"Everyone’s loving everyone at the 3rd .MOV International Digital Film Festival!!!"
--- Marguerite Duras, "The Lover"
CARMEN SOO
Carmen Soo of Malaysia can be seen by Filipino audiences, not just in the upcoming teleserye with Jericho Rosales, Kahit Isang Saglit, but also in the big screen at the .MOV International Digital Film Festival. She stars in Woo Ming-jin’s Kurus: Days of the Turquoise Sky, which will be shown on October 2, 2008 , 9PM , its Philippine Premiere at the Robinsons Galleria Indiesine.
Turquoise Sky is a poignant autobiographical film that reflects lives which are depicted often as trivial and understated, but does say something about the society in which these lives are being led.
Ali (Arshad Zamir) is a 15-year-old school boy going through the pains of growing up: living in a single- parent household, smart-ass school bullies, embarrassing parents and teenage boredom. But it is the arrival of his new English teacher, Miss Liew (Soo) that ignites in him the fever of a young, serious schoolboy crush.
Turquoise Sky is not just a story of young infatuation, but also delves into sharp observations on Malaysia ’s multiracial social construct. It is a story that is so common, it is often overlooked, but is significant and as real as a childhood love as it can get.
Turquoise Sky stars Ahmad Muzhaffar, Arshad Zamir Zamir, Carmen Soo, Mislina Mustapha and Namron, produced by Woo Ming-jin, Ueda Tomoko, Edmund Yeo and would be presented by Tribu director Jim Libiran.
Also seen in the Digital Dekalogo 10x10 program are the following films:
“A Walk Into The Sea: Danny Williams And The Warhol Factory” by Esther B. Robinson ( USA , 2007) [Best Gay Film in the Berlin International Film Festival]
“Re-Defining Video” by Kyle Canterbury ( USA , 2007) [19-year old avant-garde boy genius]
“Cinnamon” by Kevin Everson ( USA , 2006) [about drag racing in Black America]
“Head Trauma” by Lance Weiler ( USA , 2007) [a psycho supernatural horror flick]
“En La Cama” by Matias Bize ( Chile , 2005) [Spanish erotica]
“Honor De Cavalleria” by Albert Serra ( Barcelona , 2006) [A hauntingly serene & moving experimental take on "Don Quixote”]
“Yves” by Olivier Zabat ( France , 2008) [A different perspective on the mentally handicapped]
“The Sun and Moon” by Stephen Dwoskin (USA/UK, 2008) [A film fairy tale, a personal adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast”]
“A Prima Vista” by Michael Pilz ( Austria , 2008) [A meditative cinematographic journey, a poetic documentary]
This will be presented by ten of the best local filmmakers who have pushed the boundaries of cinema in their own unique ways: Ato Bautista, Jeffrey Jeturian, Jim Libiran, Auraeus Solito, Adolf Alix, Raya Martin, Sherad Anthony Sanchez, Ditsi Carolino, Manny Montelibano, & John Torres .
F-P-J @ M-O-V
Here at .MOV, we do not only celebrate the new, we also pay tribute to the classics. FPJ fans, here’s your chance to see your idol, The King of Philippine Cinema, back in action as we present his 1961 film, “Sandata at Pangako”, at the Film Concert of .MOV.
“Sandata at Pangako” starred Fernando Poe, Jr. alongside Charito Solis for LVN pictures. The screenplay was penned and directed by F.H. Constantino. Also starring in this masterpiece were Bernard Bonnin, Lourdes Medel, Mila Ocampo, Gil de Leon, Johnny Reyes, Marrieta Sanz, Tony Dantes and Baby Janet.
Now’s the opportunity to mend the generation gap as fans of classic Pinoy flicks meet with the new. Not only are we tipping our hats off to The King, we are also screening other films that lit up the Philippine Cinema screens before the era of digital filmmaking for four nights of extravaganza:
FILMCONCERT.MOV screens Pinoy classics by Manuel Conde (“Genghis Khan”, the first Philippine film to compete in Venice), Joe Climaco (“Biglang Yaman”, the comedy classic starring Pugo & Togo), and Carlos Vander Tolosa (“Giliw Ko”, the earliest remaining Philippine film, made in 1939) accompanied with new live soundtracks by Pedicab, Taken By Cars, The Brockas, Khavn De La Cruz, Lolita Carbon & Radioactive Sago Project.
To give a modern twist to the event, we will also have various musicians playing along with the movie to give you that unique viewing experience. This is a film concert after all. Mark your calendars.
October 1
Music: Pedicab
Film: Manuel Conde & Lou Salvador’s “Genghis Khan” (Starring Johnny Monteiro) [1950], 88min, MC Production
October 2
Music: Taken By Cars
Film: FH Constantino’s “Sandata At Pangako” (Starring Fernando Poe Jr. & Charito Solis) [1961] LVN
October 3
Music: Khavn De La Cruz and Lolita Carbon
Film: Carlos Vander Tolosa’s “Giliw Ko” (Starring Fernando Poe Sr.) [1939] LVN
CLOSING: October 4
Music: Radioactive Sago Project
Film: Jose Climaco’s “Biglang Yaman” (Starring Pugo & Togo, Rosa Rosal) [1949] LVN
So we hope to see you there as the classics rock it out with the music of today. .MOV’s film concert runs from October 1 to 4 at the Robinson’s Galleria Indiesine, at 7:00PM (Closing and Opening Events starts at 6pm – film and music plays at 7pm)
.MOV (pronounced “dot-mov”), the first digital filmfest in the Philippines which jumpstarted the digital revolution in the country back in 2002, will have its third edition in Robinsons Galleria Cinema from September 30 to October 7, 2008. The Opening Night will be on September 30, Tuesday, and the Closing & Awards Night will be on October 4, Saturday. Parallel screenings in the cities of Bacolod , Dumaguete, and Iloilo will be held from September 24 to October 7.
For group screenings, workshops, tickets and other related inquiries and information, contact dotmov@gmail. com, bien@bannedmoviespilipinas.com, and visit www.movfest. com.
The 3rd .MOV International Digital Film Festival is presented by Filmless Films in cooperation with Robinsons Movieworld, Geiser Maclang Communications, Inc., Parco, Swiftsure Group, Inc., Click the City, Brown Monkeys Jam 88.3, Terno, Dakila, Video 48, FHM, Backdoor and LVN.
3rd .MOV International Digital Film Festival Sept 30 - Oct 7, 2008
Robinsons Galleria Cinema
