Posted by bjorki71 at the UPFI yahoogroup:

Animation Council of the Philippines honors Zabala

Cinemanila welcomes renowned writer-director Paul Schrader for a not-to-be-missed talk happening on October 20, 3pm at Cinema 4 in Market! Market! Taguig.A special screening of his much-anticipated new release, Adam Resurrected follows afterwards.

MANILA, Philippines - Huwaran/Hulmahan Atbp., a new anthology of film articles by the late Johven Velasco, is the latest book to make use of recent developments in film, culture and gender theory to discuss a wide historical range of Philippine cinema, from the ’50s studio system to the current indie-digital phenomenon.

Published by the University of the Philippines Press, the book will be launched on Sept. 1, 5:30 p.m. at the Adarna Theater’s Ishmael Bernal Gallery, located along Magsaysay Blvd. (near the UP Carillon) in Diliman, Quezon City.

The Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino has already released the list of nominees for the 32nd Gawad Urian for excellence in filmmaking.

Once again, Indie films dominate this year’s set of nominations.

Here is the complete list of nominees for this year’s Gawad Urian:

Best Picture

Repost from Patricia Evangelista: "Tonight on ANC's Media in Focus with Cheche Lazaro: The National Artist Award Fiasco with guests newly declared National Artists Carlo Caparas and Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, National Artist for Film Eddie Romero, UP Diliman Professor of Creative Writing Butch Dalisay, CCP Board of Trustees Chair Emily Abrera and film critic Alexis Tioseco at 8pm on ANC."

Kenneth Yu also blogged about this.

From Yason Banal, forwarded by Nonoy Lauzon at the UPFI yahoogroup:

Kidlat Tahimik—2009 U.P. Gawad Plaridel Awardee

The University of the Philippines Film Institute is holding a series of film and video screenings as well as a new installation by pioneering Filipino independent filmmaker and artist Kidlat Tahimik.