CCP opens memorial site

THE CULTURAL Center of the Philippines (CCP), through the Office of the Artistic Director and the Intertextual Division, pays tribute to the artists, cultural workers, and media practitioners who died during the COVID-19 pandemic through an online memorial site. Launched on April 9 via the CCP Intertextual Division Facebook page, the Hanggang sa Muli: Pagpupugay at Pasasalamat sa mga Pumanaw (Until We Meet Again: Honoring and Thanking Those who Passed) memorial website features obituaries with short biographies and photos of the Filipino artists, cultural workers, CCP employees, patrons of arts and culture, and media personalities who passed away from March 2020 to the present. The site will also serve as a bulletin board to inform the general public about the passing of an artist and/or cultural worker. While it primarily aims to preserve the legacy of the departed artists and cultural workers, it also aims a spotlight on their contributions in the development and preservation of the Philippine arts and culture. Visit the online memorial site at https:// hanggangsamuli.culturalcenter.gov.ph/, or the official Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/hanggangsamuli.ccp.

Instituto Cervantes showcases contemporary filmmakers

INSTITUTO Cervantes de Manila is screening the work of four contemporary Spanish filmmakers this April online. The films are being shown through the Instituto Cervantes channel on the Vimeo platform (vimeo.com/institutocervantes) and are freely accessible for 48 hours from their start date and time. The third filmmaker on focus will be Juanjo Giménez. On April 21 and 22, Instituto Cervantes will offer the free online screening of Rodilla (2009), a short film about the world of soccer, the passions it arouses, and the emotional universe that it means for many people. Meanwhile, Giménez’s feature film Nos hacemos falta (2001), a road-movie that tells the encounter between different antiheroes, will be shown on

April 24 and 25.

Ortigas Library releases video on the mythical

kapre

THE ORTIGAS Foundation Library has released a new video on its YouTube channel which tells all about the quintessential Filipino mythical beast, the kapre. The Origins of Kapres can be found here The Origin of Kapres-YouTube.