From Kiri Dalena
THIS WEEK ON CINEKATIPUNAN
JULY 23 – 28, 2007
EISENSTEIN; SINEKALIKASAN; GAUDI; SHORTFILMANIA; JOCHEN ROLLER; MONTANA DE LUZ

Cinekatipunan will feature Soviet film director and theorist Sergei Eistenstein's first feature film, entitled Strike! on the occasion of the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 23.

On Tuesday, July 24, environmental advocates team up with scientists to present PROMETHEUS BOUND, produced by AGHAM and the Science and Society Program of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, to underscore how science and technology may be utilized to build a world where social justice and environmental protection prevails.
Wednesday, July 25, will feature a selection from Conrado's Cabinet on the life of the late Spanish Art Nouveau architect Antonio Gaudi.

SHORTFILMANIA!, a collection of award-winning short films from around the world will continue with its month-long run at Cinekatipunan on Thursday, July 26. The films will be presented by Khavn.

Friday's event (July 27) is an artist talk by acclaimed German dancer-choreographer Jochen Roller, who is currently visiting the Philippines on a short research trip. The artist talk and screening will be facilitated by Merv Espina.

Saturday, July 28, is a Cuban film feature entitled Montana de Luz, which chronicles the struggles and triumphs of Cuban's "doctors without borders", who provide free medical services in the spirit of international solidarity. It will be presented by the Amistad Philippines-Cuba Friendship Association.

Held Mondays to Saturdays at Mag:net Café Katipunan, Cinekatipunan screenings start at 5:00 PM. While the film screenings are free, viewers are encouraged to make voluntary contributions for the honoraria of the featured filmmakers. For questions or comments about Cinekatipunan write to lisa.ito@gmail.com CC sinag_haraya@yahoo.com.

Cinekatipunan programs precede Mag:net Café's nightly holding of Live Performaces by well-known and emerging bands and musicians. Mag:net Café is located along Katipunan Avenue (fronting Miriam and Ateneo) in Quezon City. For more inquiries please call 9293191 or visit www.magnet.com.ph.

PROGRAM
July 23 (Monday)
Sergei Eisenstein: STRIKE!
in lieu of
Lucky Guillermo's MANILA 1945: THE FORGOTTEN ATROCITIES (postponed to August 11)
STRIKE!
1925 | Soviet Union | 94 mins |
This is Eisenstein's strikingly original film debut. Juxtaposing violent, lyrical, and grotesque images, he shows a factory strike in Czarist Russia from beginning to bloody end. This film marks the beginning of classic Soviet silent cinema. [From http://www.ihffilm.com/143.html]

July 24 (Tuesday)
SineKalikasan: PROMETHEUS BOUND
PROMETHEUS BOUND: The State of Science and technology in the Philippines
2006 | 30 mins
A documentary on the current state of science and technology in the Philippines with specific focus on R&D, education, agriculture, mining and energy. Produced by AGHAM and the SCIENCE AND SOCIETY PROGRAM, College of Science, UP Diliman.

AGHAM-Samahan ng Nagtataguyod ng Agham at Teknolohiya para sa Sambayanan is a collective of patriotic, pro-people science and technology advocates bonded together by a common interest of promoting science and technology that genuinely serve the interest of the basic Filipino masses and in order to make the S & T sector contribute to genuine national development. [www.agham.org]

July 25 (Wednesday)
ANTONIO GAUDI from Conrado Velasco's Cabinet
in lieu of Mario AV Guzman Films (postponed to August 7)
Conrado's Cabinet is a special program of Ireland-based Filipino visual artist Conrado Velasco, featuring films on artists from around the globe who have made their mark in their chosen persuasions. Today's feature will be a film on the Spanish Art Nouveau architect Antonio Gaudi.
Conrado Velasco is a freelance photographer and art director. He also works in other disciplines such as product design, retail design, and branding strategies. ( From www.studioconrado.com).

July 26 (Thursday)
SHORTFILMANIA! All time best short films in the world Vol.4
to be presented by Khavn
featuring works from the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
• KHAVN is a filmmaker, writer, and musician living in Quezon City. As a film director, Khavn has made 16 features and more than 60 short films. He has been the festival director of the .MOV International Digital Film Festival, the first digital film festival in the Philippines and a founding member of the Philippine Independent Filmmakers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Indie Coop), an alliance of film professionals from all parts of the Philippines. (www.kamiasroad.com/khavn/bio.htm)

July 27 (Friday)
Jochen Roller (Germany) Artists Talk
To be facilitated by Merv Espina
Jochen Roller, born in Berlin, Germany in 1971, studied applied theatre sciences in Gießen, Germany, and choreography at the Laban Centre in London after interrupting his ballet training. From 1997 to 2003, he created numerous choreographies and performances at Kampnagel Hamburg. Since 2003, Jochen Roller has been working in Berlin as a choreographer, dancer and performer. {From http://www.goethe.de/kue/tut/cho/cho/mr/rol/enindex.htm]

July 28 (Saturday)
Guillermo Centeno: MONTANA DE LUZ (Cuba)
To be presented by Amistad Philippines-Cuba Friendship Association
Screening Starts at 6 PM
Montaña de Luz (Mountain of Light)
2005 | 53min | Spanish w/ English subtitles
Directed by Guillermo Centeno
The Cuban documentary "Montaña de Luz"—produced by ICAIC (Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos)—follows Cuban doctors working in collaboration with communities throughout Latin America and Africa. The doctors work for no pay in areas of the world where there is either no medical care available or where the few local doctors are unable to meet the enomorus need, in the case of the AIDS epidemic in Namibia and flood victims in Haiti.

The Cuban doctors often work alongside medical interns returning to their home country from Cuba after graduating from medical school. In Cuba, free medical training is provided for any student—the only requirement being that the student return to their home country and use their skills working within the most opporessed communities. Beyond the material aid the Cubans give, they also provide an important example that another world is possible. A world where care replaces the drive for profit. The film carries with it a deep message of internationalism, solidarity and humanism.