UPFI Showcase: Thesis Defense & Black Beret Awards 2012
PLUS: University Premiere of Sheryl Rose Andes’ Balitok (Gold), a documentary on small-scale mining in Nueva Vizcaya. This is her M.A. Film production thesis submitted to the U.P. Film Institute.
FREE ADMISSION
AWARDS --- Best Picture, Best Director, Best Performance, Audience Choice, & Critic's Pick --- will be given to the best student works from the production classes of the 1st semester, A.Y. 2012-2013.
PROGRAM
1:00-1:30pm Kodak Presentation
1:30-2:00pm Balitok [MA Film thesis] Special Screening
2:00-5:00pm BA Film Thesis Defense
5:00-6:30pm Black Beret Screening & Awards Program
6:30-7:30pm Reception at the UP Film Center Courtyard
Balitok (2012) Brief Description
Balitok (Ilocano term for Gold) captures a slice of life and reality of indigenous tribes (Kalanguya and Kankana-ey) practicing artisanal or small-scale mining in Nueva Vizcaya as their means of economic survival. The documentary follows the laborious stages of mining (from extracting the ore, milling, panning and heating) from the point of view of Ongan (13 yr old small-scale miner) and Mona (artisanal miner since 1960's). The documentary can also serve as case study in the over-all situation of small-scale mining in the Philippines. The lush, mountainous and mineral-rich province is one of the 23-28 Mining Priority Sites of the government.
