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Great news for all independent film enthusiasts not only here in General Santos City but all throughout the SOCCSKSARGEN Area!!

Bariles Republic is proudly announcing that  Cinemalaya and the local government of General Santos City through the GSC Culture and the Arts Council and the City Economic and Development Office, in partnership with Notre Dame of Dadiangas University, Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges, and Holy Trinity College, will be presenting for the first time a Cinemalaya Film Festival of sorts at the CINEMALAYA SA MALAYANG GENSAN.

Click on the poster for the screening schedules.

Cinemalaya Festival is a project of the Cultural Center of the Philippines which started four years ago in Manila as a festival of films by independent filmmakers who could not penetrate the mainstream film industry because of lack of connections and financial resources.

Thus, the festival was conceived to provide an alternative venue. These films tackled relevant issues and presented pictures of the real scenario of present Filipino Society, elements of which are rarely presented on mainstream films.

These films were brought on National Tour by the CCP Outreach program. Now on its second year, the tour has opened new opportunities for the filmmakers who got inspired by the overwhelming reception by the audience. The project is also reaching a broader audience that responds to the relevance and subjects that the films convey.

This year, General Santos City has been chosen as one of the beneficiaries of the tour.

THE FEATURED FILMS

There will be 18 films (8 full-length and 10 short films) to be shown in this two-day tour. The screening of these films is distributed among the city’s three higher learning institutions – Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges, Notre Dame of Dadiangas Universtiy, and Holy Trinity College - the project partners of this project.

Screenings are scheduled on November 13 and 14, 2008.

FULL-LENGTH FILMS

• Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo     –     (PG 13 and 1:49:00)

By Nick Joseph Olanka: poverty: social issues; how lives are somehow connected

• Batad: Sa Paang Palay     –     (Rated G and 1:31:00 Running Time)
  

By Benji Garcia and Vic Acedillo Jr: family relationships; a story of a boy chasing his dream; issues on finding one’s identity

• Donsol     –     (PG 13 and 1:45:00 Running Time)
  

Adolfo B. Alex Jr.: relationships; nature; poverty; acceptance of reality

• In Da Red Korner     –     (PG 13 and 1:33:00 Running Time)

By Dado C. Lumibao and Bong Ramos: chasing one’s dream; a person overcoming the odds

• Mudraks     –     (PG 13 and 1:29:00 Running Time)
  

By Arah Jell G. Badayos and Margaret G. Guzman: family relationships; temptation;

• Rotonda     –     (Rated R and 1:33:00 Running Time)
  

By Ron Bryant: Various social issues on poverty; social behavior; survival

• Saan Nagtatago Si Happiness     –     (PG 13 and 1:16:00 Running Time)
  

By Florida M. Bautista and Real Florido: search for one’s happiness; poverty; corruption; family problems

• Tulad ng Dati     –     (PG 13 and 1:46:00 Running Time)
  

by Michael Sandejas: family relationships; acceptance of reality; finding the meaning of life

SHORT FILMS

• 10:25 ng Gabi –     (27:00 Running Time)
  

by Reggie Gulle: poverty, and what happens when a person is pushed to the edge.

• Geegee at Waterina     –     (Rated R and 25:00 Running Time)

by Dennis C. Teodosio and Mariami Tanangco: corruption; relationships; finding one’s true worth

• Kwarto     –     (PG13  and 25:00 Running Time)

by Jose Emmanuel Noel Taylo: a study on sexual behavior among adolescence

• Labada     –     (24:00 Running Time)
  

by Raz de la Torre: relationships of husband and wife; and their neighbors

• No Passport Needed     –     (09:07 Running Time)

By Jeanne Lim and Pepe Diokno: a story on trying to find an easy way out of a problem; issues on corruption and greed;

• Orasyon     –     (30:00 Running Time)
  

by Rommel Tolentino: a story of good vs evil | faith and religion

• Parang Pelikula

By Hubert Tibi: issues on friendship and loving life

• Putot     –     (PG 13 and 20:00 Running Time)

by Jeck Cogama: issues on friendship; family and poverty

• Puwang     –     (PG13   and 25:00 Running Time)
  

by Anna Isabelle Matutina: family relationships, particularly between father and son

• Sa Silaw (Blinding Light)     –     (12:00 Running Time)
  

by Reinzi L. Balao: issues on poverty; social abuse and prostitution

Admission to the screenings of the films at Cinemalaya sa Malayang GenSan is FREE. Please inquire from the schools’ Student Affairs Offices or at the Secretariat at the City Economic Management and Cooperative Development Office @ 553-8338.

Cinemalaysa sa Malayang GenSan‘s proud sponsors are Cinemalaya, Cultural Center of the Philippines, NCCA, UAP Socsksargen, General Santos City Culture & Arts Council, the City Mayor’s Office and Asia United Bank.