In-house Seminars
Let's Watch Movies Together
- Organizer
- KITAMURA, Yumi
List of Seminars in Fiscal 2008 - 2009
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- FILIPINO FILM FORUM
- The Filipino Film Forum cordially invites you to the screening of Lino
Brocka’s masterpiece, Orapronobis (Fight for Us), followed by a short talk
by Dr. Nicanor G. Tiongson, Japan Foundation research fellow based at the
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.
- Time and Date：5:30 pm sharp, Thursday, July 29, 2010
- Venue：Room 101, First Floor, Institute of Research in the Humanities, Jinmon-ken
Building (near north gate, facing Imadegawa St), Kyoto University, Yoshida
Campus
- （http://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/access/access.htm）
- Film Title：Orapronobis (Fight for Us)
- Synopsist：In 1985, in the obscure town of Dolores, the Orapronobis, a vigilante group
and religious cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra (Bembol Roco),
murders a foreign priest who gave the last rites to an alleged rebel, who
was also executed by the same group. After the success of the 1986 EDSA
revolt, all political prisoners are released, including Jimmy Cordero (Phillip
Salvador), an ex-priest-turned-underground revolutionary. Not long after,
Jimmy marries a human rights activist, Trixie (Dina Bonnevie), and becomes
a human rights advocate himself. Despite Trixie’s protests, Jimmy and Trixie’s
brother, Rolan (William Lorenzo), join a fact-finding mission to Dolores
led by Sister Marie (Ginnie Sobrino) to investigate the latest massacre
perpetrated by the Orapronobis. There Jimmy meets Esper (Gina Alajar),
his ex-girlfriend. He finds out that he has a son with her, Camilo (R.R.
Herrera) but they agree to keep Jimmy’s identity from the boy. Meanwhile,
with the blessings of the military, the Orapronobis step up their acts
of terror. Jimmy’s group is forced to evacuate the townspeople to the town
church, then later to Manila. In Manila, Jimmy exposes the Orapronobis
as a band of thugs on TV. After the show, he and Rolan are ambushed. Jimmy
survives, but Rolan is killed. Shortly after, soldiers raid the refugee
center with a masked man who identifies several of the barrio folk as rebels.
The remaining refugees, led by Esper, and the human rights activists bring
the case of illegal arrests to court. But after the hearing, Esper and
her son themselves are abducted by the Orapronobis. Esper is raped by Kumander
Kontra in front of her son. She fights back and shoots Kontra. Before dying,
Kontra goes on a rampage, killing all prisoners. Later, the military bring
the casualties back to Dolores, saying these were rebels killed in an encounter
with the military. Jimmy weeps over the bodies of Esper and his son. Back
in Manila, Jimmy contacts his old colleague from the underground.
- PRODUCTION STAFF： Producer, Cannon Films / Director, Lino Brocka / Writer, Jose F. Lacaba
/ Cinematography, Rody Lacap / Editing, George Jarlego, Sabine Mamou, Bob
Wade / Sound, Alfredo Sabile.
- AWARD ：One of the ten best films of the 1980s, Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino
- FILIPINO FILM FORUM 2010
- KINATAY (THE EXECUTION OF P), 2009
- For its second offering this year, the Filipino Film Forum cordially invites
you to the screening of the very controversial KINATAY, the film that won
for Filipino director Brillante Mendoza the Best Director Award at the
2009 Cannes Film Festival. The screening will be followed by a short talk
by Dr. Nicanor G. Tiongson, Japan Foundation Fellow, Center for Southeast
Asian Studies, Kyoto University.
- DATE AND TIME : JULY 6, 2010, TUESDAY, 6:00 P.M
- PLACE : Rm. 447 (the Big Lecture Room) of the Research Building No.2, Yoshida
Main Campus, Kyoto University. Rm. 447 is along the eastern corridor of
the 4th floor in the building.
- PLOT :
- A decent man who steps outside the law finds himself falling into an abyss.
Peping (Coco Martin) is a young man studying to become a policeman. He
has just married his long-time girlfriend Cecille (Mercedes Cabral), with
whom he has a baby. Between school, his wife, and the baby, money is scarce
for Peping, and an old friend, Abyong (Jhong Hilario), tells him he can
make good money by helping out some local loan sharks with their collections.
While his conscience objects, Peping agrees. But while the work involves
scaring a few small time hoods at first, things take a grim turn when he's
asked to tag along with Sarge (John Regala) and Kap (Julio Diaz) as they
collect a debt from Gina (Maria Isabel Lopez), a junkie streetwalker who
turns tricks under the name "Madonna." It soon becomes clear
that Gina can't pay what she owes and if Sarge can't get cash, he'll take
his payment in pain. He and his assistant Boy Chico (Lauren Novero) beat,
rape, torture, and butcher the woman in an abandoned house, and captive
Peping must assist in the gory crime. Adopted from Mark Deming, All Movie
Guide
- PRODUCTION STAFF:
- Production : SWIFT PRODUCTIONS AND CENTERSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
Producers : DIDIER COSTET and FERDINAND LAPUZ
Director : BRILLANTE MENDOZA
Writer : ARMANDO LAO
Production Design : DANTE MENDOZA
Cinematography : ODYSSEY FLORES
Editing : KATS SERRAON
Music : TERESA BARROZO
Sound : ALBERT MICHAEL IDIOMA
- AWARDS:
- Best Director (Brillante Mendoza), Cannes Film Festival 2009
Best Film, Gawad Urian 2010
Best Director (Brillante Mendoza), Gawad Urian 2010
Best Sound (Albert Michael Idioma), Gawad Urian 2010
- FILIPINO FILM FORUM 2010
- Date:June 2, 2010, WEDNESDAY, AT 18:00 PM.
- Place:Room # 401, 4th floor, ASAFAS Research Bldg., Kyoto University Main Campus.
- Film Title: LOLA (GRANDMOTHER)
- Speaker :Prof. Nick Tiongson API, CSEAS)
- Date:July 9, 2009 18：10～(open venue) 18:30～(film showing)
- Place:Room 447, 4th Fl., Research, Kyoto University Main Campus
- Film Title: "Serbis"（90 minutes / 2008/)
- Director : Brillante Mendozan
- Language : Pilipino (Subtitle: English)
- Speaker :Prof. Nick Tiongson (Visiting Research Fellow, CSEAS)
- Date:June 10, 2009 18:10- (venue open) 18:30- (film showing)
- Place:Room 401, 4th Fl., Research, Kyoto University Main Campus
- Film Title:Jay (84 minutes / 2008)
- Director : Francis X. Pasion
- Language : Pilipino (Subtitle: English)
- Speaker :Prof. Nick Tiongson (Visiting Research Fellow, CSEAS)
- Date:November 12 (Wed), 2008 17:00 -
- Place:Meeting room AA447. 4th Fl., ASAFAS Bldg., Kyoto University
- Film Title: Persepolis (95min／English with Japanese subtitle)
- Directors : Marjane Satrapi；Vincent Paronnaud
- Date:June 5, 2008, 16:00-
- Place:Meeting room AA447. 4th Fl., ASAFAS Bldg., Kyoto University
- Speaker:HORINUKI, Kouji (ASAFAS)
- Title: Dubai (2005) Tagalog with English subtitles
- Starring : Aga Muhlach, Claudine Barretto, John Lloyd Cruz
- Directed by : Rory B. Quintos
- Organized by:Let's Watch Movies Together/Dubai Migrants Study Group
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