FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
November 8: Opening Night (Invitational)
November 9-17: Festival Proper
November 15: Awards Night
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MASTER SCHEDULE
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NINE KAKAIBANG FILMS, ONE KAKAIBANG FESTIVAL
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- An anthology film, directed by Joel Ferrer, with three interconnected stories featuring different perspectives on love. The first story involves a man in his late twenties who, in the process of nursing a broken heart, gets his former high school classmate pregnant after a one-night stand. The second story sees a young couple experiencing cold feet over their first time to have sex. The third story revolves around a pair of divorced parents who rekindle their lost romance, even though they are now married to new spouses.
- Directed by Sheron Dayoc, a horror movie that looks into the relationship between a daughter and her pious mother, whose religious fanaticism is starting to border on demonic possession.
- Directed by Andrew Payawal, this is a story of a thirty-something actress who's about to commit suicide, after she realizes that her fame has faded. But her planned death gets delayed after she receives a package containing four letters and a dead man's ashes in a vase.
- Equal parts documentary, drama film and biopic by Sari Lluch Dalena, which stars Raymond Bagatsing and Mara Lopez, that explores the life and works of the late National Artist for Literature, Nick Joaquin.
- An action drama, directed by Bor Ocampo and starring Junjun Quintana, that centers on legalized corruption and the ties that bind fathers and sons in a dog-eat-dog world. The title of the film is in Kapampangan and literally means "dugong aso", or "dog-blodded."
- Written and directed by Ralston Jover, the film follows the lives of four street children who live as petty criminals. The term "batang hamog" refers to gangs of street kids involved in bag-snatching and stealing from cars stuck in traffic.
- An animated feature film directed by Carl Joseph Papa that tells a story of how an old lady with a terminal illness will go through great lengths just to give her long-estranged daughter an extra special Christmas.
- Directed by Raymond Red, stars Jeffrey Quizon, Felix Roco, Nicco Manalo and Earl Ignacio as a barkada of dreamers who discover the emergence of a new cinematic culture in the aftermath of the EDSA People Power Revolution of 1986.
- Directed by Ara Cwadhury, the film is about a gay boy who suddenly and mysteriously becomes pregnant after a very strange series of events.
SHORT FILMS
1. "A Love Story" by Steven Baker
2. "Anino" by Raymond Red
3. "Dindo" by Martika Ramirez Escobar
4. "Junilyn Has" Carlo Manatad
5. "Mabuhay ang Pilipinas" by Bor Ocampo
6. "Memorya" by Jovanni Tinapay
7. "Pusong Bato" by Pam Miras
8. "Reyna Christina" by Pia Dimagiba
9. "Sanctissima" by Kenneth Lim Dagatan
10. "The Tenant" by Mohsen Mahkmalbaf
NEW FOREIGN FILMS
1. "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on its Existence" by Roy Andersson
2. "Arabian Nights" by Miguel Gomes (Portugal)
- Volume I. The Restless One
- Volume II. The Desolate One
- Volume III. The Enchanted One
3. "The Assassin" by Hou Hsiao-Hsien (Taiwan)
4. "Frenzy" by Emin Alper (Turkey)
5. "Interrogation" by Vetri Maaran (India)
6. "Journey to the Shore" by Kurosawa Kiyoshi (Japan)
7. "The Lobster" by Yorgos Lanthimos (Ireland)
8. "Mustang" by Deniz Gamze Erguven (France)
9. "The President" by Mohsen Makmalbaf (Georgia)
10. "Rams" by Grimur Hakonarson (Iceland)
11. "Right Now, Wrong Then" by Hong Sang-Soo (South Korea)
12. "The Treasure" by Corneliu Porumboi (Romania)
RESTORED CLASSICS
1. "Ikaw ay Akin" by Ishmael Bernal
2. "Insiang" by Lino Brocka
3. "Karnal" by Marilou Diaz-Abaya
4. "Sana Maulit Muli" by Olivia Lamasan
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
1. "Honor Thy Father" by Erik Matti (Opening film on November 8, invitational screening)
2. "Salvage" by Sherad Sanchez
Synopsis are from the November issue of Yes! Magazine. Grab a copy now!
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