Cinemalaya 17: Navigating Currents

Philippine Independent Film Festival 2021

August 6 – September 5, 2021

Cultural Center of the Philippines
CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, 1300 Pasay City, Philippines

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The long wait is finally over!

Get ready to expand your horizons and break ocean boundaries as we bring back the new approach of experiencing your favorite film festival this year.

Handa ka na ba? New horizons are ours to discover!

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Main Competition Films

An Sadit na Planeta (The Little Planet) ^
Arjanmar H. Rebeta

Ang Mga Nawalang Pag-Asa at Panlasa (The Lost Hopes and Flavors) ^
Kevin Jay Ayson

Ang Pagdadalaga ni Lola Mayumi ^
Shiri De Leon;

Ate O.G. ^
Kevin Mayuga

Beauty Queen ^
Myra Aquino

Crossing ^
Marc Misa

Kawatan Sa Salog (A Toy In The River) ^
Alphie Velasco

Kids on Fire ^
Kyle Nieva

Looking for Rafflesias and Other Fleeting Things ^
James Fajardo

Maski Papano (I Mask Go On) ^
Che Tagyamon And Glenn Barit

Namnama en Lolang (Grandmother’s Hope) ^
Jonnie Lyn P. Dasalla

Out of Body ^
Enrico Po

The Dust in Your Place ^
David Olson

Visions of Asia

The five critically-acclaimed and multi-awarded films have been curated by Ashley Ratnavibhushana, NETPAC President.

A Dark, Dark Man
Adilkhan Yerzhanov
2019 | Kazakhstan, France

Bandar Band
Manijeh Hekmat
2020 | Iran/Germany

Jazz Kissa Basie: Swifty’s Ballad
Tetsuya Hoshino
2020 | Japan

Mosul My Home
Adalet R. Garmiany
2020 | Iraq

Sthalpuran (Chronicle of Space)
Akshay Indikar
2020 | India

Exhibition

Shorts Retrospective

Tokwifi (Star) ^
Carla Pulido Ocampo

Living Things ^
Martika Ramirez Escobar

Pabasa Kan Pasyon ^
Hubert Tibi

Ang Pagpakalma Sa Unos ^
(To Calm the Pig Inside)
Joanna Vasquez Arong

Quing Lalam Ning Aldo ^
(Under The Sun)
Reeden Fajardo

Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss ^
Sonny Calvento

Digital Classics

Limited screening of recently restored classics in collaboration with the ABS-CBN Film Archives.

The Digital Classics selection was added to the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival in 2015 to showcase films that have been restored and present them to the new generation of cinéastes. Digital Classics is done in partnership with the ABS-CBN Film Archives which was established in 1994.

Karma
Danny L. Zialcita

Langis at Tubig
Danny L. Zialcita

Tributes

Tribute to Mel Chionglo
Playgirl (1981)
Lagarista (2000)
Lauriana (2013)

Dokyu

Curated by Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr.

Yugto ~
Joanna Reyes, Cristy Linga and Ja Turla

A House in Pieces ~
Jean Claire Dy and Manuel Domes

Paraisong Bacao ~
Adrian N. Manaois

Last Days at Sea ~
Venice Atienza

Masterpiece ~
Januar Yap and Kristoffer Villarino

Indie Nation

Perspectives that hold a social mirror to our realities

Full-Length

Lockdown
Joel Lamangan

Kintsugi
Lawrence Fajardo

Don Filipo
Tim Muñoz

ECQ Diary (Bawal Lumabas)
Arlyn Dela Cruz Bernal

Shorts

Maris ^
Gabb Gantala

I Will Die For You ^
Jamie Morados

Konsumatumes ^
Gio Gonzalves

Phone Call ^
Direk Bee

Basol Balos ^
Tonny A. Abad

Sol ^
Joanna Vasquez Arong

This Day
Red Aquino

Regta ^
Gabb Gantala

Paraiso ^
Charles Hilado and Seb Valdez

10,000 Errors ^
Giullienne Sanchez

Hija ^
Christian Paul Lim

Maratabat ^
Abdul Rashid Lao

Don’t worry, we still hear you ^
Martika Ramirez Escobar

Rekwerdo ^
Juls D. Batuang

Salidumay ^
Dexter Macaraeg

Yawyaw ni JP ^
Sine Sanyata

Babu Jalhana ^
Ram Esteban Estael

Last 234! ^
Genevieve Ofiana

Pugon ^
Gabby Ramos

Premieres

Tao Po
Mae Paner

The Highest Peak
Arbi Barbarona

He Who Is Without Sin
Jason Paul Laxamana

Love and Pain In Between Refrains
Joselito Altarejos

Allied Screenings

2 full-length features and a 35-minute documentary from the Japan Film Festival, the Japan Foundation, the Embassy of Bangladesh, and the Embassy of Mexico.

Passage of Life
Akio Fujimoto
Courtesy of the Japan Film Festival and Japan Foundation, Manila

Bangabandhu: Forever in Our Hearts ~
The Government of Bangladesh
Courtesy of the Embassy of Bangladesh in Manila

Leona
Isaac Cherem
Courtesy of the Embassy of Mexico in the Philippines

Gawad Alternatibo

ALPAS: ‘Kwento Natin ‘To! (Breaking Free: Our Stories)

The theme for Ika-33 Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video communicates the perseverance and indomitable spirit of the film community and its audience. We are breaking free and will overcome the constraints that this pandemic has brought us by surfacing, claiming, and embracing our very own narratives. It is only by doing so that filmmakers and audiences find their strength in weathering any storm that comes by.