Libay kagabi sa Gateway para sa 1st MTRCB TV Awards. Inimbitahan kami ni Igine, senior student namin sa UPFI, dahil finalist s'ya sa screenplay category. Muntik na nga 'ata namin nadaig ang parents at lola n'ya sa pagiging excited at proud. Hehehe.

'Yung screenplay na sinabmit n'ya, *Exhibit*, ay 'yun ding sinulat n'ya para sa scriptwriting class dati. Nakakatuwa kasi 'di ko na-imagine na yung tema ng pelikula-- incest-- at ang MTRCB ay
maaaring pagsamahin sa iisang venue.

'Yung *Exhibit* kasi ay'tungkol sa isang batang lalaki na nagbibinata, at naka-develop ng romantic feelings para sa ate n'ya na isang painter. Ang maganda ru'n ay 'yung pagiging matapang pero hindi kontrobersyal, at malawak ang pagtingin at pag-aanalisa ng manunulat sa mga tao sa paligid n'ya at hindi nakukulong sa sariling kwento.

Isa pala 'to sa fringe benefits ng pagiging isang public school teacher-- 'pag nakikita mo 'yung estudyante na may sarili nang path na ginagawa para sa sarili n'ya.

Anyway, tama na ang senti. Congratulations, Igine!

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Ilan pang obserbasyon sa mga pangyayari kagabi--

• Nakakatuwang makita ang mga kaibigan at dating ka-trabaho. Nakakahawa 'yung saya nu'ng mga nanalo.

• Congratulations sa mga dating kasamahan sa Sineskwela na hinirang na Best Educational Program. Until now humahataw pa rin.

• Ibang level si Juday. Nagliliwanag ang buong stage tuwing hahagikgik s'ya. Lahat ng ibang presentors puro tensyonado. Sila lang 'ata ni Bitoy ang nag-dare na mag-enjoy.

• 'Di masyadong magaling kumanta si Pooh. Pero sobra s'yang nakakatawa.

• Sa opening na dance number ni Marian Rivera, parang wala naman s'yang ginawa. Buti na lang maganda talaga s'ya. 'Yun lang.

• Nakakatakot si Ellen ng Ellen's Beauty Chorva.

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Dibu[h]o Art Exhibit Opens March 13

The UP Film Institute, in cooperation with Kyusoku Bihaku, celebrates the International Women’s Day with an exhibit entitled DIBU[H]O. The exhibit opens on March 13, 2009, Friday, 7:00 PM at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery.

Without a critical look at women and their historical struggles, celebrating Women’s Month risks becoming an empty gesture—a false resistance accommodated by a patriarchal society. The artists behind Dibu[h]o assert an analytical stance and propose a re-examination of the woman in society by means of investigating a variety of different concerns. Using an array of methods and materials, the exhibition tackles issues including the woman as social agent, as ideological subject, the woman as commodity, the woman at home, and the woman as a lover of women.

The UP Film Institute is the first and only Philippine School accredited by CILECT: International Association of Film and Television Schools since 1984. UPFI combines instruction with creative work, research and publication. UPFI graduates achieve proficiency in technical, creative, substantive and ethical filmmaking as well as holistic consciousness.

For more information or queries, contact Ms. Sarah Garcia at 09272411302 or the UP Film Institute at 9818500 (UP Trunkline) local 4286, 4289; 9262722 (Telefax); 9263640 (Cinema Hotline); 9250286.

Nominees for the 81st Academy Awards

Finally, the nominees for the 81st Academy awards were announced yesterday.

Most of those who made it sa list were kind of expected already--like Mickey Rourke, whose performance in his comeback film *The Wrestler* had already earned him a Golden Globe, and 'yung iba naman na-nominate lang for a different category [Philip Seymor Hoffman, who had already won Best Actor for *Capote*]. But most of the names are familiar. No tongue-twisters this time.

What if manalo is Brad Pitt [*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*] and Angelina Jolie [*Changeling*]? Eh 'di lalong umikot ang pw*t ni Jennifer Aniston. Hehehe.

Or, what if si Heath Ledger [*The Dark Knight*] ang manalo as Best Actor in a Supporting Role? If that happens, Heath would be the 2nd actor to win posthumously. [The first one was Peter Finch for *Network.*]

Sayang, hindi nakapasok ang *Ploning.* I mean... Ploooooniiinnnnng... Wala pa akong napanood sa mga na-nominate for Best Foreign Language Film, so I wouldn't really know kung alin talaga ang mas maganda. Pero... wala lang... it would've been nice if we [nakiki-*we*?!] had made it to the top 5.

Sigh. I need to catch up on my film viewing.

Sigh ulit. So many films to watch, so little time.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films)
* Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
* Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)
* Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features)
* Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
* Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal)
* Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (The Weinstein Company)
* Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
* Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

* “Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
* “Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction

* “Changeling” (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
* “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
* “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

* “Changeling” (Universal), Tom Stern
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design

* “Australia” (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
* “The Duchess” (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O’Connor
* “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
* “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher
* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Ron Howard
* “Milk” (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature

* “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
* “Encounters at the End of the World” (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
* “The Garden” A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
* “Man on Wire” (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
* “Trouble the Water” (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

* “The Conscience of Nhem En” A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
* “The Final Inch” A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
* “Smile Pinki” A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
* “The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306” A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
* “Milk” (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year

* “The Baader Meinhof Complex” A Constantin Film Production, Germany
* “The Class” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
* “Departures” (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
* “Revanche” (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
* “Waltz with Bashir” (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Achievement in makeup

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
* “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Alexandre Desplat
* “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
* “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

* “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
* “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
* “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best motion picture of the year

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
* “Milk” (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer

Best animated short film

* “La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
* “Lavatory - Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
* “Oktapodi” (Talantis Films), A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
* “Presto” (Walt Disney), A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
* “This Way Up” A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

* “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)” (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
* “Manon on the Asphalt” (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
* “New Boy” (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
* “The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
* “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing

* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Richard King
* “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers
* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
* “Wanted” (Universal), Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
* “Wanted” (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
* “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
* “Iron Man” (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay

* “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
* “Doubt” (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
* “Frost/Nixon” (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
* “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
* “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay

* “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
* “Happy-Go-Lucky” (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
* “In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
* “Milk” (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
* “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

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up cmc: 100 for 100 grand bingo... sosyal!

ey boys and gels,

the up college of mass communication is holding a fund raising activity for the... ahem... infrastructure development fun and the faculty and staff development fund, entitled:

100 for 100 grand bingo social
(title pa lang ibang level na, 'di ba? so... unique)
it will be on november 24 / saturday
2 - 5pm
at the up cmc parking lot

p100 / ticket which is equivalent to not just one... not just two... but ten (10) games! a total of p100,000 worth of cash prizes and exciting raffle prizes will be given away to lucky winners. (take note: "exciting")

email me through my personal addy or my up account for your tickets. i can meet you anywhere in u.p. (diliman ha?!), philcoa, and abs-cbn (quezon city).go na para makatulong sa faculty at staff ng u1p cmc. at para makatulong na rin sa akin sa pagdidispatsa ng mga tickets na naka-assign sa akin :D