This is a re-post of an earlier article I made which I try to update occasionally. As the festivity/holiday approaches (which ever part of the cultural plethora you are) as my original intention was to present a different view and cultural significance on the very much commercialized holiday Halloween known by many other names in different cultures but more or less hold a similar celebration in honor of those who have long gone past the borders of the living through facts, fiction, various cultural interpretations, literature, and film. Enjoy the holidays and celebrate the true essence of Halloween whichever part of the world you are in.
Happy Halloween, All Saint's Day, All Soul's Day, & Dia de los Muertos to everyone!!! Its the time of year again in the western part of the world where children and adults alike celebrate a tradition called Halloween. On evening of October 31 children of all ages celebrate Halloween donning costumes, having parties and going house to house within the neighborhood trick or treating for candy and other goodies. Normally we Filipinos do not celebrate Halloween since it is not our culture but through the years, the commercialization of Halloween in terms of movies, novelty items, and sweets eventually reached our shores. As early as July you will find many Halloween Items in malls, department stores, and bookstores. Though due to social and cultural differences, trick or treating is not practiced but guising
or wearing a costume is very much a requirement during Halloween Parties and Balls be it for the children or for the grown-ups.
The celebration of Halloween not traditionally our own, but it may have been brought into our culture when the Americans came during the occupation in World War II. However, having been under Spanish rule for 300 years the Filipino Culture is very much ingrained with the Spanish. Instead, we celebrate the Spanish and Catholic Tradition of All Saint' s Day and All Soul' s Day locally referred to as Araw ng mg Patay(Tagalog/Filipino) and Adlaw sa Minatay(Cebuano/Visayan), Day of the Dead(English) with some of its customs and traditions are also intertwined with its Mexican counterpart Dia De Los Muertos(Day of the Dead).
Many other cultures and religions have traditional celebrations of Life and Death. Here is Asia we have several festivals or celebrations similar yet quite different to our own to our own which lasts from several days to a month. In Japan we have the Bon Festival, in Korea we have Chuseok, and in China we have Qingming/Ghost Festival.
Surprisingly, all of the three celebrations quite similar in terms of customs and traditions although somewhat different all at the same time. There is information available regrading the origins of Halloween and the other similar festivals. The subject of Halloween has always been a debate in Religious Organizations. For the curios and for those who want to know, the articles "The Real Origins of Halloween" and "Halloween Errors and Lies" provide information with both religious, cultural, and historical significance making for an interesting read separating fact from fiction.
A break form the usual Horror Fest available to cable or on TV, I recommend the following videos for you to watch. Not only are they entertaining, they also provide education information regarding the subject exploring culture, myth, and adventure. Two of which are Halloween Specials and one is a multi-awarded movie. The first video is a well loved animated feature entitled "The Halloween Tree" under Hannah-Barbera Productions based on the book with the same title "The Halloween Tree" by Ray Bradbury. The story is about a four friends who set out to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, only to discover that their fourth friend, Pipkin, has been whisked away on a journey that could determine whether he lives or dies. Through the help of a mysterious character named Moundshroud, they pursue their friend across time and space through ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultures, Celtic Druidism, Notre Dame Cathedral in Medieval Paris, and The Day of the Dead in Mexico. Along the way, they learn the origins of the holiday that they celebrate, and the role that the fear of death has played in shaping civilization.
The second video is an episode from The Wild Thornberrys on Nicklelodeon. In this particular episode(Episode Number: 67 Season Number: 3 ) entitled "Spirited Away" we find Eliza and her family in the border of Oaxala and Zaachula, Mexico with a mysterious adventure during the celebration of the Dia De Los Muertos.
The third video is a multi-awarded full length animated film entitled "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" which literally translates in English as "Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away" its actual working title is "Spirited Away". At the film's beginning, a ten-year-old girl Chihiro and her family is on their to a new home in
Tochinoki, Japan, despite the her objections. When her father gets
lost taking a short cut, they discover a mysterious entryway through a
tunnel; on the other side is a strange, beautiful, grassy
landscape, which they assume to be an abandoned theme park. The parents investigate and find a deserted stall piled with food. They start eating and soon lose control of their hunger and turn into pigs. Thus begins Chichiro's wild and amazing adventure in the realm of the spirits.
The fourth video is a classic multi-awarded motion picture entitled "A Chinese Ghost Story" which showcases the ghost folklore and fantasy aspects of the Chinese culture. Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to
carry out his work. Unsurprisingly, no-one is willing to give him
shelter for the night, so he ends up spending the night in the haunted
Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, who warns
him to stay out of trouble, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with
whom he falls in love. Unfortunately, Hsiao-Tsing is a ghost, bound for
all eternity by a hideous tree spirit with an incredibly long tongue
that wraps itself round its victims and sucks out their life essence.
I certainly hope these films I have recommended bring the spirit of art, culture and understanding into your Halloween Celebrations where ever you are.
All in all, the three celebrations and the other similar celebrations all have one message: Death is a natural part of living, a continuation of life which should be accepted not be feared but instead celebrated.
Acknowledgments:
Some descriptions, pictures, and links courtesy of Wikipedia.
Some links courtesy of Neopagan.net
Episode summaries and related information courtesy of TV.com.
VHS front cover courtesy of Amazon.com
There
are many things that we can learn from other cultures in retrospect
with our own. I invite students, educators, enthusiasts, and
professionals in the field of arts and culture as well as everyone
interested to see and experience something different and out of the
ordinary. Jump at the chance to watch selections of critical acclaim and much awarded art films. For the newbies most of the films dialogues are spoken in their own native language depending on the country. For the non-English speaking films, English translated subtitles are provided for bridging the language barrier and better understanding of the general public.
Starting October 9th until the 11th, 2009 Cine Europa 12 will be screened at the Onstage Theater, Ayala Center Cebu. Admission is free as always thanks to the efforts of the Arts Council of Cebu in their commitment to spread arts and culture to as many people as possible especially todayś youth so you don't have any excuse not to watch it. I will be bringing the ACT Arts and Culture and the Creative Pitstop gang to the screening. Students bring your IDs and for everyone, bring an open mind. Please bear in mind that seats are first come first served basis and after every film screening every one will be asked to vacate the theater and fall in line again to facilitate fair seating arrangements.
Screening Schedule
Cine Europa 12
(12th European Film Festival)
October 9 - 11 2009
Ayala Onstage Theater, Ayala Center Cebu
(Schedule is subject to change without prior notice)
Film Synopsis
Cine Europa 12
(12th European Film Festival)
October 9 - 11 2009
Ayala Onstage Theater, Ayala Center Cebu
(Schedule is subject to change without prior notice.)
FREE TO LEAVE
R-18
Friday, October 9, 2009 | 10:00am - 11:37 am
Everything seems to be running on track. For Anna and Ferdinand, for Thomas and Hanni. Thomas (Frank Giering) and Hanni ( Corinna Harfouch) are a married couple who live in a steady, well-oiled harmony. Anna (Lavinia Wilson) and Ferdinand (Robert Stadlober) are young lovers in the process of planning a future together. It is just one short moment that changes their whole lives. One kiss – short but impermissible, and nothing is as it was. Thomas Hudetz, train controller for the last twelve years (and without having put one wrong foot in that time), lets himself be distracted by Anna, the innkeepers daughter exactly at that point in time where there is traffic chaos due to a lorry blockade on the roads, the whole train timetable has come apart and the situation demands particular attention. By the time Thomas has reacted to the stop signal it is too late. 22 people have been killed, 21 passengers on the Paris to Budapest express and Joseph, Thomas’ best friend (Alfred Dorfer), who unexpectedly drove on to the railway crossing with his delivery van.
GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE
PG-13
Friday, October 9, 2009 | 11:45am - 1:40pm
Peter, a brave but poor young man, is forced to leave home by his strep mother after his loving father’s death. While he is crossing the countryside, he saves two princesses when their horses get wild during a walk.
He falls in love with one of them, beautiful Angelina, but the other one, timid and kind Adela, will fall I n love with Peter. On his journey, Peter meets the nice devil Jan, who was sent to bring his stepmother to hell. But their journey only starts and the friendship will bring them to various unexpected situations
ORIENT EXPRESS
R-13
Friday, October 9, 2009 | 2:00pm - 3:31pm
At an old age. Prince Andrei Morudzi retreats to his castle in Romania during the two world wars, after having lead an eventful youth. There he is seen upon as a rare bird by the local folk, due to his strange attitude towards life and his exquisite manners, which don’t fit in the way of life of the villagers. But, in the end, despite trying to distance himself from the local people, he can’t but influence their humble existences.
JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY
R-18
Friday, October 9, 2009 | 3:45pm - 5:30pm
Jonas is a nice, but worn-down husband and father, with wife, two kids and a house in the suburbs. One day, his life takes a dramatic, unexpected turn when he is the likely cause of a young woman, Julia, crashing her car. The next day, Julia wakes up in the hospital with amnesia and Jonas comes to visit. In a grotesque mix-up, Julia and her family mistake Jonas for her new exotic boyfriend Sebastian, whose return from abroad they had all been expecting. Jonas assumes the other’s identity, playing the part of the man Julia considers the love of her life. A whole new identity, a whole new life, a wide open, boundless world opens up to Jonas. But life is not lived on fantasies and exotic dreams – and one day truth comes knocking at the door.
CHRISTMAS STORY
GP
Friday, October 9, 2009 | 5:45 pm - 7:20 pm
A Finnish Christmas film for the entire family tells the touching story of how Santa Claus came to be Santa.
Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decided to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a year, at Christmas – Nikolas moves to a new home. To show his gratitude, Nikolas decodes to make toys for the children of the families as good-bye presents. Over the years, Nikolas’ former adoptive families become many, and soon almost every house has presents on its doorstep on Christmas morning. At thirteen, Nikolas is sent to live and work with Iisakki, a grumpy old carpenter, who forbids Nikolas to continue making presents for Christmas. Gradually, however, Nikolas wins Iisakki’s trust. Together, they began to look after the Christmas tradition that Nikolas has begun. When the aged Iisakki has to leave Nikolas and move away, the traditions of Christmas presents is once again at risk. Thankfully, Nikolas comes up with a solution that brings children joy every Christmas, even continuing today.
REC
R-18
Friday, October 9, 2009 | 8:00pm - 9:30pm
The film follows a Spanish late-night television reporter, Angela Vidal, through the lens of her cameraman, Pablo. During one report of the happenings in a local fire station in Barcelona, the duo follow a team of firefighters who got a call from an apartment building nearby about a trapped woman. When they arrive, they find the apartment’s residents huddled in the lobby. They go upstairs to find a woman who is obviously distressed. What follows is a night that none of them will ever forget.
YOU AND ME
R-13
Saturday, October 10, 2009 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Editor of the magazine, “Toi et Mio”. Ariane tends to write her love life and that of her sister Lena, embellishing them. Meanwhile, their real life is far from Romanesque: Ariane clings to Farid who hardly cares about her, while Lena is bored with her companion, Francois. What if Ariane abandons her love for Pablo, the handsome Hispanic worker in her building, and if Lena allows herself to fall for Mark, the talented violinist? Between their real life and the glossy magazine stories, will the two sisters find their true love?
THE BLIND FLYERS
GP
Saturday, October 10, 2009 | 11:45 am - 1:13 pm
The Blind Flyers follows the adventures of best friends Maria and Inga as they audition for a school band in the hope of appearing on a TV show. The two are just like typical music-loving teenagers, except for one thing; they are blind. The Blind Flyers is a refreshingly unsentimental film that promotes neither stereotypes nor puty, it is simply a film that shows that the handicapped are truly just like “normal” people. This inspiring film has won awards such as the 2004 German Film Awards for Best Children’s Film, a special mention in the 2004 Berlin International Film Festival, and a Euro Kids Film Award in 2004.
THE DEMONS OF ST. PETERSBURG
R-13
Saturday, October 10, 2009 | 1:30 pm - 3:28 pm
St. Petersburg, 1860. A member of the Imperial family is assassinated. A few days later the writer Fyodor Maikhailovich Dostoevsky meets Gusiev, a young man being treated in a psychiatric hospital. Gusiev confesses that he is part of the terrorist group involved in the assassination and reveals that his comrades are planning to kill another of the Tsar’s relatives. The young man also gives Dostoevsky the address of Aleksandra, their leader. Dostoevsky must find her body and try and convince her to stop this new attack. The writer is at his wits end, hounded by his creditors, under pressure to deliver his next book and plagued by frequent attacks of epilepsy. By day, with the help of Anna Grigoryevna, a young stenographer, he dictates “The Gambler”. At night, he continues his desperate search for the terrorist group….
LOVE IS ALL
PG-13
Saturday, October 10, 2009 | 3:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Love is like Santa Claus: you have to believe in it, otherwise it will not work.
Following her husband’s infidelity with their son’s teacher, Klaasje falls for a teenage Don Juan. Her best friend Simone seems happy with her own husband but her tenacious striving for perfection is beginning to take its toll on the marriage. Kiki is in love too, and enjoying her fling with Prince Valentijn, the most eligible prince within the Dutch royal family. Kees, an undertaker, and lifeguard Victor are in love. They intend to get married soon, but now Kees seems to be holding back.
All the story lines within this romantic comedy are linked to a greater or lesser degree. But sooner or later, every character ends up meeting Jan, the hero of this film, who, in his role of deus ex machina, sees to it that, in the end, love conquers all.
ZOO RANGERS IS SOUTH AMERICA
PG-13
Saturday, October 10, 2009 | 6:00 pm - 7:40 pm
While on the trail of an extremely rare butterfly, the ZOO Rangers save the South American rain forest from total destruction. When the ZOO Rangers are asked to find an extremely rare species of butterfly in South America, they initially split up into two groups. A number of rangers pay a visit to the members of the expedition that originally found the butterflies. The others go into the tropical rain forest to seek out the butterflies themselves.
DARK BLUE WORLD
R-13
Saturday, October 10, 2009 | 8:00 pm - 9:45 pm
March 15, 1939: Germany invades Czechoslovakia. Czech pilots flee to England, joining the RAF. After the war, back home, they are put in labor camps, suspected of anti-Comminist ideas. This film cuts between a post-war camp where Franta is a prisoner in England during the war. Franta is like a big brother to Karel, a very young pilot. On maneuvers, Karel crash lands by the rural home of Susan, an English woman whose husband is MIA. She spends one night with Karel, and he thinks he’s found the love of his life. It complicated Susan’s attraction to Franta. How will the three handle innocence, love, friendship and the heat of war? When war ends, what then?
SUNDAYS ON LEAVE
R-13
Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 2:30 pm - 4:15 pm
It is late in the Ceausescu era in Romania, and Cristina is having a difficult time with her boyfriend. He wants her to have sex with him before he goes off to do his obligatory stint in the army. She wants him to marry her first. She also gets involved with her slightly rebellious actor, a would-be ladies’ man. He has some vague plans to defect – could those be the reasons he is receiving mysterious phone calls? Or are they the work of his anonymous admirer?
THE GUY IN THE GRAVE NEXT DOOR
PG-13
Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Desiree, a modern librarian with urban friends and interests is visiting her late husband’s grave when she meets Benny, a simple farmer. After his mother’s death Benny lives alone on the run-down farm, desperately seeking a woman to take care of him. In spite of their differences the two have that special dream of finding that special someone in common, and fall passionately in love. Benny wants Desiree to move in with him and start a family as soon as possible. But being a framer’s wife is not something she is very enthusiastic about. Just presenting Benny as her boyfriend proves to be an embarrassing experience. And when she gets a tempting job offer in Stockholm she has to consider her priorities carefully.
RASCALS ON THE ROAD
PG-13
Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 6:15 pm - 8:00 pm
Eugen, Wrigley, Baschteli and Eduard are four young rascals who spend their time playing pranks upon the citizens of 1960’s Berne.
Incidents involving an antique helmet and a leaky boat get them into hot water with their parents, and Eugen and Wrigley face cruel and unusual punishment: no scouts’ camp, and banishment to boarding school.
Our two heroes hightail it in order to look for Fritzli Buhler, the erstwhile King of Rascals, whose legendary pranks are still the talk of Berne’s cobbled streets. Their odyssey takes them to the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, where they are joined by Baschteli and Eduard, and by bicycle across the Alps to Zurich.
Pursued by worried parents, wrathful peasants and any number of policemen they travel all over Switzerland. While their parents and the authorities launch a nationwide search, the four boys strengthen their friendship and enter into a bond to rival that of the Swiss Confederation: “ We shall stand united as a people of brats..”
By the end of their adventures the four rascals will be famous – and much more.
THE DUCHESS
R-13
Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 8:15 pm - 10:05 pm
Academy award nominees Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes star in the Duchesss: the compelling true story of a lavish world filled with smoldering passion, heartbreaking deception and stifling demands. Beloved by a nation but betrayed by her husband, Georgiana Spencer – the Duchess of Devonshire and “Empress of Fashion” – graced an agonizing choice between responsibility and love. This gripping portrayal of England’s “It Girl” has won acclaim from audiences and critics alike. She was vivacious. She was heroic. She was the Duchess.
in cooperation with
Peace Philharmonic Philippines Foundation, Inc.
present
CHLOE BORROMEO CANTON
A Farewell Concert
H. Abellana St., Canduman, Mandaue City, Cebu
BACH, RAVEL, MOZART, BARTOK AND
This performance is FREE TO THE PUBLIC
The Seventh Fleet Orient Express band
The music men of the U.S Navy’s 7th Fleet will perform live at The Northwing Atrium of SM City Cebu on May 23, 2009 at 5pm. The Seventh Fleet Orient Express band is known for its contemporary New Orleans style ofmusic. The band’s bass lines and funky street beats recreate the sounds ofthe New Orleans and render with a modern touch the traditional brassyarrangements of popular music. The 7th Fleet Orient Express band boaststalented Navy musicians who have toured internationally and performed formillions throughout the Western Pacific.
The band’s performance is part of the routine port call and goodwill visit of the USS Blue Ridge, flagship of the US Seventh Fleet to the Philippines. Created in 1943 with the establishment of the United States’7th Fleet, the band performs popular music and never fails to entertain crowds of all ages with its rousing sounds. They play and sing a diverse range of American music from Pop to R n’ B, and country to rock-and-roll.
Also performing is the 53rd Engineering Brigade band of the Philippines. Listen to their renditions of the Filipino country classics and ballads as they serenade the shoppers with a back-to-back performance with the 7th Fleet Orient Express.
These public performances at The Northwing of SM City Cebu is sponsored by the United States Embassy of the Philippines, with the support of the Arts Council of Cebu Foundation ,Inc.
A new version of Ubuntu to together with its official derivatives will be released soon as part of its 6 month version release cycle. Each release brings a number of improvements, bug fixes and updates to the most popular, well-loved, and free Linux Operating System Distribution on the planet today.
Spreading the Ubuntu Philosophy on software freedom that aims to spread and bring the benefits of software to all parts of the world. At the core of the Ubuntu Philosophy are thefollowing ideals:
- Every computer user should have the freedom to download,
run, copy, distribute, study, share, change and improve their software
for any purpose, without paying licensing fees.
- Every computer user should be able to use their software in the language of their choice.
- Every computer user should be given every opportunity to use software, even if they work under a disability.
For those who can't wait like me, the release candidates are available for everyone to download and try. Click on the countdown links for more information.
PRESENT
After the much awaited Cine Europa(The 11th European Film Festival), we continue our cultural journey into the diverse, mystical, mysterious, and often misunderstood people with the triumphs and defeats of everyday living in a life less ordinary from the Land Down Under.
The Australian Embassy in Manila presents the highly anticipated 6th Australian Film Festival from 11-18 October 2008, featuring a collection of award-winning films from Down Under. The Cebu leg of the festival kicks off at the Ayala Center Cebu Onstage Theater running from the 16th through the 18th of October. In Manila, there is an Admission Fee of P80 but with the help of our friends the Arts Council of Cebu and their sponsors, they have made it possible once again to make the event free for everyone who' s interested to see the film selection here in Cebu.
I am inviting everyone, students, friends, fellow teachers and instructors alike from the academe, and arts and culture enthusiasts to watch the screening of critically acclaimed, multi-awarded, much talked about films that make up the selection of the entire film festival. Admission is free so we don't really have any excuse not to watch. (he he :P)
I'll be bringing my arts and culture club along despite all the finals requirements in term of test papers to check and grades to generate we will be there so I hope to see all of you there as well. The screening schedule is right below for more information.
Admission is FREE but seating capacity is on first-come first-seated basis. Student should bring their IDs.
Screening Schedule
6th Australian Film Festival
October 16 - 18
Ayala Onstage Theater, Ayala Center Cebu
SYNOPSIS & OTHER INFO
Romulus my father
Synopsis:
Romulus my Father is based on Raimond Gaita's critically acclaimed memoir. It tells the story of Romulus , his beautiful wife Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.
- 2007AFI Award
ten canoes
Synopsis:
It is the distant past, tribal times. Dayindi (played by Jamie Gulpilil, son of the great David Gulpilil) covets one of the wives of his older brother. To teach him the proper way, he is told a story from the mythical past, a story of wrong love, kidnapping, sorcery, bungling mayhem and revenge gone wrong. In English storytelling (by David Gulpilil) and subtitled Ganalbingu language, this is a film unlike any you have ever seen.
- 2006 AFI Award, If Award
YOLNGU BOY
Director: Stephen Michael Johnson
Cast: Nathan Daniels, Sean Mununggurr, Sebastian Pilakui
Synopsis:
Three Yolngu boys linked by ceremony, kinship and a common dream find themselves on the wrong side of the laws of two worlds
Duration: 85 min
Genre: Children/Social realism
Original Australian Theatrical Censorship Rating: M
Selected Awards:
- 2000 Telluride Film Festival
- 2001: Giffoni Children's Film Festival - Bronze Gryphon, Zanzibar Int, Film Festival - People choice awards.
- Australian Film Institute Award - Young Actor award. Pan African Film festival, London Australian Film Festival, CINEMAGIC International Film Festival for Young People, Cinema des Antipodes - Cannes .
razzle dazzle
Noeline Brown, Barry Crocker
A fly-on-the-wall mockumentary about the tears, tantrums and tiaras in the world of competitive dance eisteddfods. Amidst petty politics and creative controversy, Razzle Dazzle delves into the lives of three stage mothers and their relationships with the dance school, each other and their children.
Duration: 95 mins
Original Australian Theatrical Censorship Rating: PG
Home song stories
Director/Writer: Tony Ayres
Cast: Joan Chen, Yuwu Qi, Joel Lok, Irene Chen, Steven Vidler, Kerry Walker
The story of Rose, a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer, and her struggle to survive in Australia with her two young children. An epic tale of mothers and sons, mothers and daughters, unrequited love, betrayal and hidden secrets that spans continents and decades.
Duration: 103 mins
Original Australian Theatrical Censorship Rating: M
Selected Awards:
- 2007 8 AFI Awards, 5 IF Awards
RADIANCE
Director: Rachel Perkins
Cast: Rachael Maza, Deborah Mailman, Trisha Morton-Thomas
A mother's death draws her three disparate, distant daughters back to their ramshackle childhood home where they are forced to confront their mother's legacy of half-truths, unfinished business and family secrets. The three sisters are finally able to lay to rest the ghosts of the past, along with the ashes of their mother's body.
Duration: 81 min Genre: Family/Women
Original Australian Theatrical Censorship Rating: M
Selected Awards
- 1998 Sydney Film Festival - Best Feature Film - Rachael Perkins, Audience Vote
- 1998 Australian Film Institute Awards - Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a leading Role - Deborah Mailman, Film Critics' Circle of Australia - Best Actress - Deborah Mailman
- 1999 Creteil Film Fest De Femmes, France - Prix du Public, Festival Internazionale Cinema Delle Donne, Italy - Jury Prize for Best full-length Film. Festival Internazionale Cinema Delle Donne , Italy - Audience Prize for Best full-length Film
- 2000 Hollywood Black Film Festival, USA - Jury Award - Honourable Mention
CLUBLAND
Director: Cherie Nowlan, Writer kath Thompson
Katie Wall, Phillip Quast, Frankie J Holden
Life can be tough when you’re 21-years-old, and still a virgin. Just ask Tim. The girl of his dreams has just walked into his life, and things should be looking up, except a few small problems stand between him and the perfect romance: his mum, his dad and the family business… show business. Welcome to CLUBLAND. A family love story that will defy your expectations.
Duration: 105 mins
Original Australian Theatrical Censorship Rating: M
Selected Awards:
- AFI Award winner 2007
The Arts Council of Cebu
One of the most awaited film festivals ever to reach the shores of Cebu City is finally here! Its that time of year once again where Cebuanos and non-Cebuanos a like join hand in hand to appreciate the culture that greatly influenced the our very own Filipino culture . As we look back into the our past, the Europeans have made their impression on Filipinos for centuries.
Now on it’s 11th year, Cine Europa‘s tradition of bringing excellent European films to the Philippines continues as its best as it opens in Manila on 11 September and will run until the 21st of September at the Shang Cineplex Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Mandaluyong City. Hits Ayala Center Cebu on 26th to 28th and goes for the first time in Liceo de Cagayan de Oro running from October 3 - 5.
CINE EUROPA 11
Onstage, Ayala Center Cebu
SCREENING SCHEDULE
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DATE
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 | ||||
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TIME |
COUNTRY |
TITLE |
RATING | ||
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10:30 AM |
- |
12:10 PM |
Belgium |
A Perfect Match |
PG 13 |
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12:30 PM |
- |
2:20 PM |
Czech Republic |
Beauty in Trouble |
R 18 |
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2:45 PM |
- |
4:45 PM |
Denmark |
After the Wedding |
PG 13 |
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5:00 PM |
- |
6:30 PM |
Germany |
Children of the Moon |
PG 13 |
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7:30 PM |
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9:00 PM |
France |
Love Songs (Chansons d' Amour) |
R 18 |
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9:15 PM |
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11:00 PM |
Spain |
Un Franco, 14 pesetas |
R 13 |
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DATE
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 | ||||
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TIME |
COUNTRY |
TITLE |
RATING | ||
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10:30 AM |
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12:10 PM |
Italy |
Chemical Hunger (Fame Chimica) |
R 18 |
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12:30 PM |
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2:25 PM |
Italy |
One Hundred Steps (I Cento Passi) |
R 13 |
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2:45 PM |
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4:15 PM |
Netherlands |
Night Run (Nachtrit) |
PG 13 |
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4:30 PM |
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6:00 PM |
Austria |
Mozart in China |
G |
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6:15 PM |
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8:00 PM |
Romania |
The Paper will be Blue |
R 13 |
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8:15 PM |
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10:15 PM |
Finland |
Colorado Avenue |
PG 13 |
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DATE
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2008 | ||||
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TIME |
COUNTRY |
TITLE |
RATING | ||
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3:00 PM |
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4:40 PM |
United Kingdom |
And When Did You Last See Your Father? |
PG 13 |
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5:00 PM |
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6:30 PM |
Switzerland |
Latebloomer (Die Herbstzeitlosen) |
PG 13 |
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6:45 PM |
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8:45 PM |
Switzerland |
Vitus |
G |
* Admission is free on a first-come, first-seated basis
* Films with English subtitles
* Schedule is subject to change without prior notice
* Students are advised to bring their ID at all times
I am inviting everyone come and immerse yourself in the unique exchange of culture that is purely european. Bring your friends, your family, and your loved ones to this yearly opportunity to observe, to learn from, and to be entertained by cultures that are totally different and seemingly familliar to our own. Teachers, professors, and instructors alike from the academe bring your students and fellow faculty members to this wonderful venue for cross-cultural learning.
The synopsis are located below so that you may have an idea what films are in store for the duration of the film festival. Parental Guidance and Ratings apply especially for those bringing children or underage students.
See all of you there!!!
SYNOPSIS
France (1)
Love Songs
by Christophe Honoré
Les Chansons d’Amour is all about the intricacies and beauty of falling in love. It is about too many people loving a person, not surviving without love and saying sorry for love.
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Germany (1)
Children of the Moon
by Manuela Stacke
Astronaut Paul flies to the moon. Lisa, a scientist, accompanies him. Every afternoon, 12-year-old Lisa has an appointment with her 6-year-old brother Paul. He is suffering the incurable "Disease of the Moon" and has to stay inside the house. As a pastime, Lisa has invented a fantasy game, and in the siblings’ imagination, Paul is a spaceship captain who travels around, lost in space. But when Lisa falls in love for the first time, another appointment is getting in the way, and becoming more and more important. Brother and sister have to learn to adapt to the new reality.
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Italy (2)
Chemical Hunger
by Antonio Bocola and Paolo Vari
With a backdrop set in a grim housing project of a Milan suburb teeming with social tension, three youngsters, Claudio, Manuel and Maja, face up to the passage from youth to adulthood.
Urban poverty, workers' rights, and racial conflicts between Italians and Third World extracomunitari (people from outside the European Union) represent one set of related issues; Claudio's career and romantic uncertainties and interactions with his more illegal pal Manuel are another. Italian rapper, Zulù, leader of the "99 Posse," comments on the social situation in songs he sings like a Greek chorus.
One Hundred Steps
by Marco Tullio Giordana
"I cento passi" (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastato’s house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. The movie is the story of Peppino Impastato, a young left-wing activist that in the late seventies (when almost nobody dared to speak about Mafia, and several politicians maintained that Mafia did not even exist) repeatedly denounced Badalamenti crimes and the whole Mafia system using a small local radio station, with the arm of irony. In 1978 Peppino (30 years old) was killed by an explosion. The police archived the case as an accident or a suicide, but his friends never accepted this thesis.
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Romania (1)
The Paper will be Blue
by Marco Tullio Giordana
Lieutenant Neagu's armoured unit is ordered to patrol the suburbs. The unit's radio functions intermittently and communications between the different armoured units and fragments of radio and TV broadcasts give vague reports of "terrorist" attacks on the national television station held by anti-Ceausescu forces. The members of the unit are thrown into confusion.
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Spain (1)
Un Franco, 14 Pesetas
by Carlos Iglesias
Two friends named Martin and Marcos decide to look for jobs in Switzerland. They leave their families behind in Spain and head off on their journey to the free, progressive part of Europe. They will have adapt to very different way of life there, working as mechanics at a factory and living in a small industrial town. The arrival of Martin´s wife Pilar and son Pablo, and Marcos´girlfriend Maria del Carmen, marks the end of the bachelor life they were living in a country with lost of freedom. Martin and Pilar´s everyday life is their work, while little Pablo starts going to school and making the new place his home. When Martin´s father dies, they realize they've already go what they went there for and it´s time to return. Much to their surprise, going home is much harder than leaving was.
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Switzerland (2)
Late Bloomers
by Bettina Oberli
Lisi encourages Martha (80), to realize a long-held dream: to open a boutique with her own hand-made lingerie. This news turns the placid Swiss Emmental village upside down. When Martha’s son, the vicar, orders her to close the shop, she and her best friends decide it’s high time to show the village what they are made of!
Vitus
By Fredi M. Murer
Vitus is a boy who almost seems to be from another planet: He has hearing like a bat, he plays piano like a virtuoso and studies encyclopaedias at the age of five. No wonder his parents begin to anticipate a brilliant future for him. They want Vitus to become a pianist. However, the little genius prefers to play in his eccentric grandfather’s workshop. He dreams of flying and of a normal childhood. Ultimately, with one dramatic leap, Vitus takes control of his own life.
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The Netherlands (1)
Night Run
by Dana Nechustan
Dennis van der Horst is a kind-hearted young entrepreneur. He lives by the rules of the street. The only people he feels any responsibility for are his brother Marco and his family, who are not very well off. When Dennis gets the chance to obtain an extremely expensive but lucrative taxi-license, he seizes it. In the presence of the manager of MOTAX, the only taxi company in Amsterdam, Dennis borrows a very large sum of money. Dennis is beside himself with joy. The hustling is over. Soon however Dennis finds out that there was a reason why it was so easy for him to obtain such a scarce license. The law is being altered, allowing competition on the taxi market. The licenses of Dennis and many of his colleagues all at once become worthless. As of that moment there is a war going on in the streets of Amsterdam. Dennis gets deeper into trouble when he finds out that he has unwittingly become part of the criminal organization behind MOTAX. Even the police turn out to have secret ties with MOTAX and there is only one thing left for Dennis to do in order to free himself: confront the man who is
pulling the strings.
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United Kingdom (1)
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
by Anand Tucker
The film is Blake Morrison's moving and candid memoir of his father in the weeks leading up to his death. When Arthur Morrison was diagnosed with terminal cancer he had only a few weeks left to live. Morrison travelled to Yorkshire to stay with his mother in the village where he grew up. He visited his father at the hospital where he had spent so much time with his own patients as a GP. As his father's condition worsened Morrison contemplated their shared experiences, the intimacies and the irritations of their relationship.
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Austria (1)
Mozart in China
by Bernd Neuburger
Danny and Li Wei, two ten-year-old boys from Salzburg, spend an adventurous summer on the southern Chinese island of Hainan. With the help of Mozart and a Chinese shadow princess they manage to save an old shadow theatre from a greedy hotel chain.
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Belgium (1)
A Perfect Match
By M. Van Hoogenbemt
On the day of his forced retirement, a grumpy school principal decides to look for a wife on the Internet. It’s not love he is after. Merely companionship. He meets scores of women but can’t seem to make up his mind. Until his new housekeeper arrives. She is almost 40 years younger than him and a total disaster at housekeeping. For the first time in what seems a lifetime, he falls totally and desperately in love.
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Czech Republic (1)
Beauty in Trouble
by Jan Hrebejk and Petr Jarchovsky
A young woman is faced with dilemma of loving two men at once; a dilemma between sexual dependence and assuring a future for herself and her children; a dilemma in her relationship to her mother and step-father and with her mother-in-law. Beauty in Trouble is full of unexpected situations, twists and humor with a paradoxical ending.
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Denmark (1)
After the Wedding
by Susanne Bier
Nominated in the 2007 Oscar Awards in the Best Foreign Film category
Jacob Petersen has dedicated his life to helping street children in India. When the orphanage he heads is threatened by closure, he receives an unusual offer. A Danish businessman, Jørgen, offers him a donation of $4 million dollars. There are, however, certain conditions … Not only must Jacob return to Denmark, he must also take part in the wedding of Jørgen's daughter. The wedding proves to be a critical juncture between past and future and catapults Jacob into the most intense dilemma of his life.
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Finland (1)
Colorado Avenue
by Claes Olsson
Colorado Avenue tells the story of Hanna, a young woman who emigrates to America determined to make money in the Great West and later returns to her home country to face civil war, alcohol smuggling and humiliation. With her American dollars she buys a parcel of rocky land and opens a country store. The store becomes the village centre and the local people begin to respect the industrious Hanna – or Dollar-Hanna as they choose to call her. The film deals with humiliation, shame, respect and making peace with one's past and is set in the early years of Finland's independence.
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SM City Cebu cordially invites you to a
ROMANTIC PIANO CONCERTO JOURNEY
Tour #16
A Classical Concert Performance and Music Education Presentation
on the
MUSIC of the ROMANTIC Period
(1800-1900)
FEATURING
Ingrid Sala Santamaria
Reynaldo G. Reyes
5:00 pm
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Atrium at SM Northwing
Admission is Free...
The Arts Council of Cebu Foundation, Inc. is proud to present violist, Gerry Varona in a homecoming concert this Thursday, July 24, 2008, 8:00 pm at the Marcelo B. Fernan Cebu Press Center, Sudlon, Lahug.
Gerry Varona is a recipient of numerous scholarships from the Salvador and Pilar Sala Foundation under Ingrid Sala Santamaria and have played for several years with the Peace Philharmonic Philippines, both as a principal of the viola section, and as soloist. He won 1st prize in the National Music Competition for Young Artsists in 2004 and the Dean’s Concerto Competition at the Louisiana State University in 2007. He has also won the MTNA regional chamber music competition in the whole state of Louisiana together with four of his colleagues. He has joined the Interlochen Arts Festival in Michigan where he was privileged to play with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra and with the Honors Quartet and the Boudoin Chamber Music Festival in Maine.
Gerry Varona will be accompanied on the piano by noted piano teacher Maria Mila Nadala.
Reservations may be made at the Arts Council Office at tel. nos. 233-0452 and 233-0236.
R E P E R T O I R E Cello suite no. 5 in C-minor ………………...Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 1011 for viola Prelude Allemande Courante Saraband Gavotte I, II Gigue I N T E R V A L Der Schwanendreher Viola Concerto……...Paul Hindemith Movements I, II and III
From French Rendezvous to American Freedom Day and as part of the US Independence Day celebration, the Embassy of the United States of America in the Philippines will bring a trio of award-winning American music artists who will perform “Songs from the Heart,” on July 6, 2008, 7pm at the Theater 2 of SM City Cebu.
Presented by the United States Embassy in Manila in cooperation with the Arts Council of Cebu and the SM Supermalls, the concert is offered free to the public.
Dr. Leibowitz, a professor of Music at the San Diego State University’s School of Music and Dance, is the 1997 winner of the US State Department/Kennedy Center Artist Ambassador Competition.
Ms. Kim is a frequent recitalist throughout the U.S. She holds a Master’s and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Peabody Conservatory, and holds the Joseph Fish and Joyce Axelrod Piano Residency at San Diego State University.
Ms. Robertson, a former Miss San Diego and a frequent performer for United Service Organizations, has won first prize in the La Jolla Symphony Young Artist Competition, the Carlsbad to Karlovy Vary Vocalist Competition, and the National Association of Singers Association.
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The three artists will also conduct a free workshop in their respective fields of expertise on Monday, 07 July 2008, 9:30am at the Marcelo B. Fernan Cebu Press Cenyter in Sudlon Lahug. The 1st part of the workshop will focus on skills development while the 2nd half of the workshop will deal with career management for artists and optimizing opportunities in the arts.
In line with this, we would like to invite you to join us in these two events which are being offered for free. Should you have any questions please feel free to contact us at 233-0452 or email us at artscouncilcebu@yahoo.com.
Acknowledgments:
Official press release from the Arts Council of Cebu
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