2nd Pandayang Lino Brocka Film Festival (2010)
2010-08-11 08:00
2010-09-25 23:59
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From Tudla Productions:
Filming the basic right to live
The 2nd Pandayang Lino Brocka Politicial Film and New Media Festival
The human rights issues of today. These are the subjects of the films showcased in the 2nd Pandayang Lino Brocka Politicial Film and New Media Festival.
A selection on the theme of economic, social and cultural rights reveal Filipino workers, migrants and indigenous people’s plight and encapsulates the people’s basic right to livelihood. Roberto Reyes Ang’s Letters from Alaska delves into a migrant worker’s musings on leaving his country for economic gain while Ilang Quijano’s Kababayang Kalakal offers a stark reality of the many deported, incarcerated and abused Filipino migrant workers in scrutiny of the country’s labor export policy. Rosswil Hilario’s Kibo shares through sights and sounds the wearisome search for a job in a country of high unemployment while Richard Legaspi’s Kinulayang Kiti seeks justice for workers killed in their economic struggles with their employers. (see complete list of selected films below)
Meanwhile, works on political and civil rights depict the culture of impunity in the country; the rampant and unresolved political killings and enforced disappearances remain unabated. Kodao Productions’ Hamon ng Panahon portrays church workers dedication to organize and live among the people and how this has made them targets of the government’s anti-insurgency campaign. Pam Miras’ short film Wag Kang Titingin dramatizes the destruction of domestic life and life itself in a militarized rural town. Manie Magbanua’s Handum, a pioneering Kinaray-a film, is a critique on electoral reforms and governance from the eyes of a child. Works are from independent filmmakers, student and Filipino migrants. (see complete list of selected films below).
The festival opens at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Film Center (Cine Adarna) on August 11-12, 2010, 9am to 9pm. Film screenings start at 1pm. Free admission.
The film fest also celebrates the 25th year anniversary showing of Lino Brocka’s Bayan Ko, Kapit sa Patalim. Known worldwide as a Filipino’s entry to the prestigious 1985 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Palm D ‘Or, at home it was Brocka and his group’s fight against the censorship of this film. Brocka was incarcerated, lost in litigation but won a fight for freedom of expression when the film was eventually allowed to be shown in the Philippines. Bayan Ko, Kapit sa Patalim will be shown on August 11, 7pm, also at the UP Diliman Film Center.
Also featured are talks on ‘Freedom of Information’ and ‘Media and Human Rights’ on August 11, 9am and August 12, 5pm respectively. Students and participating filmmakers are also invited to attend a visual storytelling/film grammar workshop by Direk Nick Olanka on August 12, 9am. A visual arts exhibit by the Ugatlahi Artists Collective opens together with the film fest.
The film fest will also be held at Asia Pacific College on August 16 and University of the Philippines Los Banos on August 26. More screenings will be held at urban poor communities and workplaces all over Metro Manila from August to September. Selections from the film fest will also be featured at Focus Philippines: New York Filipino Independent Film Series in New York, USA on October.
The 2nd Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival is presented by alternative video group Tudla Productions in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Film Center, the Institute for the Leadership and Advancement of Women and Rotary Club Pasay Gil Puyat.
Selected films:
Ang Sandaling Sadya Nina Lire at Isa, Francis Losaria
Wag Kang Titingin, Pam Miras
Handum, Manie Magbanua
Bingit, Michael Christian Cardoz
Hamon ng Panahon, Kodao Productions
Ing Magdarame, University of Assumption Pampanga
Babae ako, Jeyow Evangelista
Dissatisfied, Jet Leyco
Tagulaylay sa Hacienda Yulo, Rom Factolerin
Mga Liham mula sa Alaska, Roberto Reyes Ang
Kinulayang Kiti, Richard Legaspi
Kibo, Rosswil Hilario
Lawa ng Bae, Donnie Sacueza
Hulagway, Jerry Jumawan
Kakasa ka ba?, Mayday Productions
Kababayang Kalakal, Ilang Ilang Quijano and King Catoy
Badjao, La Consolacion College Manila
Dumagat, Boy Villasanta
Opening Program
August 11-12, University of the Philippines Film Center
August 11
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8am, Freedom of Information panel discussion
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Speakers: Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casino, IBON Foundation, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (moderator: Krissy Conti, NUPL)
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target audience: CMC, CSWCD, CSSP, NCPAG, CAL, LAW students
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1pm, screenings of selected films
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1pm to 4:30pm
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7pm screening of “Bayan ko, Kapit sa Patalim”
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7pm awarding
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740pm introduction to special guests
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Target audience
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Students – UP, Miriam, Ateneo and other QC schools
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Socio-civic organizations
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LGU
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Invitation to the family of Lino Brocka
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Invitation to the cast and crew of the film – Philip Salvador, Gina Alajar, Carmi Martin, Pete Lacaba
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August 12
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8am, film grammar/visual storytelling workshop by Nick Olanka
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1pm – 5pm, film screenings
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5pm, Human rights and media, panel discussion by Karapatan, NUJP, Bonifacio Ilagan or Joel Lamangan (scriptwriter or director, Dukot), retrenched ABS-CBN workers (moderator: Sarah Raymundo, UP Sociology professor)
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Target audience:
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Students – CMC, media students all over QC, CSSP, CAL
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Cultural workers and artists
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Media workers
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7pm, Opening of Ugatlahi Artists Collective exhibit
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Time
Activity
7:00pm
7:40pm
8pm
Opening Program
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Welcome Remarks: Dean Roland Tolentino, College of Mass Communication, UP Diliman
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Awarding of certificates to participating filmmakers
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Awarding of certificate of appreciation to Lino Brocka’s family (Ms. Glenda Brocka Anupol)
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Awarding of trophies to special citation (6)
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AVP
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Introduction of Special Guests (cast and crew of Bayan Ko, Kapit sa Patalim)
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About the film’s fight against censorship: Pete Lacaba, writer
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Screening of “Bayan Ko, Kapit sa Patalim”
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Festival run:
Schools:
August 11-12 – UP Diliman
August 16 - Asia Pacific College
August 26 - UP Los Banos
August 31 - UE Caloocan
September 15 - Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig
Communities:
August 21 - Tunasan, Muntinlupa
August 24 - Pasig
August 27 - Poblacion, Muntinlupa
August 28 - Teatro Mejia, Malanday, Marikina
August 29, 30 - CAMANAVA
September 4 - Alabang, Muntinlupa
September 10 - Bukid Area
September 11 - Sucat, Muntinlupa
September 17 - Tanyag, Taguig
September 25 - Bagumbayan, Taguig
Workplaces:
August 14 – Pepsi workers, Muntinlupa
August 20 – Advan workers, Muntinlupa
August Comfoods workers, Mandaluyong
August Triumph retrenched workers, Taguig
August Muntinlupa city hall government employees
On Lino Brocka & continuing fight for Freedom of Expression
Submitted by Dino Manrique on Tue, 2010-08-10 18:57.
Reposted from http://pandayanglinobrocka.tumblr.com/ :
Brocka’s anti-censorship campaign
The fight for freedom of expression continues
Rights were never a given. People had to fight for them to gain and enjoy them.
For one, that while freedom of expression was enshrined in the Philippine constitution after the people fought against the dictatorship of the late Ferdinand Marcos, time and again, artists fought against its restraint. Lino Brocka, National Artist for Film, was a staunch activist for this cause.
From budget to censorship to incarceration
Brocka has personal experiences leading him to an unequivocal fight for freedom of expression.
Brocka directed the film “Bayan Ko” (My Country) penned by Pete Lacaba. The film used different real-life events intended to show the inherent corruption in government. It was named after the patriotic song “Bayan Ko”, which was the protest song after Ninoy Aquino’s assassination in 1983. In 1984, censors found their claws on the film, delaying its showing and having all rally scenes deleted as well as the title song. Sex scenes from Manila’s live shows were also ordered deleted before it was released. Brocka had to smuggle the film out of the country to bring it to the Cannes in 1984. The film got nominated for the prestigious Palm D ‘Or and caused an uproar internationally when Brocka announced the film was censored back home.
But it was just one phase of his struggle for artistic expression and political participation. Coming back to the Philippines, Brocka was jailed.
Continuing the fight
In his belief in freedom of expression, Brocka with colleagues established the Free the Artists movement and the Concerned Artists of the Philippines or CAP to carry on the campaign. The litigation in the case of “Bayan Ko” as well as the artists and people’s political participation in the time of Martial Law and after has pushed for a more progressive setup for what became our constitutional right to freedom of expression. The Board of Censors came to be the Movie Television Review and Classification Board. Probably for his feat with “Bayan Ko”, his activism and his body of works, Brocka’s death anniversary was unofficially tagged as Freedom of Expression Day.
In 2009, the Free the Artists campaign was re-launched following an MTRCB questioning of autonomous University of the Philippines Film Center for showing films of independent filmmakers with X rating. These films were Adolf Alix’s Aurora, Jowee Morel’s Strictly Confidential and James Harvey Estrada’s Sagwan. Spearheaded by CAP and joined by various independent filmmakers and film collectives including Tudla Productions, the Free the Artists group put up efforts for campaign and legislation against censorship. (The effort to re-file the MTRCB/MTCB bill actually started earlier in October-September of 2008 when a spate of censorship incidents during the 2008 version of Cinemanila (Imburnal, Next Attraction, Melancholia; also earlier that year, Death in the Land of Encantos, Serbis) galvanized the filmmaking community into organizing a free expression movement - Free Expression Philippines. Free the Artists became the umbrella organization for all of these anti-censorship efforts. - Dino Manrique)
The group was able to lobby and file before the Thirteenth Congress the Movie Television Classification Board (MTCB) Bill, authored by progressive partylist representatives Teddy Casino and Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna and Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Partylist. The bill was a revamp of the MTRCB composition and functions and deducting their powers that legitimizes censorship. Aside from protecting the constitutional right to freedom of expression, the group also believes that this is the way for self-regulation of the movie and television industry to finally develop. The bill has yet to be revived under a new congress and administration.
25 years after: Bayan ko and freedom of expression
Reliving the triumph of this fight for freedom of expression, “Bayan Ko, Kapit sa Patalim” will be shown in the opening program of the 2nd Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival. The 25h year commemorative screening of the film will be held on August 11, 7pm at the UP Diliman Film Center, to be attended by its cast and crew.
Other than this screening, the festival showcases films on the human rights issues of today: lack of livelihood among many poor Filipinos, political killings and environmental degradation leading to displacement of indigenous peoples or loss of livelihood to peasants. Screenings start at 1pm. Free admission.
The 2nd Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival opens on August 11-12 at University of the Philippines Diliman Film Center. The festival also features talks on “Freedom of Information” and “Media and Human Rights” and workshops and exhibits.
The 2nd Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival is presented by alternative video group Tudla Productions in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Film Center, Institute for the Leadership and Advancement of Women and the Rotary Club of Pasay Gil Puyat.
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Free Expression Philippines' role
Submitted by Dino Manrique on Tue, 2010-08-10 19:52.
The effort to re-file the MTRCB/MTCB bill actually started earlier in October-September of 2008 when a spate of censorship incidents during the 2008 version of Cinemanila (Imburnal, Next Attraction, Melancholia; also earlier that year, Death in the Land of Encantos, Serbis) galvanized the filmmaking community into organizing a free expression movement - Free Expression Philippines. Free the Artists became the umbrella organization for all of these anti-censorship efforts.
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Update: UP Film Center Screening Schedule
Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival
School Film Screenings Schedule
Free Admission
University of the Philippines Diliman Cine Adarna
August 11, 2010, 1:00pm to 5:30pm
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Mga tagulaylay sa Hacienda Yulo - Rom Factolerin (documentary; 8:49)
Letters from Alaska - Roberto Reyes Ang (narrative; 9:00)
Kinulayang Kiti - Richard Legaspi (narrative; 24:01)
Kibo - Roswill Hilario (narrative; 22:50)
Lawa ng Bae - Donnie Sacueza (documentary; 21:01)
Hulagway - Gerry Jumawan (narrative; 19:56)
Kakasa ka ba? - Mayday Productions (documentary; 23:30)
Kababayang Kalakal - Ilang Ilang Quijano and King Catoy (documentary, 33:28 mins)
Dumagat - Boy Villasanta (Documentary; 11:03 mins)
Badjao - La Consolacion College (documentary; 13:37mins)
7pm - 25th Commemorative Screening of Lino Brocka’s “Bayan ko, Kapit sa Patalim”
University of the Philippines Diliman Cine Adarna
August 12, 2010, 1:00pm to 5:30pm
Civil and Political Rights
Bingit - Michael Christian Cardoz (narrative; 15:57)
Wag kang titingin - Pam Miras (narrative; 7:59)
Ing Magdarame - University of Assumption Pampanga ( narrative; 18:56mins)
Handum - Manie Magbanua Jr. (narrative; 29:53)
Dissatisfied - Jet Leyco (experimental; 5:59)
Hamon ng Panahon - Kodao Productions (docu-drama)
Ang sandaling sadya nina Lire at Isa - Francis Lozaria (Narrative; 29:59)
Babae Ako - Jheyow Evangelista (narrative, 19:59)
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