Filipino film festival offers strong lineup
Advertiser Staff
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| "Ang Tanging Ina," a comedy about a widow with 12 children and three dead husbands that stars Ai-Ai delas Alas, launches a series of films from the Philippines. All but one of the movies will be screened at the Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Academy of Arts; the closing-night feature, "The Debut," will be an outdoors affair on Dec. 6 at the Filipino Community Center in Waipahu. |
Tickets to all screenings are $5 general, $3 for museum members. The closing-night film will be presented Dec. 6. at the Filipino Community Center, 94-428 Mokuola St. in Waipahu. Call 532-8768 for information.
Here's the lineup:
"Ang Tanging Ina"
Directed by Wenn Deramas, 2003, 105 minutes; in Tagalog, with English subtitles.
The Philippines' biggest box-office hit of the year, now a TV sitcom, follows the comic adventures of a widow with 12 children and three dead husbands. Stars Ai-Ai delas Alas.
7:30 p.m. today and Saturday; 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
"Gatassa Dibdib Ng Kaaway (In the Bosom of the Enemy)"
Directed by Gil Portes, 2001, 101 minutes; in Tagalog, with English subtitles.
From the director of "Small Voices," this is an earlier film about a love triangle that takes place in wartime.
1 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21.
"Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure"
Directed by Chito Ro–o, 2001, 86 minutes; in Tagalog, with English subtitles.
Jobert and his teen pals hunt for treasure and come up against a crime boss and a double-crossing treasure hunter. Winner of 11 Manila Film Festival awards, including best director and best picture.
6:30 p.m. Nov. 23; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 24.
"Mano Po"
Directed by Joel Lamangan, 2002, 110 minutes; in Tagalog, English, Hokkien and Mandarin, with English subtitles.
A landmark film about the Chinese-Filipino experience in the Philippines. Winner of numerous awards at the 2002 Metro Manila Film Festival, including best film, director, story, screenplay, actor (Eddie Garcia), actress (Ara Mina).
7:30 p.m. Nov. 25 and 28; 1 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 26.
"Tanging Yaman"
Directed by Laurice Guillen, 2000, 120 minutes; in Tagalog, with English subtitles.
From the director of "American Adobo," this look at a Filipino family dramatizes the balance between provincial values and urban instincts, love and cynicism. Winner of more than 25 film festival awards.
4 p.m. Nov. 30; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1-2.
"The Debut"
Directed by Gene Cajayon, U.S., 2000, 88 minutes; in English and Tagalog, with English subtitles.
A coming-of-age story, this was one of the first theatrical releases that explored the Filipino-American experience. The film made its Hawai'i debut at the 2000 Hawaii International Film Festival and had a general-release run in June 2002. Writer John Castro will appear at this outdoor screening.
7 p.m. Dec. 6, Filipino Community Center.
