Benilde, FEU films compete at Fil-Am festival in San Francisco
E - of Design and Arts
FACINE is organized by the Filipino Arts and Cinema Inter-
organization that aims to promote and develop Filipino cinema from the Philippines and the Filipino diaspora. It has organized the festival for the past 25 years.
- niversary on October 18 at the San Francisco Main Library and the SF Philippine Consulate while the main competition will be held from October 19 to 21 at the historic Roxie Theater.
“The finalists cover a wide range of genre, format, style and subject, all 45 minutes and less in length, both student and professional works, including notably films by non- Filipino
subject,” FACINE Director Mauro Feria Tumbocon Jr. said.
The winner will receive a $100
- nition. Special citations will also be awarded in any category upon the jury’s discretion.
DLS- CSB short film finalists
The four capstone projects from
are “Caramel Child” by Kim Timan, “Rufyla” by Coleen Tanco, “Suerte” by Carlo Fajarda, and the documentary “Hope Spots” by Joseph Dominic Cruz.
“Caramel Child,” co-written by Timan with Palanca awardee Lino Balmes, is a light drama about a Filipino- American girl Katherine Kaye Jones (Angelica Ulip), or Kakay, who tries her best to look for her absentee father. Kakay’s curiosity is triggered by a regional science quiz bee poster and an American client (Savino Bellini) of her mother (Sue Prado).
Timan’s capstone project won Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Performer and Best Musical Score (Marcus Santos and Joseph Salcedo) at Pelikultura: The CALABARZON Film Festival 2018. It also brought home the Best Screenplay award from the De La
Salle University In-
and competed
in
- egory of Cinema One Originals Festival last year. It was nominated for Best Short Film in this year’s Gawad Urian by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino.
In “Suerte,” two
are shooting a documentary about the drug trade within their city until it descends into a very dangerous obsession for them. As they go on along with their subjects, they slowly become characters in their the line between observer and creator.
International Film Festival in South Korea, 28th Singapore International Film Festival and Taipei Film Festival in Taiwan. It was nominated for Best Short Film this year at the 66th FAMAS Gabi ng Parangal of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences.
In “Ruf y l a , ” a Tboli tribeswoman dances for a living and encounters a dramatic turn of events in pursuit of a better life for her family. The short film won the Best Short Feature at the 30th Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video and was a finalist in the student category of the CineFilipino Film Festival 2018.
Finally, “Hope Spots,” a finalist in the documentary category of UP Cinema’s Piling Obrang Vidyo, looks into the debut of women
the Philippine Wresting Revolution. It zeroes in on the local professional wrestling scene, presenting the polarizing sport of pro wrestling through the lens of
female talent. and “Caterwaul,” both directed by Josel Fajardo, “Pua Iyam” by Juan Pablo Pineda 3rd and “Touch Move” by Frances Louise Giner. All
FEU Film Society.
In “Boyet Loves You,” which
CineFilipino Film Festival 2018 Open category, Gab (Sari Estrada) wants to introduce her best friend Mari (Kat Galang) to Boyet. The problem is, only she can see Boyet.
the Best Film, Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Performance awards at Sinepiyu
also featured at the One La Salle Film Festival.
Painful secrets are revealed at two girls’ sleepover in “Caterwaul.” While watching an R-rated movie, a girl ( Andrei Eunice Osano)
and re-enacts it to a friend (Quennie Abuyuan), who does not know that she’s in for a dark revelation. The seven-minute drama won the Gold Prize in the Viddsee Juree Philippines Awards last year.
In “PuaIyam (Coming out),” a young Filipino-Chinese student (Rowi Du) comes out to his childhood brought home Best Screenplay and Best Actor in a Lead Role at the 9th Largabista Film Festival in Tacloban, Leyte; a special citation on gender
- national Film Festival; Best Film, Best Director, Best Performance and Best Poster at Sinepiyu 2017’s Black Reel category; Gold Award for Best Picture, Outstanding Direction, Design Excellence and Technical Excellence awards at CineSB 7: The Main Installment’s Sibol category; Best Cinematography and another special citation from the UP Piling Obrang Vidyo XIV; and Cardinal Bronze Film, Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography awards at CineMapúa 2018’s intercollegiate category.
With characters as chess pieces,
-
Best Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Sound and Second Prize at Sinepiyu 2017’s Black Reel Category. It also garnered different awards from the Ateneo Video Open, Pelikultura: The CALABARZON Film Festival and 9th Largabista Film Festival.